Ryan S. Welsch

Ryan S. Welsch is a shareholder of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. and and serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Energy Group . He is also a member of the Real Estate Group .

Mr. Welsch has extensive experience in mineral due diligence projects and certified title opinions, including complex heirship and curative title work. He also assists clients in litigation matters relating to title certification, including partition, quiet title, petitions under the West Virginia missing and unknown owner’s statute, and the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem to represent and obtain a lease from minors and incarcerated individuals. He has also handled transactional work for upstream, midstream, and downstream companies inclusive of title due diligence and closing, along with preparation of purchase and sale agreements, assignments, surface and mineral deeds, and rights of way.

In addition, Mr. Welsch counsels clients in corporate formation, real estate transactions, and financing. His real estate practice covers residential and commercial matters. He regularly represents builders and developers in land use, financing, and transactional matters, as well as lenders and borrowers in real estate transactions and title due diligence.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Welsch served as an attorney for a regional law firm. Additionally, he has experience managing a privately-held real estate development company. He is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Professional Accomplishments

•Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America since 2021: Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law, and Real Estate Law

Community

•Peters Township Boys Youth Lacrosse Association (Volunteer Coach)
•Washington County Chamber of Commerce

Articles

3/9/2018 Articles

West Virginia Enacts Co-tenancy Statute to Eliminate Crucial Barrier to Shale Development

Press Releases

8/21/2025 Press Releases

Fifteen Dickie McCamey Lawyers Named to 2026 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America

8/15/2024 Press Releases

Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. has 21 Lawyers Named to 2025 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America

8/17/2023 Press Releases

25 Dickie McCamey Lawyers Named to 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America

8/26/2022 Press Releases

20 Lawyers from Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Named to 2023 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America

1/3/2022 Press Releases

Dickie McCamey Elects Eleven New Shareholders

8/25/2021 Press Releases

22 Lawyers from Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Named to 2022 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

8/19/2020 Press Releases

Seventeen Lawyers from Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote Named to 2021 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

2/23/2018 Press Releases

Ryan Welsch Newly Named Principal

12/6/2016 Press Releases

Dickie McCamey Expands Its Oil & Gas Team