Rosemary D. Welsh
Ms. Welsh is of counsel in the Vorys Cincinnati office and a member of the litigation group. Her practice encompasses a broad range of workplace issues, including workers’ compensation, retaliatory discharge and toxic torts. She represents clients in the trial court, the courts of appeal, and in the Supreme Courts of Ohio and Kentucky. A former broadcast journalist, her practice reflects a significant focus on oral and written appellate advocacy, including matters involving the Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct.
Career highlights include:
- Defending manufacturers and premises owners in hundreds of asbestos cases in Ohio and Kentucky arising from workplace exposures
- Defending Ohio employers against claims for intentional torts and violation of specific safety requirements
- Clarifying the law on voluntary abandonment of employment in an appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court
- Defending large flavoring manufacturers against products liability claims
- Representing employers before the Industrial Commission of Ohio and in courts on a variety of workers' compensation matters.
Ms. Welsh is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Kentucky Bar Association, and the Cincinnati Bar Association.
Ms. Welsh has presented seminars on Ohio workers’ compensation law, the impact of new legislation on asbestos premises liability claims, and on water rights and lease agreements for agricultural property.
Ms. Welsh received her J.D. with honors from the University of Cincinnati where she was the Lead Articles Editor of the University of Cincinnati Law Review. She received her M.A. from the University of Minnesota and her B.A. magna cum laude from Gustavus Adolphus College.
Professional and Community Activities
- University of Cincinnati Alumni Board of Trustees, 1999-2005
- Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers, 2005
- Leadership Cincinnati, Class XV, 1991-1992
Honors & Awards
- The Lawrence Maxwell Memorial Advocacy Prize
- The International Academy of Trial Lawyers Prize for Trial Practice
- The Ernest Karam Book Award
Events
Publications
- Becoming a Workers' Compensation Specialist," Chapter Author, appearing in "Careers in Adminstrative Law and Regulatory Practice," by James T. O'Reilly, ABA Books, 2010
- “Negligent Credentialing: Ohio Expands Hospital Liability in the Wake of ‘Surgery of Love’,” University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1994 (63 U. Cin. L. Rev. 607)