Background
III, Walter Scott Welch was born on September 7, 1939 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Walter Scott Junior and Velma Lou (Hines) W.
III, Walter Scott Welch was born on September 7, 1939 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Walter Scott Junior and Velma Lou (Hines) W.
Bachelor cum laude, University of South, 1961; Bachelor of Laws with distinction, U. Mississippi, 1964.
Associate, Welch, Gibbes & Graves, Attorneys, Laurel, Mississippi, 1964; partner, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, since 1967.
Captain United States Air Force, 1964-1967. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation, Mississippi Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (house of delegate since 1994), American Board Trial Advocates (national director since 1992, local president 1987), International Association Defense Counsel (standing commission on casualty insurance since 1986), Mississippi Defense Lawyers (past board directors), Mississippi State Bar Association (commissioner 1989-1995, Executive Committee 1991-1992, president-elect 1993-1994, president 1994-1995), Hinds County Bar Association (president 1979-1990).
Married Hermine McBee Copeland, November 5, 1960 (divorced September 1981). Children: Hermine, Walt. Married Mary Anne Kendrick, December 6, 1981.
Children: Dennis, Kasi.