Larry Laurent

LARRY J. LAURENT

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Larry Laurent has over 52 years of experience practicing law and is Of Counsel to the Firm. Since 1990 Mr. Laurent’s law practice has been devoted exclusively to representing Doctors of Chiropractic and providing legal services to the chiropractic profession. Mr. Laurent served as a professor of business law at Texas State University, The University of Texas at Austin and Texas Chiropractic College in Pasadena, Texas where he taught a course on basic business law for chiropractic professionals to satisfy the Jurisprudence and Ethics requirement. Mr. Laurent founded the Chiropractic Law Seminar series and regularly conducts seminars on chiropractic law issues around Texas. Mr. Laurent is a recognized speaker at national chiropractic consulting conferences, is a member of the National Association of Chiropractic Attorneys and has authored the Texas Chiropractic Practice Compliance Manual.

Education

SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY  
Juris Doctor, 1971

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
B.A. History, 1968

Admissions/Bar Associations

  • State Bar of Texas, 1971

  • US Supreme Court

  • Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Texas Northern District Court

  • Member of the National Association of Chiropractic Attorneys

Areas of Practice

  • Law Practice focuses on legal services for Doctors of Chiropractic, including MD-DC multidiscipline practice organization

  • Representation in state board licensure cases, preparation of transactional documents, including employment agreements, practice purchase/sale agreements, management and professional services agreements.

  • Collection program designed to protect doctors' financial interests in PI patient cases.

  • Develops compliance programs for chiropractic practices and performs legal compliance audits.

  • Works with nationally recognized chiropractic consulting firms and provides consulting and legal services to doctors around the country.

  • Conducts accredited seminars on chiropractic law and chiropractic business procedures in Texas and other states around the country.