James Stephen Welch - Columbia, SC

Education

• Legal Education

  • O.W. Coburn School of Law, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1982
    J.D.
    Honors: summa cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina, United States of America , 1979
    B.A.
    Major: English

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• 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, Greenville and Greenwood, SC, 1989 - 2009
• Greenwood, SC City, Attorney and Prosecutor, 2002 - 2009

Classes and Seminars

• The Importance of Investigation Before Trial, South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1999 - Present
  
• Emphasis in Closing Statement for the DUI Case, South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2000 - Present
  
• Obtaining the Best Settlement for Personal Injury Clients, National Business Institute, 2009 - Present

Published Works

Articles

• 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
• The Advocate, SCACDL, May, 2000
• Apprendi v. New Jersey, South Carolina Lawyer, March/April, 2001
• Watershed Ruling For The New Millennium?, South Carolina Lawyer, March/April, 2001

Bar Admissions

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

Specialties and Certifications

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

Other Affiliations

• South Carolina Association for Justice, 1990 - Present (Member)
• American Association for Justice, 1984 - Present (Member)
• South Carolina Association, 1996 - 2000 (Governor)
• South Carolina Association (Executive Committee)
• South Carolina, 1995 - Present (Founding Member)
• Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• South Carolina Association for Justice (Executive Committee), 1996 - 2003 (Governor)
• South Carolina Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1995 - Present (Founding Member)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)