Jessica L. Beauchamp and James D. Houston bring experience to Strauss Troy’s Family Law and Litigation practice groups.
Strauss Troy welcomes attorneys Jessica L. Beauchamp and James D. Houston to the firm.
Jessica L. Beauchamp focuses her practice on family law, divorce, and child custody issues in Ohio and Kentucky. She has seen success advocating for her clients both inside and outside of the courtroom and enjoys using alternative dispute resolution methods and complex problem solving to develop creative solutions to meet her clients’ goals. Jessi is collaboratively trained and is an executive committee member of the Cincinnati Academy of Collaborative Professionals and a member of the Academy of Northern Kentucky Collaborative Professionals.
She has been selected to the Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars list and has been named a Top 40 Under 40 by the American Trial Lawyers Association.
James D. Houston focuses his practice on construction and complex commercial litigation, surety law and OSHA compliance and claim defense. Jamie also assists clients with their labor and employment needs. His trial experience includes first chair representation of contractors, design professionals, employers, sureties and business owners in both arbitration and traditional trial court settings (including actions for emergency injunctive relief). He has also successfully defended employers against various wrongful death and discrimination claims. Jamie also assists his clients with contract drafting and negotiation.
Jamie has drafted and successfully argued appellate briefs before various courts, including the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, various Ohio District Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Ohio. He has also investigated and successfully defended claims involving serious workplace injuries or death including OSHA investigations.