Recognized in Ones to Watch since 2023 
Emalee Welsh is a partner and Deputy Head of Sterlington’s Private Wealth practice. She advises ultra-high-net-worth individuals, founders, entrepreneurs, owners of privately held businesses and multigenerational families on the complex decisions that shape how wealth is preserved, transferred, and managed across generations.
Emalee works with clients through significant wealth transition events, helping them develop sophisticated planning strategies that address estate, gift, GST and income tax planning, business succession, trust and estate administration, charitable giving, and family governance. She counsels clients across the full spectrum of their personal legal needs, helping them establish structures that support both long-term wealth preservation and family continuity.
Before joining Sterlington, Emalee practiced at Morgan Lewis for nine years and served as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Emalee earned her J.D. from Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, where she graduated first in her class and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Drexel Law Review. She also holds a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Missouri–St. Louis and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Virginia Tech.
