Lisa Sharon Walsh is an American judge, serving on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County, Florida since 2011.
[2] In 2008, Governor Charlie Christ appointed Walsh as a judge of the Miami-Dade County Court's civil division, a position to which she was later elected.
In 2011, Governor Rick Scott appointed Walsh to Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County, to fill a vacancy left by the death of Judge Robert Pineiro.
[3][4][5][6] In originally appointing Walsh, Scott "hailed her 'common-sense approach' to every issue and dispute, in which she 'applied the rule of law in a consistent, fair and intelligent manner.
[8][18][19][20] Walsh worked in the Office of the Public Defender of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida from 1992 to 2004, and in private legal practice from 2004 to 2008.
[23] • In 2018, she received the Miami Dade Trial Lawyers Association[24] Judge Steven Levine Award,[8] given for fairness, integrity, and professionalism.
[8] "This award is presented annually to an MDFAWL member and jurist who exemplifies the ideals of professional achievement, perseverance, and dedication that were demonstrated by the late Judge Davis.
[29][30] • In June 2019, she co-chaired a National Association of Women Judges Global Judicial Leadership Conference at Columbia University in New York.