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Ovide Marc Lamontagne (born September 24, 1957) serves as General Counsel of Americans United for Life, a pro-life public-interest law and policy organization. Lamontagne is a lawyer and a Republican politician who was his party's nominee for Governor of New Hampshire in 1996 and 2012. He also unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2010. Lamontagne, who is of French Canadian extraction, was born and raised in Manchester. He graduated from Manchester's Trinity High School in 1975 before he took his undergraduate degree at The Catholic University of America, Class of 1979. He taught social studies at a high school level before attending the Wyoming College of Law, graduating with his Juris Doctor degree in 1985. He clerked for Judge James Emmett Barrett of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit before returning to Manchester in 1986. That year, he joined the Manchester law firm Devine Millimet. ==Personal life== A fourth-generation New Hampshire native, Ovide was raised in Manchester, where he attended Trinity High School. He graduated from Trinity in 1975 as the Student Council President and the State President of the New Hampshire Association of Student Councils. He currently lives in the same house that he grew up in. Ovide met his wife Bettie while they were both attending the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. They were married in June 1979, following their graduation from the University the previous month. After spending some time working as a high school teacher at St. Vincent Pallotti High School in Laurel, Maryland, outside of Washington, DC, Ovide received an offer to move to Wyoming to be a high school teacher in Cheyenne. Ovide and Bettie relocated to Wyoming, where Ovide enrolled in the University of Wyoming College of Law. He graduated with honors in 1985, receiving his Juris Doctor degree. Ovide and Bettie have two older daughters and a foster son. Before adopting their son, Ovide and Bettie had hosted a number of foster children for short-term stays, and they were contacted about a child living in the hospital who needed a home. Upon learning that the child was special needs, Ovide became involved with the Easter Seals to help teach their child necessary skills. Ovide and Bettie have been caring for their foster son for the last 24 years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wmur.com/news/politics/One-on-one-interview-with-candidate-for-governor-Ovide-Lamontagne/-/9857748/15175634/-/53f1eaz/-/index.html )〕 ==Law career== Ovide received his law degree from the University of Wyoming in 1985. Upon his return to New Hampshire in 1986, he joined the Manchester-based law-firm Devine, Millimet & Branch. By 1992, he had risen to become a partner in the firm. Ovide’s practice areas include healthcare, not-for-profit charitable trust litigation and construction law. He also serves as general counsel for a number of not-for-profit organizations and has significant experience representing religious organizations. Ovide was ranked in 2010 and 2011 by Chambers USA as one of America’s leading commercial attorneys and has been chosen six years running for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of commercial and construction litigation. Ovide was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in 1985 and is a member of both the New Hampshire and Manchester Bar Associations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://devinemillimet.com/our-team/attorneys/ovide-m-lamontagne/default.aspx )〕 In the 1991 session of the New Hampshire General Court, he served as counsel for the State Senate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/politics/13002166485972/ovide-lamontagne-gop-n-h-u-s-senate-bio/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ovide M. Lamontagne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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