Her practice focuses on employment litigation, labor law, and nonprofit risk management. Ms. Welch is a contributor to legal and professional publications and serves as a speaker for various business, professional, and trade organizations on topics such as risk management, employee misuse of the Internet, legal hiring and termination practices, privacy rights in the workplace, and employers' methods to reduce healthcare costs. She earned her J.D., magna cum laude , from the Michigan State University College of Law, where she received a full academic scholarship and had the privilege of serving as an associate editor of the Michigan State Law Review and as an intern to the Honorable Avern L. Cohn of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.