James Bertsch began practicing law with Touchstone Bernays in 1983 and has been a partner since 1990. James has represented clients in matters involving personal injury, construction law, medical malpractice, health care, professional malpractice, products liability, premises liability, trucking litigation, taxi cab litigation, insurance defense, mold litigation, and general civil litigation. James has been appointed by courts to act as a guardian ad litem and as a mediator. James completed formal mediation training in 2010 and is actively involved in the ADR/mediation process.

Texas Super Lawyer – 2012 (construction litigation),2011 (construction litigation), 2010 (construction litigation), 2009 (personal injury defense),2008 (personal injury defense), 2006 (medical malpractice)

Texas Bar Association (T.B.A.)
Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Inc. (T.A.D.C.)
Defense Research Institute (D.R.I.)
Texas Association of Mediators (T.A.M.)

Southern Methodist University Law School, J.D. 1983 Dallas, Texas;
Southern Methodist University, B.A, Major: Political Science 1980;
Mediation Training in Dispute Resolution Techniques (2010);
Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa.

State Bar of Texas (1983)
U. S. District Court Northern District (1984)
U. S. District Court Eastern District (1986)
U. S. District Court Western District (1991)

Born Houston, Texas, November 30, 1958. Resident of Mesquite, Texas. Married to Rhonda, with two adult children (Chris, U.T. ’06 and Kyle, Texas A&M ’09). Valley Creek Church of Christ; member and former deacon at Seagoville Church of Christ.