Matthew L. LaMountain is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the

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for the 31st district. Elected in November 2022, he assumed office on January 3, 2023.

Early life and education

LaMountain is a native of

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. His mother was a substitute teacher and his father worked for the

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. LaMountain graduated from

Mount Saint Charles Academy Mount Saint Charles Academy is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational junior and senior high school academy in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence. History In 1919, the Federation of Canadian Catholic C ...

in 2003. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in administration of justice from

Salve Regina University Salve Regina University is a private coeducational Roman Catholic university in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It was founded in 1934 by the Sisters of Mercy and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. The univer ...

in 2007 and a

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from the

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in 2010.

Career

LaMountain served as a prosecutor in the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office from 2011 to 2019, specializing in cybercrime and digital evidence. From 2019 to 2021, he served as assistant city solicitor for the

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. LaMountain also operates an independent legal practice, specializing in criminal defense litigation. He was elected to the

in November 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:LaMountain, Matthew Living people People from Warwick, Rhode Island Politicians from Warwick, Rhode Island People from Kent County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Democrats Rhode Island state senators Rhode Island lawyers Salve Regina University alumni Suffolk University Law School alumni Mount Saint Charles Academy alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the Rhode Island General Assembly