Jennifer Welch

Practice Areas

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith; Motor Vehicle Law; Premises Liability; Community Association Law

Career

Jennifer has over two decades of experience handling cases in state and federal courts throughout North Carolina. She has also represented clients in alternative dispute resolution proceedings such as mediation and arbitration.

She serves as Chair of the Cranfill Sumner’s Insurance Law & Coverage practice group. She is a member and former Chair of the Insurance Section Council of the North Carolina Bar Association. She is an active member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM) Insurance Coverage Committee and the Harmonie Group Coverage and Bad Faith Committee.

Publications

“The Last Line of Defense: The ISO Virus Exclusion Meets COVID-19 Business Interruption Suits,” DRI For The Defense Magazine (Dec. 2020) http://digitaleditions.walsworthprintgroup.com/publication/?i=686748&article_id=3834334&view=articleBrowser

Co-authored NC portion of DRI Duty to Defend Compendium (2016)

“Insurance Bad Faith: Conduct Counts” – article for JD Supra (2013)

Co-authored NC portion of DRI Professional Liability Insurance Compendium (2012)