Clerk to Justice Michael D. Zimmerman, Utah Supreme Court
1990, J.D., University of Utah, Order of the Coif, Development Editor, Utah Law Review
1987, B.A., Business Finance, University of Utah
Executive Committee, Utah State Bar Young Lawyers Division, 1993-1994 (Current member, Intellectual Property Division)
Utah Bar Journal Staff, 1991-1993
Board of Directors, Family Support Center, 1999-2004
Board of Advisors, Doc Warner's Alaska Fishing, 2007-2017
Judicial Conduct Commission, 2013-2019, appointed by the Utah Supreme Court
2019-2020: Guest Lecturer, University of Philippines,Diliman, School of Law: “Religious Freedom, Tolerance and Inter-Faith Relations”
2021: Guest Lecturer to doctorate candidates, University of Santo Tomas, Graduate School of Ecumenism, Manila Philippines
Federal Bar Association
Member, National Patent Litigation Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, 2008 -present
Terry Welch handles litigation matters of all types in federal and state courts. He has broad experience in complex litigation, representing multi-national, national, local, and small businesses with respect to intellectual property and patent litigation, antitrust, product liability, insurance and bad faith disputes, and manufacturer/distributor relations. He has handled significant trademark and Lanham Act matters including issues of infringement, trade dress and false advertising. Mr. Welch heads the Firm’s Class Action practice. He prides himself on thoroughly and deeply understanding his client’s desired ends and then acting in all instances toward those ends. Mr. Welch has mediated, arbitrated or tried cases in federal and state courts in more than 20 states throughout the United States. Bold, creative and refreshing in his style and manner, he is regularly approached to represent prior opposing parties.
Mr. Welch is perennially cited by legal peers as one of the top commercial litigators in Utah: Utah Business magazine’s Legal Elite (every year since the inaugural issue, 2004 to present, including recognition as a Top 100 lawyer), The Best Lawyers in America (2004 to present, including 2012 SLC lawyer of the year, Information Technology), The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Counsel edition, Mountain States Super Lawyers (2005 through present), Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel edition, including Top 75 lawyers in five state area, 2011 and Utah’s “Top 100″, 2013. Mr. Welch has also been named a BTI Client Service All-Star for 2014, the only Utah attorney to receive such recognition. Mr. Welch has also been awarded an AV rating every year since his first rating decades ago – the highest awarded by Martindale-Hubbell.
In addition to his broad commercial experience, Mr. Welch also heads the Firm’s Personal Injury and Wrongful Death plaintiff’s practice with several million dollar and multi-million dollar results to his credit.
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