Jaime A. Welsh
she/her/hers
Associate
Jaime Welsh is an associate in the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group. Her practice focuses on the representation of clients in complex commercial litigation, as well as in bankruptcy cases and insolvency proceedings.
Jaime represents clients in a wide variety of litigation matters. Appearing frequently in both state and federal court, she handles product liability actions, business torts, contract disputes, commercial debt collection, and commercial foreclosures. She has been a trial team member in multiple cases tried to a jury verdict, including multiple defense verdicts in favor of one of the firm’s pharmaceutical clients. In her litigation practice, her clients include national and multinational companies in the finance, pharmaceutical, medical device, and health care industries.
In her bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice, Jaime represents creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings, including motion practice, negotiation of plans and disclosure statements, the filing of claims, and the defense of fraudulent transfer and preference claims. Outside of bankruptcy proceedings, Jaime also advises clients on workouts and out-of-court restructuring. Her bankruptcy and creditors’ rights clients include financial institutions, insurance companies, and trade creditors.
Jaime also maintains an active pro bono practice through firm partnerships with GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, Lawyers for Children America, and the Center for Children’s Advocacy.
Jaime graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law with Honors, where she served as an Associate Editor of the Connecticut Law Review.
Credentials
Education
- University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 2015, with Honors; Graduate Certificate in Human Rights
- University of Connecticut, B.A., 2011, cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Connecticut
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, District of CT
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of NY
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of NY
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Distinctions
- Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America: Product Liability Litigation - Defendants (2021–2025); Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (2024-2025); Commercial Litigation (2024-2025); Litigation - Bankruptcy (2024-2025)
- Listed as a Connecticut Super Lawyer Rising Star®: Bankruptcy: Business (2022-2024); Personal Injury - Products: Defense (2019–2021)
- National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges: Next Generation (2022)
- Connecticut Law Review, Associate Editor
- CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Contracts; Intellectual Property; Law and Public Health; Lawyering Process
- Thomson Reuters Award for Excellence in the Study of Health Law
Teaching Positions
- Eastern Connecticut State University: Adjunct Professor, Health Law (2018–2020)
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Connecticut Bar Association: Commercial Law and Bankruptcy, and Litigation Sections
- Hartford County Bar Association
- Oliver Ellsworth Inn of Court (2019–2022)
Community Involvement
- Lawyers' Collaborative for Diversity: Mentor