Ron Welsh – Of Counsel
Ron Welsh has an active trial practice. Since 1975, his practice has encompassed well over 1,000 cases, resulting in over 100 trials, arbitrations, administrative proceedings, and class actions that include more than 75 jury verdicts. Mr. Welsh has developed extensive experience in the broadest scope of civil litigation matters involving millions to billions of dollars. His practice includes vehicle wrecks, product liability, and all other personal injury suits; toxic chemical cases; mass tort claims; complex commercial cases; financial and securities cases; energy cases; property damage claims; class actions; professional malpractice claims; tax matters; False Claims Act suits; contracts, RICO, intellectual property disputes; and will contests.
Mr. Welsh is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial advocates. The Texas Board of Legal Specialization has certified him as a specialist in both Personal Injury Trial Law and Civil Trial Law since 1981. He has served as special lead disciplinary trial counsel for the State Bar of Texas in a disbarment proceeding. He has served on the State Bar Committee on the Rules of Evidence. In the American College of Trial Lawyers, he chaired the Federal Civil Procedure Committee and co-chaired the Ad-Hoc Committee on Electronic Discovery. He formerly served as Co-Section Head of Litigation and on the Litigation Coordinating Committee at Vinson & Elkins, LLP in Houston.
He received his Bachelor of Science at Northwestern University in 1972, where he was a Clarion DeWitt Hardy Scholar, President of the Debate Society, and received the Cumnock Award and the Florsheim Award in Forensics. He is an honor graduate of the University of Texas, School of Law, where he served on the Texas Law Review Editorial Board and was a member of Order of the Coif, Board of Advocates, and Phi Delta Phi Honorary Legal Society.
Mr. Welsh is a member of the editorial board of Texas Objections by Harvey G. Brown and Judge Ken Curry. He is also the author of many law-related articles. He has lectured extensively on trial topics for the State Bar of Texas, the Houston Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, and Louisiana State University, among others. His courses have included how to try a case, how to prepare a case, jury selection, examination, cross-examination, closing argument, discovery, how to prepare a witness for deposition, how to depose a witness, how to prepare to take a deposition, business litigation, professional litigation, personal injury litigation, and damages and other remedies.
He has been selected for inclusion in every edition of Texas Super Lawyers. He has been named to The Best Lawyers in America and Texas Monthly’s top 100 attorneys in Houston.
Education
University of Texas School of Law, 1975
JD with Honors
Editorial Board, Texas Law Review
Order of the Coif
Board of Advocates
Phi Delta Phi Honorary Fraternity
Keeton Fellow
Chancellor’s Council
Dean’s Roundtable
Northwestern University, 1972
Bachelor of Science
Clarion DeWitt Hardy Scholar
President Northwestern Debate Society
Cumnock Award in Forensics
Florsheim Award in Forensics
School of Speech National Advisory Counsel
Professional Associations and Memberships
American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
Past Chair, Committee on Federal Civil Procedure
Past Co-Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Electronic Discovery
American Board of Trial Advocates, Advocate
Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow
Houston Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
Texas Law Review Association, Life Member
Board Certification in Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Board Certification in Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
State Bar of Texas, Section of Litigation
State Bar of Texas, Former Member, Administration of the Rules of Evidence Committee
State Bar of Texas, Special Disciplinary Trial Counsel
Practice of Law:
Vinson & Elkins, LLP, 1975-2003
Partner, 1982-2003
Cunningham, Welsh, Darlow & Zook, LLP,
Partner, 2004—2007
Welsh & Chapoton, LLP,
Partner, 2007—2013
Welsh LeBlanc, LLP
Partner, 2013-2016
The Welsh Law Firm, PLLC
Partner, 2016-Present
Bar Admissions
Texas (all state trial and appellate courts)
United States Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
United States Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
United States District Court, Southern District of Texas
United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
United States District Court, Western District of Texas
