JACOB P. WELCH, ESQ.

born in 1953, was raised in Corning, New York, surrounded by a family of lawyers. His father, Vincent J. Welch, and his namesake uncle, Jacob G. Welch, began a law practice in Corning shortly following World War II. Both are now deceased. Jacob P. Welch has two brothers and a nephew who are also attorneys. The Welch attorneys have enjoyed a reputation of providing excellent legal services to the local community for over a half century.

Since starting in practice in 1980, Jacob P. Welch has focused his entire legal career in trial work. He has exhibited consistent and excellent legal skills. He has been rated “high to very high” by his counterparts in Martindale-Hubble, the most widely known book published about lawyers and their ratings.

Mr. Welch is also one of the very rare attorneys who practices in the Southern Tier of New York who has personally obtained four personal injury settlements topping the million dollar mark. He has also been a long-term member of the American Trial Lawyers’ Association. Furthermore, he is one of only two regional representatives serving the Trial Section of the New York State Bar Association, Seventh Judicial District – an area spanning from Corning to Rochester. This is a position of high honor in trial attorney circles.

Mr. Welch has tried numerous cases both in State and Federal Courts. Many of these have been in front of local juries.

His key strengths include keen/strong knowledge of local judges and juries and lengthy past experience with many local doctors who may be called to testify or write a report for your case. (His wife, as well, is a local nurse practitioner with over fifteen years experience in personal injury, wrongful death and valid medical malpractice cases. She becomes a readily available asset when Mr. Welch tackles medical issues arising in personal injury/wrongful death cases.)

In Mr. Welch’s twenty plus years as a personal injury attorney he has also developed the respect of many insurance adjusters, as well as defense attorneys. This is oftentimes critical in maximizing settlement of your case. Settlement is often preferred as opposed to taking your case fully through the risk of trial. If trial is required, however, you will find Mr. Welch to be a well prepared and experienced advocate, willing to stand up for your rights.

Perhaps most importantly, when you hire his firm you know the exact individual who will be speaking both with you and for you throughout your case. This is something that some other “media advertising” based firms do not provide their clients.

It would only be in the event of an unforeseen personal mishap that Mr. Welch would not be directly involved in your case. Should that arise Mr. Welch also has made outside associations with Attorney Peter Baker and Attorney Raymond Schlather.  Both of these men also routinely appear in local courts, have over twenty years worth of courtroom experience and are considered trustworthy and strong advocates for their clients. (You would, however, always have control over your choice of counsel.)

Courts, however, routinely make considerations for such personal matters affecting counsel by granting adjournments. Only in the rarest situation would backup assistance be required. Clients should feel comforted that even the unexpected is planned for with his firm.

With his firm, it is not about taking in large numbers of clients. Rather, it’s all about quality - it’s all about doing right by the client, every client, that steps in the door.

As a tribute to his competitive spirit Mr. Welch took up running hurdles (as he had in high school and college) and obtained the Gold Medal in the NYS Empire Games for his age class in 2004, 2005 and 2006.  In 2007 he competed in the State Games of America, a national competition, where he again placed first and took the gold.

While Mr. Welch may have a work hard/play hard approach to life clients may also enjoy that he is also a dedicated father/family man who deeply enjoys and participates in local hunting and fishing sports with his friends and family members.

ANNA CZARPLES, ESQ.

(wife of Thomas Czarples shown below) received a BA degree with double majors in Political Science and Spanish from the University of Rochester in 2005. While studying at Rochester, Ms. Czarples interned for a member of Congress and was a highly successful member of the Rochester debate team. She was a recipient of the Irene Grace Bunde Award given to the most persuasive female speaker as well as the debate union’s Woman of the Year Award. She also won first place in a prestigious Cornell University debate tournament involving colleges from throughout the United States.

Attorney Czarples obtained her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota Law school where she was awarded Magna Cum Laude (high academic) honors upon graduation. While in law school, she studied a diverse range of topics, and was awarded the Royal Stone scholarship for her academic efforts. She has also been a member of the Women’s Law Association and actively participated in Environmental Law Moot Court competitions. She also spent a semester in Sweden at Uppsala University studying comparative and international law.

Attorney Czarples is relatively new to the Southern Tier region, having grown up in the Buffalo area. She enjoys golf, tennis, skiing, and running, and she is an avid fan of the Buffalo Bills and Sabres. You will find her a strong and intelligent advocate for your case.  View her LinkedIn profile here.

THOMAS C. CZARPLES, ESQ.

was born in Duxbury, Massachusetts and attended college at the University of Rochester where he was president of the debate union and received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He attended Law School at the University of Minnesota, graduating magna cum laude. While there, he was an editor for the Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality. He also participated in the Law School’s exchange program in Uppsala, Sweden. Attorney Czarples enjoys working on difficult challenges and the sometime intricate procedural issues that, from time to time, come up in cases.

Attorney Czarples is a devoted fan of all the New England sports teams, especially his beloved Red Sox.  He also enjoys playing trumpet and composing music.  He looks forward to zealously representing you in your legal matters.