Dental Practice Q & A: AZ Legal Resource for Dentists
Dental Practice Q & A: AZ Legal Resource for Dentists
Comitz | Stanley has repeatedly been ranked the #1 Healthcare Law Firm by Ranking Arizona: The Best of Arizona Business. Pat represents dentists in practice transactions, litigation, employment, non-competes, estates/trusts, divorce, and real estate.
Patrick Stanley

Very few things in life can be worse than suddenly finding yourself in a lawsuit.  Regardless of whether you are being sued for malpractice, the target of a disgruntled former employee, or facing pressure from your practice’s creditors, getting a legal complaint accusing you of some misconduct can...  Read More
What Do I Do With My Patient Files?  If you have been practicing for decades, you likely have thousands of patient files in your office.  Even if you have a document retention policy that allows you to destroy files once they have reached a certain age, and even if you have moved to an electronic...  Read More
Many of the considerations in , such as allocation of purchase price, accounts receivable and restrictive covenants, also apply in selling a practice.  However, there are some additional issues a seller should keep in mind when selling the practice.  What Do I Do With My Patient Records?  In most...  Read More
With the current market conditions and in this regulatory environment, there can often be strength in numbers.  Increasingly, dentists are merging practices to pool resources, streamline costs and expand.  Additionally, many dentists who have hired associates often want to sell a portion of their...  Read More
If you are expanding and can no longer keep up with the number of patients coming in the door, or if you are looking at reducing your working hours for quality of life reasons, you will likely want to bring on an associate dentist.  Hiring an associate dentist is not like hiring other staff, and...  Read More
Buying an existing practice is a potentially more attractive alternative to opening a scratch practice. The necessary permits, leases, equipment and patient base are already in place, so you should be able to start practicing immediately after the sale.  However, there are some considerations to...  Read More
The same sense of accomplishment and creativity that led many dentists to dental school also makes many dentists dream of creating and building their own practice from the ground up.  However, opening your own practice from scratch can be a daunting task, both from a legal and a practical...  Read More
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