WELCH & WEBB - Key Persons

Jared Welch started clerking for Shafer Law Office, L.C. in Weston, Missouri during law school and worked alongside Quint Shafer since graduating from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of law in 2002. His willingness to work hard and take on difficult challenges and cases started early in his legal career. One of Jared's earliest cases was the result of a work-related injury sustained by one of his uncles. Jared saw firsthand how an injury and subsequent recovery could affect an entire family. That case set the course for Jared's passion for helping injured people and their families. The desire to help injured people and their families led Quint and Jared to form Shafer & Welch, L.C. in 2009.

Jeremy Webb, a native of Weston, began working with Jared and Quint in 2007 and was immediately tasked with investigating and assisting with serious injury cases. Jeremy has a special connection with clients that have been seriously injured in automobile accidents as prior to joining the firm, his mother suffered debilitating injuries in a serious motor vehicle crash and Jared and Quint represented her. Jeremy was also involved in a near fatal automobile accident himself shortly after graduating from high school. In addition to handling personal injury cases, Jeremy serves as the City Attorney and Prosecuting Attorney for Weston. He also handles criminal cases, including serious felonies, as well as estate planning and probate matters. Jeremey's varied work experience is beneficial in protecting the rights of injured victims and their families. In April 2014, Quint was appointed by Governor Jay Nixon as Platte County Associate Circuit Judge (Division III). Upon Quint's appointment, Jared and Jeremy formed what they felt like was a natural partnership - Welch & Webb, LLC. They moved into their historic building in downtown Platte City, across from the Platte County Courthouse, in August 2015. Welch & Webb was awarded the William M. Paxton Preservation Award in April 2018 for their work in renovating the antebellum home that now serves as their main office. In 2019, Jared's wife, Pamela Welch, joined Welch & Webb. Pamela was a partner at a well-known insurance defense law firm in Kansas City where she defended individuals, companies and insurance companies in personal injury and wrongful death matters for more than 15 years. Pamela has first-hand knowledge of how insurance companies evaluate injury claims and how they attempt to limit recovery to injury victims. She is excited to use her experience to help injury victims and their families hold negligent parties responsible, receive a fair compensation and make communities safer. Pamela has proven to be a tremendous asset to Welch & Webb as it expands its personal injury practice and she brings significant experience to help protect the rights of injury victims. Welch & Webb understands the meaning of hard work and building relationships. With a history firmly rooted in a small town, it is our privilege to represent our hard-working friends, family and members of our community. It has also been our pleasure to represent the many people referred to us from throughout metropolitan Kansas City, Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas - people we now count among our clients and friends. Welch & Webb continues to maintain that small-town feel at its office. We understand the devastating consequences that an injury or difficult legal situation can have on you and those around you. We take pride in building relationships with our clients and have a professional and well-respected reputation. Our goal at Welch & Webb is to make communities safer in our representation of injury victims and the accused. If you would like a law firm that treats you like family while advocating relentlessly for your rights, then please contact Welch & Webb today.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Welch & Webb Legal Staff
• Legal Assistant / Organizer of Random Thoughts & Erratic Activity

Job Titles:

• Member of the Welch & Webb Legal Staff
• Legal Assistant / Director of Idealism

Pamela Welch is an experienced trial attorney who practices primarily in civil litigation with an emphasis in personal injury and wrongful death. She was a partner at a well-known insurance defense firm where she worked for more than 15 years prior to joining Welch & Webb, LLC. This experience gives Pamela a unique perspective in protecting injury victims because of her knowledge in how insurance companies defend and value claims. Pamela has handled complex and catastrophic injury claims involving millions of dollars, as well as smaller injury claims. She takes the same approach with each case no matter the size. She prepares each case as if it is going to trial. She has tried jury trials in Missouri and Kansas as well as argued before both the Missouri and Kansas Courts of Appeal. Pamela's experience helps injured victims feel at ease because she communicates with them every step of the way and anticipates the insurance company's response. Her calm demeanor and laid-back attitude are refreshing for victims experiencing difficult times. Growing up as the seventh of nine children, Pamela knows when to pick a battle and when it is time to listen. She takes this same approach with her clients when advocating for their rights. When Pamela is not advocating for her clients, she enjoys spending time with her family, attending sporting activities and coaching and cheering for her kids from the sidelines.

Job Titles:

• Legal Assistant
• Member of the Welch & Webb Legal Staff
• Office Manager