Professional Bio:

Jaime Welsh is an associate at Shipman & Goodwin LLP, in the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group. Her practice focuses on the representation of clients in complex commercial litigation, as well as in bankruptcy cases and insolvency proceedings.

Jaime represents clients in a wide variety of litigation matters. Appearing frequently in both state and federal court, she handles product liability actions, business torts, contract disputes, commercial debt collection, and commercial foreclosures. She has been a trial team member in multiple cases tried to a jury verdict, including multiple defense verdicts in favor of one of the firm’s pharmaceutical clients. In her litigation practice, her clients include national and multinational companies in the finance, pharmaceutical, medical device, and health care industries. 

In her bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice, Jaime represents creditors in all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings, including motion practice, negotiation of plans and disclosure statements, the filing of claims, and the defense of fraudulent transfer and preference claims. Outside of bankruptcy proceedings, Jaime also advises clients on workouts and out-of-court restructuring.  Her bankruptcy and creditors’ rights clients include financial institutions, insurance companies, and trade creditors.

Jaime also maintains an active pro bono practice through firm partnerships with GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, Lawyers for Children America, and the Center for Children’s Advocacy.

Jaime graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law with Honors, where she served as an Associate Editor of the Connecticut Law Review.