James D. Montgomery - Board Member
Employer
- Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Montgomery, L.L.C (2000 - Present)
Professional Memberships & Activities
- Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago (appointed 1983)
- Current Illinois Supreme Court Chairman of the Capital Litigation Trial Bar Panel
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Former President of the Cook County Bar Association
- The Civil Justice Expense and Delay Advisory Group for the United States
District Court (Northern District of Illinois)
- Judicial Evaluation Committee (State & Federal Courts)
Awards & Honors
- Chicago's 30 Toughest Lawyers (Chicago Magazine)
- Academy of Lawyers Laureate Inductee
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers Fellow
Law Instructor
- National College of Criminal Defense Lawyer Instructor
- Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts Workshop Instructor
- University of Chicago School of Law, Intensive Trial Practice Workshop
- Trial Advocacy Instructor – DePaul University School of Law
Education
- University of Illinois, Political Science, B.A.
- University of Illinois School of Law, Juris Doctorate
Other
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Admitted to practice before:
- The United States Supreme Court
- The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth
- Seventh Circuit Courts and the United States District Court for the State
of Illinois Northern District
