Elizabeth E. Welch Personal Injury Attorney in Portland, Oregon

Elizabeth E. Welch began her legal career in 1997 as a legal assistant and paralegal. While clerking for Kafoury & McDougal in 2002 she found her inspiration to represent injured people against insurance companies.

 In 2006 Ms. Welch co-founded Kohlhoff & Welch, Oregon’s first exclusively mother-daughter firm, which was opened with attorney Theresa Kohlhoff.

 In 2015 Ms. Welch was excited to open her own firm, Elizabeth E. Welch, Attorney at Law.  She continues to practice only in plaintiff’s personal injury.

A lifelong Oregonian, Ms. Welch graduated from the University of Georgia and attended Lewis & Clark Law School as a night student, graduating in 2004.  She became a member of the Oregon State Bar in 2006.

• Oregon State Bar;
• Oregon Trial Lawyers Association;
• American Association for Justice;
• Multnomah County Bar Association;
• Oregon PTA

Ms. Welch currently serves as Chair of the Board for the nonprofit Youth Rights & Justice, is a Judge Pro Tem in Washington County, and serves on the Arbitration Committee for Multnomah County.

 Now in her fifth year, she continues to co-facilitate the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association’s annual Lawyering 101 class.

Previous Service:

Board of the Multnomah County Bar Association 

Multnomah Bar Association Treasurer 

Board of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association

Development Committee for the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL).

President, North Portland’s Peninsula Elementary PTA 

Sponsorships:

Ms. Welch focuses her sponsorships on schools in Portland, including Roosevelt High School, Grant High School, Holy Redeemer, Peninsula Elementary, MLC, Buckman Elementary, Ockley-Green Middle School, and Access Academy.

Speaking and Writing:

Elizabeth has spoken on multiple issues for the Oregon Trial Lawyers and the National Business Institute at lunches, CLEs and the OTLA Convention. 

 Along with authoring a few articles for OTLA’s Trial Lawyer Magazine, Ms. Welch has co-authored two articles on dental malpractice in national publications.

Elizabeth enjoys exercise, yoga, reading, trivia, cooking, and generally spending time with family.