Sarah Welch

Sarah Welch

Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Topics: Administrative Law & Regulation • Affirmative Action • Constitution • Criminal Law & Procedure • Education Policy • Federal Courts • First Amendment • Foreign Policy • Fourth Amendment • Litigation • Religious Liberty • Security & Privacy • State Courts • State Governments • Supreme Court • Federalism & Separation of Powers • Religious Liberties

Sarah Welch is an associate in the Firm's Issues & Appeals Practice based in the Cleveland Office of Jones Day.

Ms. Welch's practice focuses on appellate advocacy and significant motions. Before joining Jones Day, she served as a law clerk to the Associate Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Honorable William H. Pryor Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the Honorable Jeffrey S. Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

During law school, Ms. Welch participated in briefing cases before the Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals through The University of Chicago Law School's Supreme Court and appellate clinic, as well as through internships with the Ohio and United States solicitors general. She volunteers on the case committee for Ohio's high school mock trial competition.

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