860.578.8759Dental Law Services
Includes work with practice broker, if any, creation or review of contracts, lease arrangements, real estate arrangements, licensing, financing, asset purchase, employee issues, non-competition and transfer of title issues. Flat rate or hourly fee depends on circumstances. Please contact me for details.
Legal consultation and documentation for a partnership agreement for two or more dental practitioners sharing the same office. Income, expenses and assets can be shared equally, shared prorata to production or collections, or allocated separately to the individual practitioners. Includes buyout arrangements on retirement, loss of license, disability or death. Note: separate professional corporations for each partner are suggested to avoid personal liability for the acts and omissions of other partners and employees. Does not include purchase of partial interest in a dental practice. Flat rate or hourly fee depends on circumstances. Please contact me for details.
Associate Buy-In/Buy-out Agreements
Transition from within. Includes Compensation schedule, non-compete provisions, buy-in terms, termination provisions for partial or full interest in dental practice. Flat rate or hourly fee depends on circumstances. Please contact me for details.
Similar to Partnership Agreement, but there is no co-mingling of assets, and businesses are run separately. Can include a Right of First Refusal on sale of business, and can limit entry into the space by a new practitioner. Flat rate or hourly fee depends on circumstances. Please contact me for details.
Flat rate price is ALL INCLUSIVE; for Corporations: filing fees, legal consultations, name availability, Articles, Bylaws, Election of Directors/ Officers, Minutes of First Board Meeting, Assignment and Employment Agreements, S Election (if applicable), Stock Certificate issuance, Employer ID Number, over-the-counter filing, corporate kit, and all other entity formation expenses are included in flat rate price. Same day rush filing available for additional fee. For LLCs: filing fees, legal consultations, name availability, Articles of Organization, Operating Agreement, Employer ID Number (if applicable), over-the-counter filing, proof of filing, and all other entity formation expenses included in flat rate price. Same day rush filing for additional fee. Please contact me for details.
For the departing Associate, Partner or Shareholder. Contractually defines scope, time and area of non-competition. Special eye toward enforceability provisions under current legal decisions. Flat rate or hourly fee depends on circumstances. Please contact me for details.
For your employee or associate (independent contractor) dentist. Compensation by day rate, production, or collections. Includes non-competition provisions. other partners and employees. Does not include purchase of partial interest in a dental practice. Flat rate or hourly fee depends on circumstances. Please contact me for details.
New Dental Office Lease or Dental Lease Review
New dental office lease is a net, modified gross, or gross lease (your choice), single office, customized for a dental office. Dental office lease review includes review, proposed changes and discussion prior to re-submission to landlord. Flat rate or hourly fee depends on circumstances. Please contact me for details.
For the mandatory or optional purchase of a departing shareholder's or partner's ownership interest in the practice after death, disability, loss of license or retirement. Life and/or disability insurance may be purchased (and premiums sometimes deducted) to cover such a buyout. Flat rate or hourly fee depends on circumstances. Please contact me for details.
Drafting employee handbook, consultation on state and federal compliance, unemployment claims defense, wrongful discharge defense, employee trade secrets violations, etc. Flat rate or hourly fee depends on circumstances. Please contact me for details.
Most services are flat rate. Bypass Trusts, Living Trusts, Life Insurance Trusts, Will with Trust, Will without Trust, Living Will, Durable Medical Power of Attorney. Estates with over $10m in assets are referred for special treatment outside our office. Please contact me for details.
Representation with regard to Practitioner Licensing and Investigations Section, of the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health, and any investigation or hearing conducted by the Department of Public Health in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes §19a-14(a)(10), (11) and (12), and the Connecticut State Dental Commission. Hourly only. Please contact me for details.