James S. LaMontagne - Portsmouth, NH

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • St. Anselm College
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Shareholder

Pro Bono Activities

• Board Member, Northern New England Regional Board of Directors For The American Red Cross
• Finance Committee Member, Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
• Member of American Bankruptcy Institute
• Leadership of Manchester, Class of 2005

Published Works

Articles

• The Amended Bankruptcy Code: Bringing Balance to the Commercial Landlord and Debtor-Tenant Relationship?
  
• A Business Person’s Guide to Preference Payments and Creditors Rights
  
• Cloud Computing and Bankruptcy: What Happens if the Cloud Bursts?
  
• Chambers and Partners Real Estate Litigation: NH Laws and Practice
  
• NH Legal Perspective: Using good financial hygiene to achieve business success in 2025
  
• NH Legal Perspective: Merchant cash advances: What to know before signing
• Is your business in financial distress? There are options
• A few good practices to protect business operations
• The Small Business Reorganization Act And Its Evolving Case Law
• Options for Businesses in Financial Distress
• New Subchapter V draws raves from bankruptcy bar
• CARES Act Amends Bankruptcy Code To Allow More Small Businesses To Take Advantage Of New Streamlined Chapter 11 Process
• Federal Government Joins New Hampshire In Prohibiting Foreclosures
• NH Legal Perspective: A Primer on PPP Loan Forgiveness, Forbearance Agreements and Small Business Bankruptcy
• NH Legal Perspective: How fraud can impact the bankruptcy process
• NH Legal Perspective: Primer on bankruptcy preference payments, and creditors’ defenses
• NH Legal Perspective: Commercial debtor-tenants and their landlords
• NH Legal Perspective: Guide to bankruptcy preference payments and creditors’ defenses
• Caveat Emptor – “Free and Clear” Sales May Be Clouded by Successor Liability Claims

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts, 1995
• New Hampshire, 1997
• Maine
• U.S. District Court District of New Hampshire
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of Maine
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit

Other Affiliations

• New Hampshire Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Maine Bar Association
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts