Brittney M. Welch Associate

Brittney joined Gilbert LLP in 2025.   She represents corporate and individual clients in complex civil litigation and insurance recovery matters.  She also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Prior to joining Gilbert, Brittney served as a judicial law clerk on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and as a judicial law clerk on the Vermont Supreme Court.  In 2022, Brittney joined the U.S. Department of Justice through the Attorney General’s Honors Program, the nation’s premier entry-level Federal attorney recruitment program.  At the Department of Justice, Brittney was a Trial Attorney in one of the most active litigation sections, where her practice included government contracts, government pay and personnel suits, international trade, veteran and other benefit appeals.

She received her law degree from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

  • Litigating against dozens of insurers in Texas to recover insurance proceeds for the benefit of abuse survivors on behalf of a bankruptcy trustee.
  • Assisting in representing a bankruptcy trust in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and adversary proceedings.
  • Representing several religious organizations in federal court, challenging the Department of Homeland Security’s recission of its “sensitive locations” policy, which previously restricted immigration enforcement at houses of worship and other sensitive locations.

EDUCATION

  • 2021 – J.D., The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
    • Cum Lade
    • Ohio State Law Journal (Law Review) Managing Editor
    • Publications in Law Journals: California Legal History, and the Journal of Legal Medicine
  • 2017 – B.A., Stockton University
    • Summa Cum Lade

BAR MEMBERSHIPS

  • District of Columbia
  • Ohio