In attempts to dodge the bullet fired against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Jesse Jackson has turned to a Chicago personal injury lawyer, James D. Montgomery Sr. His firm is affiliated to the late Johnnie Cochran Jr.’s firm, and Montgomery stated that Jackson is the “Senate Candidate 5″ referenced in the criminal complaint lodged against Blagojevich. However, Jackson denies it all!

Stating that he never offered any favors to Blagojevich as part of his interest in being appointed to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, Montgomery is now going to make sure that people are aware of that.

As reported in The National Law Journal, “Montgomery teamed up with Cochran in 2000 to form the Chicago firm of Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Montgomery, which handles wrongful death as well as personal injury cases. He has represented families of victims who died in the 2003 E2 nightclub fire in Chicago, the family of a woman who was killed when scaffolding fell from the 100-story John Hancock building in Chicago and a Northwestern University football player who died during a summer practice session.”

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