Brian R. Welsh is a graduate of the SUNY at Buffalo School of Law, and a cum laude graduate of SUNY at Buffalo with a degree in political science. He is a member of the Erie County and New York State Bar Associations. As part of the matrimonial law department of Siegel, Kelleher and Kahn, LLP he devotes almost his entire practice to matrimonial and related actions. He is a member of the Matrimonial and Family Law Committee of the Erie County Bar Association, and has lectured extensively on behalf of the Erie County and New York State Bar Associations, the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the New York Society of Independent Accountants, the Appellate Division of the Fourth Judicial Department, and the NYS Office of Court Administration. He also served as Regional Counsel to Parents Without Partners, Inc. an organization devoted to the welfare and interests of single parents and their children and in 1989 he was named Outstanding Young Lawyer by the Erie County Bar Association. Mr. Welsh currently serves as Dean of the Erie Institute of Law, which oversees continuing legal education programs for over 4,000 members of the Erie County Bar Association.

Mr. Welsh is active in community affairs.  He serves on the Board of Directors of the Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc., a non-profit agency which provides pro bono legal services to persons in need.  Mr. Welsh is Counsel to St. Peter's United Church of Christ in West Seneca, New York, and Cubmaster of the Cub Scout Pack 563 in Clarence, New York.