About
James Montee is the founder and managing partner of Montee Law Firm and has built his legal career around representing injured people and families. His personal injury practice includes car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, construction injuries, product liability, premises claims, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and other serious negligence matters. His work focuses on cases involving significant physical injuries, financial losses, and disputed responsibility.
Montee earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1983, where he served on the Law Review and was named to the Order of Barristers. He attended Drury College and graduated magna cum laude in 1980. His legal education was followed by a clerkship with Missouri Supreme Court Judge William Billings, providing early experience with appellate analysis, judicial decision-making, and complex legal issues.
Montee worked at a large Oklahoma law firm before founding his own firm in 1996. He has handled high-value injury cases and has obtained numerous verdicts and settlements exceeding $1 million. Montee Law Firm has recovered more than $300 million for clients. His litigation experience spans vehicle collisions, construction incidents, defective products, unsafe properties, and medical negligence, with a focus on preparing significant cases for settlement or trial.
James Montee combines decades of litigation experience with a personal injury practice centered on serious losses. He is licensed in Missouri and Kansas and has received professional recognition for trial work. His background as a judicial law clerk, private-firm lawyer, and firm founder gives him a broad perspective on case strategy, evidence, and courtroom advocacy while representing injured clients and families in substantial negligence claims.
Law Office Affiliations
- Managing Partner, Montee Law Firm
- Member, The Missouri Bar
- Member, Kansas Bar Association
Licensed State
- Missouri
- Kansas
Education
- University of Missouri School of Law
Juris Doctor (JD)
Awards & Badges
- Car Accidents
- Construction Accidents
- Medical Malpractice
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Personal Injury
- Products Liability
- Slip & Fall Accidents
- Trucking Accidents
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