Ovide Lamontagne

Ovide Lamontagne is Senior Of Counsel at Bernstein Shur in Manchester and a business litigation and transactions attorney. He advises commercial enterprises, health care organizations, and nonprofits on complex transactions, disputes, governance, and public policy matters. His work includes mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, high-stakes commercial litigation, health care regulatory matters, strategic planning, charitable trust law, and nonprofit operations. He often serves as a counselor on matters where legal requirements, organizational strategy, governance responsibilities, and public-facing concerns intersect.

Lamontagne earned a B.A. from The Catholic University of America and a J.D. with honors from the University of Wyoming College of Law. In law school, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Wyoming Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. His academic training in legal analysis and writing supports a broad practice involving business transactions, health care regulation, nonprofit governance, and litigation. These areas require careful evaluation of organizational documents, regulatory obligations, commercial agreements, fiduciary duties, and strategic risk.

Lamontagne has advised businesses on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, and commercial disputes while providing health care clients with outside general counsel services, regulatory guidance, and strategic advice. His work has included counseling hospitals and health systems and assisting Franklin Regional Hospital in a transaction that formed Lakes Region General Hospital. He also advises nonprofit organizations on governance, operations, charitable trust issues, and public policy. This experience allows him to address legal questions in the context of a client’s institutional mission and operational goals.

Ovide Lamontagne has received professional recognition for commercial litigation, construction litigation, and nonprofit and charities law, including recognition in Best Lawyers. He remains active in professional and civic leadership and brings decades of experience to organizations facing significant business, regulatory, governance, or policy decisions. His practice emphasizes practical counseling and an understanding of how legal strategy affects operations. He helps clients structure transactions, manage disputes, address regulatory requirements, and make informed decisions when legal and organizational priorities converge.

Law Office Affiliations

• Of Counsel, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A.
• Member, New Hampshire Bar Association
• Advisory Board, The Rudman Center at UNH Law (2019-2025)
• Past Chair, Campaign for Legal Services (2020-2022)
• Member, Manchester Bar Association
• Chair, NH Civics Commission (2024-2025)
• Former President, Friends of NH Drug Courts (2019-2023)
• Chairman, New Hampshire State Board of Education

Licensed State

• New Hampshire

Education

• University of Wyoming College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Catholic University of America
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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