Wendy D. Welkom’s practice involves complex business litigation and class actions, both trial and appellate work.

WENDY D. WELKOM

Ms. Welkom works on the firm’s class actions. Cases include a discrimination case against a major lending institution, oil spill-related cases against a pipeline company and the fire and debris flow claims against a public utility company. She has also been involved with individual cases asserting lender liability claims, as well as cases covering multiple diverse areas such as Indian and real property law.

Her major focus is research and writing. Prior to joining Cappello & Noël, she served as Staff Attorney with the San Francisco Branch of the SEC, investigating and prosecuting securities fraud. Before that, she was an associate with Graham and Dunn in Seattle, with a practice including commercial law, antitrust, securities and complex business litigation. She also was a law clerk to the Honorable Ralph B. Guy, Jr., then U.S. District Judge, E.D. Michigan (now on the Sixth Circuit).

Education:

  • University of Michigan Law School, J.D. cum laude, May 1982
  • University of Michigan, B.G.S., May 1974

Admitted:

  • Michigan, admitted 1982 (currently inactive)
  • Washington State, admitted 1985 (currently inactive)
  • California, admitted 1991
  • U.S. District Court, Central District California, admitted 2010
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, admitted 2018