Course Description:
Join us for Legal Aspects of Dental Practice Transitions on January 20th. We’ll discuss the legal and contract issues of the sale of a dental practice from the eyes of both the buyer and the seller. This session is designed for potential buyers of dental practices and dentists contemplating selling within the next five years or less.

We’ll go over:
• Provisions in a purchase and sales contract
• Issues for buyers and sellers in assuming and negotiating the terms of an office lease
• Case studies on sales of dental practices
• Common mistakes made in the transition process

Presenters:
Art Wiederman, CPA, Director-Dental Division | Eide Bailly 
For more than 35 years, Art Wiederman has specialized in serving dental practices in the Southern California area. He oversees a variety of professional services including accounting, tax compliance and planning, financial planning, retirement planning and financial practice management consulting. Art is a Senior Manager on Eide Bailly's team that specializes in serving dental practices.

Art’s expertise is not only in taxation issues for dentists, but also in knowledge of dental practice metrics and benchmarks. He has the ability to look at a dentist’s profit and loss statements and practice management reports and identify profit holes in the practice. In addition, Art is adept at buy-in and buy-out consulting, practice start-ups, compensation plan development, operation evaluations, and litigation support for dentists.

As an thought leader in dental practice accounting and financial management, Art is a regular lecturer at state, local and national dental conferences, dental societies and dental schools. He is a founding member of the Academy of Dental CPAs (ADCPA) and hosts the weekly podcast “The Art of Dental Finance and Management.”

Patrick J. Wood, Attorney at Law | Wood and Delgado
Patrick J. Wood is a Founder of the law firm Wood & Delgado and has been representing dentists for 39 years. Mr. Wood received his B.A. degree from UCLA and his JD degree from Southwestern University. He was admitted to practice law in California in 1978 and is also admitted in Texas and Colorado.

The firm’s primary emphasis is on dental practice sales, lease reviews, associateships, corporations, partnerships and related transactions. The firm also specializes in dental board defense, estate planning for dentists and employment law issues.

Mr. Wood has lectured extensively at multiple dental conventions, dental societies, and dental schools. He currently delivers approximately 20 practice transition seminars throughout the country each year. His firm negotiates over 150 office leases each year and is involved in approximately 100 dental practice sales each year. He has written numerous articles that have been published in several dental publications.

Additional Information: This is a Group-Internet Based Webinar. No prerequisites or advanced preparation required. For information regarding refund, complaint and program cancellation policies, please contact Amy DeGeorge.