Tom Welsh

General Counsel

Tom Welsh joined the CEA team in early 2019 as CEA’s General Counsel. He oversees CEA’s General Counsel Services, Compliance and Audit functions, and government relations.

Prior to joining CEA, Tom was a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, where his insurance regulatory practice focused on providing compliance advice to numerous emerging and disruptive tech companies as they navigated complex insurance regulatory issues. He also worked for financial sector clients on insurance related investments, life settlements portfolios, and residential real estate portfolio securitization transactions. Tom also served as outside counsel to the Conservation & Liquidation Office of the California Department of Insurance for 28 years on major insolvencies.