Band 1
Band 1
Provided by Diane Welsh
The Hon. Diane Welsh (Ret.) is highly respected for resolving disputes with sensitivity, patience and persistence. Over the past 27 years, as a JAMS neutral and U.S. Magistrate Judge, she’s resolved over 5,000 matters covering virtually every type of complex dispute. Extraordinarily skilled in resolving high-stakes multiparty commercial disputes, mass torts, class actions, data breach, insurance coverage, employment, sexual abuse and catastrophic personal injury cases, she has also presided over many aspects of multidistrict litigations while on the bench and as a special master.
Past work includes global settlement of state and federal products liability proceedings, and numerous other high profile cases. These include acting as Special Master of Amtrak Train’s Derailment Settlement Program and as the mediator for global settlements of the state and federal products liability proceedings brought against Stryker Orthopedics, Wright Medical, Bayer Essure and other medical device and pharmaceutical companies.
• Federal Magistrate Judges Association; Third Circuit Director, 1999-2004
• The Forum of Executive Women
• American Inns of Court; President, Temple American Inn of Court, 2002-2003
• National Association of Woman Judges, Federal Bar Association, Montgomery Bar Association, Philadelphia Bar Association,
• Bucks County Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, and other professional organizations
Provided by Chambers
Philadelphia-based Diane Welsh specializes in mediating complex multiparty disputes spanning commercial, employment, mass torts and insurance.
Provided by Chambers
Diane Welsh is a pleasure to work with. She is committed to learning the legal and factual playing field, coming to any mediation well prepared and understanding the parties' strengths and weaknesses.
She is top-notch. She takes the time to understand the issues before her and to get the parties to truly understand their positions.
Intelligence, reasonableness and tenacity are great qualities and she has them all. I’d rank her in the top three mediators in the country.
Diane's strong point is pushes both parties hard and gets right down to business. It's an efficient process and she gets results. When cases are difficult, she cuts through to the key issues.
She is top-notch. She takes the time to understand the issues before her to get the parties to truly understand their positions.
Diane's strong point is she pushes both parties hard and gets right down to business. It's an efficient process and she gets results. When cases are difficult, she cuts through to the key issues.
Intelligence, reasonableness and tenacity are great qualities and she has them all.
Diane Welsh is a pleasure to work with. She is committed to learning the legal and factual playing field, coming to any mediation well prepared and understanding the parties' strengths and weaknesses.
She is top-notch. She takes the time to understand the issues before her and to get the parties to truly understand their positions.
Intelligence, reasonableness and tenacity are great qualities and she has them all. I’d rank her in the top three mediators in the country.
Diane's strong point is pushes both parties hard and gets right down to business. It's an efficient process and she gets results. When cases are difficult, she cuts through to the key issues.
She is top-notch. She takes the time to understand the issues before her to get the parties to truly understand their positions.
Diane's strong point is she pushes both parties hard and gets right down to business. It's an efficient process and she gets results. When cases are difficult, she cuts through to the key issues.
Intelligence, reasonableness and tenacity are great qualities and she has them all.
