James D. Montgomery & Associates

James D. Montgomery & Associates, Ltd. is a Chicago-based personal-injury and wrongful-death law firm. The firm formerly served as the Chicago office of The Cochran Firm.

Attorneys

 * Partners
 * James D. Montgomery, Sr. James D. Montgomery, Sr. currently serves as a Trustee on the Board of Trustees to the University of Illinois.  Mr. Montgomery served as Corporation Counsel to the City of Chicago under Harold Washington.
 * James M. Sanford
 * John K. Kennedy


 * Associates
 * Daniel Watkins, II
 * Michelle M. Montgomery

Cases

 * The firm represents the family of Rekia Boyd, who was shot and killed by Dante Servin, an off-duty Chicago police officer.
 * The firm represents the family of Anthony Kyser, who was choked to death by a CVS store manager in an alley after allegedly stealing some toothpaste from a CVS store.
 * The firm represents the family of Ontario Billups, who was shot and killed by Tracey A. Williams of the Chicago Police Department while unarmed.
 * The firm is the lead counsel for plaintiffs in the litigation arising from the 2003 E2 nightclub stampede.
 * The firm achieved a $16 million settlement from the City of Chicago for the police-involved shooting death of Latanya Haggerty.