Frank D. Montague, Jr.
Hattiesburg, MississippiPartner & Former President of Montague Pittman & Varnado, PA
Phone: (601) 544-1234
Fax: (601) 544-1276
E-mail: fmontague@mpvlaw.com
Areas of Practice
- Insurance
- Commercial Litigation
- General Civil Litigation
- Estate probate and administration
- Public Law
- Environmental
- Toxic Torts Litigation
- Professional Liability Defense
Litigation Percentage
- 40% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1950
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, 1954
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1967
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
Education
- Hattiesburg High School Honor Graduate
- University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, 1950
- J.D.
- University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 1951
- B.S. in Civil Engineering-A.S.C.E. Award as Outstanding Senior Engineering Student
- Honors: President of the Student Body
- Honors: UM Hall of Fame
Published Works
- “Warranties Under the Mississippi Uniform Commercial Code – Rights, Remedies, and Limitation of Disclaimers,” (Co-Author), 36th Mississippi Annual Law Institute, 1981
- “Abolition of the Locality Rule in Medical Malpractice.” (Editor), MS Defense Laws Journal
Representative Cases
- Concerned Citizens to Protect the Isles and Point, Inc., 1999 WL 216840 (Miss. 1999)
- McDonald v. Holmes, 595 So.2d 434 (Miss. 1992)
- Holleman v. Holleman, 527 So.2d 90 (Miss. 1988)
- Breland v. Mallett, 527 So.2d 629 (Miss. 1988)
- Hattiesburg Realty Co. v. Mississippi State Highway Commission, 406 So.2d 329 (Miss. 1981)
- Hattiesburg Firefighters Local 184 v. City of Hattiesburg, 263 So.2d 767 (Miss. 1972)
- Cenac v. Murry, 609 So.2d 1257
- Johnny L. DuPree v Cater Carrol, et al, 967 So.2d 27
- Currie v. Ryan, 243 So.2d 48 (Miss. 1970)
- Bankers Multiple Line Inc. Co., Inc. v. Pierce, 20 F. Supp. 2d 1004 (S.D. Miss. 1998)
- Morton v. Resolution Trust Corp., 918 F. Supp. 986 (S.D. Miss. 1995)
- Classic Motel, Inc. v. Coral Group, LTD., 833 F. Supp. 593 (S.D. Miss. 1993)
- Wood v. Crosby Arboretum Foundation, 793 F. Supp. 716 (S.D. Miss. 1992)
- Union Exloration Partners, Ltd. V. AmSouth, 718 F. Supp. 552 (S.D. Miss. 1989)
- Magee v. Sheffield Ins. Co., 673 F. Supp. 194 (S.D. Miss. 1987)
- In re, 361 So.2d 44 (Miss. 1978)
Classes/Seminars Taught
- American Government 101, University of Southern Mississippi
- Introduction to Paralegalism, University of Southern Mississippi
- Journalism Law, University of Southern Mississippi
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Best Lawyers in America
- Silver Beaver Award, Boy Scouts of America, 1965
- Outstanding Young Man Award for the Hattiesburg Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1959
- Distinguished Alumnus Award for the University of Mississippi School of Law, 1977
- Distinguished Citizen Award for the Pine Burr Area Council, 1990
- Hub Award, 1995
- Tablet of Honor, Kiwanis International Foundation, 2000
- First Recipent of Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, 2006
- SCOUTREACH Founders Award of Excellence, 2007
- Mississippi Bar Foundation Professionalism Award, 2007
- Boy Scouts of America, 1965-Present
- Life Member
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Arbitration Association
- Construction Panel
- American Bar Association, 1978-1985
- Member, Standing Committee on Professional Discipline, representing 4 States
- American Bar Association
- Chairman, Subcommittee on U.S. Supreme Court Disciplinary Rules Revision
- American Bar Foundation
- Life Fellow
- American Judicature Society, 1976-1979
- Board Member
- A founding Trustee of National Conference of Bar Foundations
- Lamar Order, 1991
- President
- Mississippi Bar Association, 1975-1976
- President (Revised By-laws to afford officer election by all lawyers in the state)
- Mississippi Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
- Life Fellow
- Mississippi Bar Foundation, 1977
- President
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, 1986-1987
- President
- Mississippi Bar Disciplinary Procedure Committee, 1981-1983
- Chairman
- Mississippi Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1977
- President
- Mississippi Tort Claims Board by Gubernatorial Appointment
- First Chairman (Two Terms)
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Chairman, Complaints Committee
- Mississippi Supreme Court, 2001
- Appointed to a 5-Member Panel of Special Supreme Court Justices
- National Conference of Bar Presidents, 1986-1988
- Member, Executive Council
- Represented 5 Justices, including Chief Justice in a matter which they filed before the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance
- South Central Mississippi Bar Association, 1967-1968
- Member, Founding President
- State Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee representing the Second Supreme Court District
- Member
Past Employment Positions
- Phillips Petroleum Corp, Midland, TX
- City of Hattiesburg, Judge, 1956-1960
- City of Hattiesburg, Attorney, 1965-1974
Pro Bono Activities
- Trustee Belhaven College, 1967-1998
- President of the Hattiesburg Kiwanis Club, 1958
- Executive Board Member of the Area Development Partnership, 1993
- Chairman of the Hub District, Boy Scouts of America, 1956
- Chairman of the Pine Burr Area Council Trust Fund, 1965
- Council Executive Board, Boy Scouts of America, 1965
- Lecturer, University of Mississippi Law Center
- Lecturer, Mississippi College School of Law
- Lecturer, Mississippi Law Institute
Fraternities/Sororities
- Beta Theta Pi (President)
- Phi Delta Phi (Legal Scholastic)
- Omicron Delta Kappa (Honorary, University of Mississippi)
- Chi Epsilon (Honorary Civil Engineering)
Civic
- Trustee, Belhaven College
- Commissioner to General Assembly of Presbyterian Church, U.S., 1972
- Trustee, Presbytery of South Mississippi
- Chairman, Board of Deacons and Ruling Elder, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Hattiesburg, MS
- President, Hattiesburg Kiwanis Club
- Chairman, Hub District, Boy Scouts of America
- Chairman, Pine Burr Area Council Trust Fund, Boy Scouts of America, which I organized in 1957
- Recipient of Silver Beaver Award in 1965
- Hattiesburg Junior Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Young Man Award in 1959
- Member, UGF Board of Directors, Hattiesburg Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Forrest County Industrial Development Board, Red Cross Board of Directors, Hattiesburg Area Development Corporation Board of Directors, Director of University of Mississippi Law Alumni Board, Director of Ole Miss Alumni Association and Director and Vice President of Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
- Chairman, March of Dimes Drives and Advance Gifts Division of UGF Drive
- District Chairman of Red Cross
- Chairman of two local school bond issue elections and one BAWI bond issue election
- Charter Member of Ciceronian Circle (6 Faculty Members – 6 Community Members)
Biographical
- August 26, 1925, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America
- Honor graduate Hattiesburg High School
- Marion Military Institute
- U.S. Navy World War II (U.S.S. Juneau, CL 119)
- Married Mary Atkins Dixon June 5, 1948
- Three lawyer sons, F. Douglas Montague, III., H. Dixon Montague and Brian A. Montague
