Al Welshans

Al Welshans is an attorney with Scott, Thompson & Welshans, PLLC in Hernando, Mississippi. He represents clients in personal injury, wrongful death, truck accident, uninsured motorist, insurance bad faith, probate, estate planning, estate litigation, and fraud matters. His practice combines courtroom advocacy with careful financial analysis, helping individuals, governmental entities, and estates address serious disputes, protect important interests, and pursue practical legal solutions.

Al earned a Bachelor of Professional Accountancy, cum laude, from Mississippi State University in 1988 and worked for accounting firms before attending law school. He received his J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1993. While there, he served on the Moot Court Board’s Editorial Committee and was selected for the National Order of Barristers, reflecting achievement in trial advocacy, oral argument, and legal writing.

During more than three decades of practice, Al has represented clients in Mississippi state and federal courts and in federal district courts across the country. His experience includes consolidated proceedings before the federal multidistrict litigation panel, complex insurance disputes, serious injury and wrongful death claims, and estate-related litigation. He also applies his accounting and auditing background when evaluating financial records, damages, insurance issues, and claims involving individuals, public entities, and estates.

Al Welshans is admitted to practice in Mississippi, the US District Courts of Mississippi, and the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Mississippi Bar Association and has served on the board of the Mississippi Association for Justice. His background in litigation, accounting, and firm leadership supports a practical approach to complex cases and long-term client needs.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Scott, Thompson & Welshans, PLLC
• Member, American Bar Association
• Past Board Member, Mississippi Association for Justice
• Member, Mississippi Bar Association

Licensed State

• Mississippi

Education

• University of Mississippi
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Mississippi State University
  Bachelor of Arts

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