Jessica C. Beatty

Last year I faced one of the most difficult life events I’d experienced with the abrupt ending of a long-term marriage. In researching local collaborative divorce attorneys, I fortunately came across Jessica Beatty’s contact information and credentials. From our first meeting, I felt confident Jessic...a was the right attorney for me. Throughout the entire process, not only did she demonstrate her expertise, but she did so with compassion, respect, transparency, responsiveness, and fairness. She had a calming presence during highly emotional times and balanced appropriate levels of understanding and professionalism. Jessica kept my best interests in mind while maintaining the negotiation skills necessary for a successful collaboration. She was also cognizant of all involved parties’ time and resources. Though I don’t wish the many challenges of a divorce on others, the reality is these things do happen. I highly recommend Jessica Beatty for those seeking a very effective and empathetic collaborative divorce attorney.

Jessica's professional demeanor and knowledge combined with being compassionate, calm, and very friendly made me feel supported throughout the entire duration of the cases she helped me with. She is a great listener, she always effectively communicated with another party's lawyer while both cases wer...e in court. She was helpful with legal advice any time I reached out to her and she communicated in a manner I could understand, and was always available to answer any questions I had. I would highly recommend Jessica!!! One very happy client, -T.

Jessica was my attorney from May 2017 until October 2019 representing me in my divorce case and countless court appearances in Caroline County, Virginia. She was a legal professional, counselor, and a beacon of light in a difficult season of my life. I had full confidence in resting my fate in her ha...nds. She's very professional, thorough, fair, and respected by several Judges, attorneys, and counselors that I've personally seen her interact with in the courtroom. She's a credit to her profession and community. Thank you Jessica

I started going to court in 2009 for child custody. I used 8 different attorneys not counting court appointed, GALs, and representing myself at time. I used attorneys that cost upwards of 450 per hour and the cases went on and on. In the end of 2017 court cases started again and a decided to obtain a...nother lawyer. I visited a law firm and placed a retainer only to find out literally a week before court the other party had obtained another lawyer in the same office so I would have to find another lawyer. What a gift it was. I ended up looking for law firms that specialized in helping fathers seeking custody for their children. Originally I was not supposed to meet with her but with someone else in the office. Since she was available I did my consultation with her. Originally I did not know she was an attorney I presumed she was a para-legal because she looked very young and still had the non-battle tested look as if she was fresh out of college. She was so easy to talk to it also made me wonder did she have the fight in her that I needed in this case. However I felt comfortable so when she stated she would be able to take the case I retained her. Talking about having the fight in her, she was so good I can honestly say in out 5 or 6 appearances in court I said less than 20 words total. She took care of everything. She was able to be reached by phone, email, and text at almost anytime. She laid out the possible outcomes with plans and options in each event, was honest with some things that I wanted and explained the reasons for everything and decisions. While being my attorney I always felt she put my children needs first and gave a second point of view if I were over reaching and only seeing my view. When she switched firms I was so upset I thought I had lost her. When I was asked if I would like to stay with the company and have a new attorney at a much cheaper rate or stay with her, before the sentence was complete I quickly stated I would be following her, she was too good to let go. I could go on and on about how wonderful my experience with Mrs. Boutwell was. In my book she is the best of the best. I would HIGHLY recommend her if anyone have any needs for family court.

Jessica was truly detail oriented and patient listener who became compassionate with my situation while staying focused on the details of my case. I was truly in a dark place after my wife quit on me after 31 yrs. Jessica and her staff professional methods kept me focused on the end game which was ...to have a quality Separation agreement. My case was not an easy one as we must of went through at least 10 iterations of the document but through it all she stood strong and balanced my thoughts with all the legal ones. I have the agreement in place and so far so good. I would highly recommend Jessica for your attorney as she has all the credentials and is extremely smart in all aspects of the law. Thank you again for all your hard work R.Mamola