Ms. Welch has extensive experience in toxic tort and environmental litigation, as well as in a wide range of other areas of business litigation, including insurance coverage, contract disputes, healthcare matters, and shareholder derivative claims.
Ms. Welch has represented companies in the oil and chemical, utility and mining industries. These matters have involved a range of legal theories including public and private nuisance, negligence, strict liability and multi-party CERCLA cost recovery. She has handled matters involving alleged air, water, and soil contamination. She has been involved in multiple toxic tort cases brought by thousands of individual plaintiffs, where, among other things, she has formulated strategies, prepared settlement and negotiation materials, oversaw motion practice, and worked with toxicologists, neurologists and other medical experts to prepare for medical examinations of plaintiffs and trial testimony. Her work has included cases brought by both U.S. and foreign citizens.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Welch was a litigation partner with Latham & Watkins LLP (Los Angeles, CA). She also served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable W. Eugene Davis of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ms. Welch is a member of the California State Bar. She is admitted to practice in all California courts and all United States District Courts in California.