Early Life, Education and Career
Welch was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1947. He attended local Catholic schools there (Holy Name Grammar School and Cathedral High School). Welch attended College of the Holy Cross, graduating magna cum laude in 1969. In 1973 he earned a law degree from Boalt Hall, the law school of the University of California, Berkeley.
He was a partner for 30 years in the personal injury law firm Welch, Graham & Manby, White River Junction, Vermont.
Welch is married to Margaret Cheney, a member of the Vermont House of Representatives. His first wife, Joan Smith, died of cancer in 2004. Welch had five stepchildren from his first marriage and now has three stepchildren in his second.
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