James I. Montgomery, Jr.
Partner
Gibbs Giden Locher Turner Senet & Wittbrodt
James I. Montgomery is a partner, and a civil litigation trial lawyer with over thirty-six years of litigation experience in the practice areas of civil trial and appellate law, insurance defense, products liability, and commercial law. Montgomery specializes in the analysis, negotiation, and defense of civil litigation matters, including automobile accidents, premises liability, construction defects, land subsidence, landlord-tenant habitability, toxic torts, construction accidents, personal injury, professional liability, products liability, and major losses.
Montgomery also has a significant amount of trial experience with a high success rate. Notably, Montgomery was called upon by a client to replace ineffective counsel in a wrongful death action just prior to trial. Adding to the case complications, he inherited the case burdened with a terminating sanction order. Despite the obstacles, Montgomery was successful in achieving a defense verdict for the client.