Ovide M. Lamontagne
Shareholder

Biography

Ovide Lamontagne is a Manchester native and has been with the firm since 1986. He represents clients in complex business transactions and commercial litigation, specializing in the areas of healthcare, not-for-profit charitable trust litigation including representing religious organizations, and construction law. Ovide serves as general counsel to several not-for-profit organizations and is involved in many civic, charitable and political organizations and activities, and is one of the firm’s bilingual shareholders, with French being his second language.

EDUCATION:

University of Wyoming College of Law, Juris Doctor, 1985
Catholic University of America, Bachelor of Arts, 1979

Representative Transactions

• Handled complex litigation involving the disaffiliation of two merged community hospitals
• Represented rural community hospital in successful merger with larger community hospital
• Negotiated the settlement of NH Attorney General's investigation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester
• Represented not-for-profit college in acquisition transaction by for-profit corporation

Professional Affiliations

• New Hampshire Bar Association
• National Diocesan Attorneys Association
• Catholic Lawyers’ Guild of New Hampshire
• Manchester Bar Association

Awards & Honors

• Recently recognized and ranked in Chambers USA 2011 as one of America's leading attorneys in General Commercial Litigation. Previously ranked 2010.
• Selected by peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 in the field of Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Construction (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.). Recognized 2007 - 2012.
• AV® Rating, the highest rating by Martindale-Hubbell
• Daniel Webster Council, BSA Distinguished Citizen of the Year, 2009
• Past Honorary Consul of France to New Hampshire
• Franco-American of the Year (2002)
• Republican Nominee for Governor (1996)

Speaking Engagements

• 2007 Probate Court Judges Conference: Trends in Charitable Trusts
• 2003 NCBC Bishops' Workshop: "Optima Health: A Case Study for the Application of the Principle of Cooperation"
• National Catholic Bioethics Center Summer Workshops (2001-2003)

Community Involvement

• St. Mary's Bank, Chairman, Board of Directors
• Bishop's Charitable Assistance Fund, Board of Directors
• St. Anselm College, Corporate Partners
• Daniel Webster Council-BSA Advisory Board
• Moore Center Capital Campaign
• Easter Seals Society of NH, Major Gifts CommitteeNH State Board of Education, Past Chairman
• Franco-American Center, Past President
• ACA Assurance, Past Director

Publications

• Co-author, Case Study: Sale of a Non-Profit - The Sale of Daniel Webster College to ITT Educational Services, Inc., 50 N.H.B.J. 80 (No. 2, Fall 2009)
• "The Charitable Trust Aspects of a Hospital Merger: The Merger of Franklin Regional Hospital and Lakes Region General Hospital," 44 New Hampshire Bar Journal No. 1 (April 2003)

Bar Admissions

• New Hampshire