Kevin D. Walsh
Kevin D. Walsh is the New Jersey Comptroller. He assumed office on January 27, 2020. His current term ends on January 18, 2026.
Biography
Kevin Walsh graduated from Camden Catholic High School in Camden, New Jersey, in 1991. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He obtained his law degree from Rutgers School of Law in Camden and during his first year of law school worked for the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society as a member of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.[1][2][3]
Kevin Walsh was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1999. He began his legal career as a law clerk for Gary S. Stein, formerly a justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court.[4][5]
For two decades before his appointment as comptroller, Walsh was a civil rights attorney and executive director of the Fair Share Housing Center. In this position, he filed legal actions to enforce and expand the Mount Laurel Doctrine, the state of New Jersey’s fair housing law, which holds that every community must provide a proportionate share of housing for the state’s low-income residents. He won multiple cases before the New Jersey Supreme Court.[6]
Walsh was also counsel for a team that led a successful effort to abolish the death penalty in New Jersey.[7]
Walsh and his wife have three sons.[8]
Education
- Catholic University of America
- Rutgers School of Law-Camden
Political career
New Jersey Comptroller (2020-present)
Walsh became the acting New Jersey Comptroller on January 27, 2020. He is New Jersey's fourth state comptroller. [9]
Appointments
2020
Walsh was appointed as acting New Jersey Comptroller by Governor Phil Murphy on January 27, 2020 to replace former comptroller Philip James Degnan.
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Magazine of Camden Catholic High School, 2017 Volume 17 No. 19
- ↑ New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller, “Meet Kevin Walsh,” accessed May 13, 2023
- ↑ https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2013/10/13-10-15-profile-fair-housing-advocate-s-passion-and-persistence-pay-off-for-new-jersey-s-needy/ NJ Spotlight News, “Profile: Fair Housing Advocate’s Persistence Pays Off for New Jersey’s Needy,” October 16, 2013]
- ↑ New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller, “Meet Kevin Walsh,” accessed May 13, 2023
- ↑ Office of the Governor: New Jersey, “Governor Murphy Nominates Kevin D. Walsh as New Jersey State Comptroller,” January 23, 2020
- ↑ https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2013/10/13-10-15-profile-fair-housing-advocate-s-passion-and-persistence-pay-off-for-new-jersey-s-needy/ NJ Spotlight News, “Profile: Fair Housing Advocate’s Persistence Pays Off for New Jersey’s Needy,” October 16, 2013]
- ↑ Office of the Governor: New Jersey, “Governor Murphy Nominates Kevin D. Walsh as New Jersey State Comptroller,” January 23, 2020
- ↑ https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2013/10/13-10-15-profile-fair-housing-advocate-s-passion-and-persistence-pay-off-for-new-jersey-s-needy/ NJ Spotlight News, “Profile: Fair Housing Advocate’s Persistence Pays Off for New Jersey’s Needy,” October 16, 2013]
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