About Whitney Welsh
Whitney Welsh is a trial attorney at Hepworth Holzer with nearly two decades of courtroom experience. She grew up in Whitefish, Montana, earned a B.A. in English Literature and Political Science from the University of Montana, and received her J.D., with honors, from the University of Montana School of Law, where she was awarded Best Appellate Brief and competed at the National Moot Court Competition in New York City. After clerking for the Montana Supreme Court, she joined the Ada County Prosecutor's Office in Boise and spent the next 19 years litigating serious felony and domestic violence cases, trying dozens of jury cases and supervising a felony trial team. The Idaho State Bar honored her work with the Denise O'Donnell-Day Pro Bono Award.
She is a certified Spanish speaker. At Hepworth Holzer, she represents victims of negligence and wrongful conduct in personal injury and wrongful death cases, applying the same preparation and advocacy she built over two decades in criminal prosecution. She is a member of the Idaho Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Hepworth Holzer, LLP
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BSR Ventures, doing business as Advanced Heating and Cooling, agreed to a $5 million judgment after its employee, who had seven prior DUI convictions including two felonies, crossed the center line on U.S. 93 and killed Cheryl Miller in a head-on crash.
A federal jury awarded Kevin Marchand $4.2 million after emergency room physicians at Mercy Medical Center removed his cervical collar following an industrial accident, missing a cervical spine fracture that left him permanently paralyzed.
A Boise jury awarded more than $1.66 million to a commercial tenant who suffered permanent brain damage after falling on improperly installed stairs, a verdict affirmed on appeal by the Idaho Supreme Court.
A passenger was seriously hurt when the driver left an Idaho road at high speed and rolled the car two or three times. The driver conceded sole liability, and the district court, sitting without a jury, found five broken ribs and permanent compression fractures at five levels of the thoracic spine. It entered judgment for $165,228.84, and the Idaho Supreme Court affirmed in 1990.
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