Mr. Welscher is a 1973 graduate of the University of Florida with a B.S. and M.B.A. in Accounting and a 1981 graduate of South Texas College of Law. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Courts of Texas and U.S. Tax Court. He has practiced in other District Courts in Florida, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association and Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. He regularly speaks at various business functions and is a past director to the Women's Contractors Association and former director of the United Way "Interfaith Ministries" group.