MEET SOUTH CAROLINA INJURY ATTORNEY JAMES STEPHEN WELCH

His experience as a litigator, speaker and instructor give him the edge he needs to help his clients obtain compensation. Case results matter here.

Steve also writes a blog on jury and trial issues under his Fuzzy Logic Consulting brand. Click on this link to check out Steve’s blog: http://blog.fuzzylogiclaw.com

Steve was born August 24, 1955 in Lincoln, Nebraska. After a long and illustrious legal career, Steve joined our team of South Carolina injury attorneys in 2009. Steve has nearly 30 years of experience as a litigator, speaker and legal instructor.

Steve is married to Sherry Wells Welch; he is also the proud parent of five children.

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Bar Admissions

• South Carolina, 1989
• Oklahoma, 1982
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court District of South Carolina
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit

Education

• O.W. Coburn Law School, Tulsa, OK, 1982
• Oral Roberts School of Law J.D., Summa Cum Laude
• Erskine College, Due West, SC, 1979 B.A., English

Certifications

• Civil and Family Court Mediator 2002
• Circuit Court Arbitrator 2002

Employment History

• Holliman & Langholz Tulsa, OK – 1982 – 1983
• Schuman & Welch, PC Tulsa, OK – 1984 – 1985
• Albright & Welch, PC Tulsa, OK – 1985 – 1989
• The Welch Law Firm, LLC – 1989-2009
  • Greenville and Greenwood, SC
• Greenwood, SC City Attorney and Prosecutor – 2002-2009
• McGowan, Hood, Felder & Phillips, LLC – 2009 – present
  • Rock Hill, Columbia, Anderson, SC

Professional Associations

• Member, South Carolina Association for Justice 1990 – present
• Member, American Association for Justice – 1984 – present
• Governor, South Carolina Association for Justice (Executive Committee) – 1996 – 2003
• Founding Member, South Carolina Criminal Defense Lawyers Association – 1995 – present
• American Board of Trial Advocates, Member

Publications

• Journal of Christian Jurisprudence, Assistant Editor
• Symposium: Church, Family, State and Education, O.W. Coburn Law School – 1982
• Just Say “No” to Deposition Coaching; South Carolina Lawyer – July/August 1998
• St. Francis Xavier and The Two-Edged Sword; South Carolina Trial Lawyer Bulletin – Summer 1998
• Changing Paradigm – The Evolving Face of the Law; South Carolina Trial Lawyer Bulletin Spring 1999
• State v. Liberte & Sims-A Shield Against Prosecutorial Zeal; South Carolina Trial Lawyer Bulletin – Spring 2000
• Taking Your Right to Trial Without Recrimination: Uniform Sentencing Without the Guidelines; South Carolina Lawyer – March/April 2000
• Also, brief version in SCACDL
• “The Advocate” – May 2000
• Apprendi v. New Jersey; Watershed Ruling For The New Millennium? South Carolina Lawyer – March/April 2001When Doctors Push Pain Pills, Trial (AAJ), page 43, May 2014.
• Seminar/Workshop Presentations

“The Importance of Investigation Before Trial”

• South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar – October, 1999

“Emphasis in Closing Statement for the DUI Case”

• South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar – September, 2000

“Obtaining the Best Settlement for Personal Injury Clients”

• National Business Institute Lawyers Seminar – January, 2009

Quoted In

• Fox News
• ABA Journal
• Greenville News
• Greenwood Index Journal