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 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.