Practice Areas

• Personal Injury - Auto
• Workers' Compensation
• Medical Malpractice
• Product Liability / Defective Design
• Premises Liability Law
• Family Law
• Criminal Defense
• Business/Corporate Litigation

Licensed to Practice Law

• Missouri , 1995
• Illinois , 1996
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 1995
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, 1995

Legal Employment

• Missouri State House of Representatives, 1992 Legislative Assistant
• Missouri State Public Defender, Rule 13 Certified Intern, St. Louis County 1993-94
• Charles M. Shaw Law Firm, Associate 1995-1996
• Stahlhuth & Rudder Law Firm, Associate 1996-1999
• James C. Ochs, Attorney, P.C., Associate 1999-2005
• Ochs & Klein, Attorneys, P.C., Partner 2006-present

Education

• SMSU, n/k/a Missouri State University, cum laude, B.S., 1992
• Washington University School of Law
• University of Tulsa College of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1995
• Phi Delta Phi Honors Fraternity, SBA Delegate
• Mock Trial Team Captain, ATLA Award for Trial Advocacy

Author/Lecturer

• Damages in Missouri Civil Trial Practice , NBI published 2003 and 2004
• Featured Case, Amber Stringer v. Cocktails, Inc., et al. , The Missouri Trial Attorney, published Winter 2003.

Member

• Missouri Bar Association
• Illinois Bar Association
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Now known as American Association for Justice)
• Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
• MATA Hall of Fame

 

Published Verdicts & Settlements

• "Featured Case: Amber Stringer v. Cocktails, Inc., d/b/a Stagger Lee’s and Lee Williams (St. Louis City Circuit Court, Case No. 012-1034; Div. 13)." Published Winter 2003 Edition of The Missouri Trial Attorney
• "Pickup Truck Hit Plaintiff’s Car; She Was Backing Out of Parking Space, $150,000.00 Verdict." Published August 25, 2003 Missouri Lawyers Weekly
• "Woman’s Car Hit Two Dump Trucks, $93,500.00 Settlement." Published March 10, 2003 Missouri Lawyers Weekly
• "Parents Sued for Entrusting Car To Teenager, $200,000.00 Settlement." Published March 26, 2001 Missouri Lawyers Weekly
• "Man Receives 7 times (chiropractic bills) for Soft Tissue Injury" Published October 11, 1999 Missouri Lawyers Weekly

Appellate Court Decisions

• State v. Battle, 32 SW3d 193 (Mo.App.E.D. 2000)
  Obtained reversal of convictions for Murder in the Second Degree and Armed Criminal Action.
  
  
• Colmo v. Colmo, 216 SW2d 231 (Mo.App.E.D. 2007)
  Obtained reversal of judgment for ex-wife to pay for supervised visits between ex-husband and the parties’ minor child.

 

 

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