About Christopher J. Montgomery
An experienced trial and defense attorney, Christopher Montgomery joined BarrSternberg in July 2015, adding to the firm's defense team. A trial litigator, Montgomery has practiced extensively in Windham County, defending accused individuals from all walks of life. He continues his criminal defense work throughout Vermont, working with clients from Bennington, Windham, and Rutland counties. Montgomery is known for his thorough research of defense techniques, witness statements, and evidence recovery. Prior to relocating to Vermont in 1996, Montgomery worked for several years in Texas, where he focused on corporate, civil, criminal, and immigration law.
Proven verdicts and settlements at BarrSternberg
These results are credited to BarrSternberg. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
Alfred Heekin, 84, suffered severe brain injuries on January 7, 2000, when he swerved to avoid a wrong-lane escort vehicle and struck an oversized manufactured home a Bennett Truck Transport rig was hauling across both lanes of Route 9 in Bennington, Vermont. He died nineteen months later. His widow, Marion Heekin, sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, and the Bennington firm now known as BarrSternberg took the case to a jury trial before Judge J. Garvan Murtha. On the third day of trial, with Marion Heekin about to testify, Bennett agreed to pay $1,200,000 to settle the wrongful death claim. Vermont imposes no cap on wrongful death damages, and because the case settled before verdict, the full amount stood with no appeal.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
