James S. LaMontagne

James S. LaMontagne is a Shareholder at Sheehan Phinney and leads the firm’s Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Creditor’s Rights Group. His practice focuses on financially distressed situations, insolvency, and commercial disputes. He represents secured lenders, creditor committees, purchasers of distressed assets, trustees, vendors, landlords, unsecured creditors, and business debtors in workouts, restructurings, Chapter 11 reorganizations, Chapter 7 liquidations, asset sales, and related litigation.

James earned a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School and a B.A. from St. Anselm College. His legal education supports a practice that combines bankruptcy procedure, commercial law, creditor remedies, and litigation. He works with clients whose matters require careful evaluation of debt structure, collateral, contracts, collection rights, restructuring options, and court processes, helping creditors and debtors assess legal choices in situations where financial pressure affects ongoing business operations.

James handles preference actions, dischargeability complaints, stay-violation matters, commercial foreclosures, secured-party sales, collection actions, and contract disputes. His representative work includes serving as a Chapter 11 Subchapter V trustee, advising buyers acquiring operating assets from bankruptcy estates, representing banks and financial institutions in bankruptcy and foreclosure proceedings, and counseling businesses through workouts with secured lenders and other creditors.

James S. LaMontagne is admitted in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine and before multiple federal courts and appellate tribunals. His recognitions include Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation and Chambers USA for Bankruptcy. Through a practice spanning bankruptcy, restructuring, creditors’ rights, foreclosure, commercial litigation, and distressed transactions, he helps clients protect financial interests and move through complex insolvency matters with a clear understanding of available legal remedies.

Law Office Affiliations

• Shareholder, Sheehan Phinney
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Member, Maine State Bar Association
• Board Member, Northern New England Regional Board of Directors For The American Red Cross
• Finance Committee Member, Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute
• Member, Leadership of Manchester (Class of 2005)

Licensed State

• New Hampshire
• Massachusetts
• Maine

Education

• Suffolk University Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• St. Anselm College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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