Biography

Kelly Beam is a research attorney in the Houston office of Jackson Walker. She conducts in-depth legal and business-development research for all practice groups, attorneys, paralegals and staff. Additionally, she analyzes complex federal and state legal issues; performs due-diligence research on companies, organizations, and individuals; and identifies and develops new legal research strategies and resources.

Ms. Beam is well established in the legal-knowledge arena. Before joining Jackson Walker, she worked for O’Connor’s as the Executive Editor for O’Connor’s Texas Family Law Handbook and O’Connor’s Texas Family Code and led the day-to-day operations as the Operations Director. She is also a co-founder of Bearings Legal Resources, an independent legal publisher that provides Texas lawyers with exceptional legal resources.

Education

B.B.A., cum laude, University of Houston-Clear Lake

• President and Co-founder, Students for Social Consciousness

M.A., with honors, University of Houston-Clear Lake

• Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society, Vice President
• Outstanding Master’s Student in Literature Program Award Recipient

J.D., magna cum laude, University of Houston Law Center

• Symposium Editor, Houston Law Review
• Texas State Bar Labor and Employment Section Law Review Award Recipient
• Susman Godfrey LLP Most Outstanding Litigation Article Award Recipient
• Public Interest Law Organization

Bar Admissions

Texas