Legal Services Built for Healthcare Professionals — Not Health Systems
You've spent years building clinical expertise. The legal side of your practice deserves the same level of care — from an attorney who actually understands how healthcare businesses work. At Jet Legal Services, we work with physicians, dentists, and other licensed healthcare professionals across California, New York, and Texas, handling the entity formation, contract review, and practice transactions that general business attorneys routinely get wrong in this space. Boutique firm. Genuine healthcare expertise. Pricing built for individual practitioners, not hospital systems.
The Legal Challenges Healthcare Professionals Face Are Different From Everyone Else's
Most business attorneys can help you form an LLC and draft a basic contract. What they often can't tell you is that California's corporate practice of medicine doctrine prohibits physicians and dentists from using a standard LLC at all — and that signing the wrong entity structure into existence can create personal liability exposure and regulatory risk that follows you for years. The compliance rules, compensation structures, and transaction dynamics in healthcare are genuinely different, and the legal guidance you receive needs to reflect that.
We work with healthcare professionals at every stage of their careers:
- Starting a practice: Entity selection and formation (PC or PLLC, not a standard LLC), licensing compliance, and foundational operating agreements built for your profession
- Growing a practice: Employment agreements, hospital and payor contracts, equity arrangements, and agreements with DSOs or medical groups
- Transitioning ownership: Practice acquisitions and sales, partnership buyouts, change-of-ownership regulatory requirements, and transition agreements from letter of intent through closing
Entity Formation for Physicians and Dentists: Why the Structure Matters
If your accountant helped you set up an LLC, it may be worth having an attorney review it before it becomes a problem. In California and New York, physicians and dentists are generally required to operate through a Professional Corporation or Professional Limited Liability Company — not a standard LLC. Using the wrong entity type isn't just a paperwork issue. It can mean your structure violates state law governing who may own and control a medical or dental practice.
General business attorneys miss this regularly. It's not a criticism — it's a specialization gap. Healthcare entity rules sit at the intersection of business law, licensing law, and state medical board regulations. We know where those lines are, and we help you build a structure that holds up.
Contract Review for Physicians and Dentists Entering Employment or Group Arrangements
Physicians and dentists signing employment agreements with hospitals, medical groups, or dental service organizations are often reviewing the most consequential contract of their professional lives — with no legal guidance at all. These agreements are written by the other side's legal team. They are not neutral documents.
We review physician and dental employment contracts with attention to the provisions that matter most in this industry:
- RVU-based compensation structures and how productivity thresholds affect your actual take-home
- Call coverage obligations and how they're defined and enforced
- Restrictive covenants, non-competes, and geographic limitations after departure
- Tail insurance requirements and who bears that cost when you leave
- Termination clauses and what "without cause" actually means in practice
You don't need to understand every clause before you sit down with us. You need to understand them before you sign.
Buying or Selling a Medical or Dental Practice
Healthcare Professional Legal Services Without Healthcare Industry Pricing
The firms that specialize exclusively in healthcare law are built to serve hospitals, health systems, and large group practices. Their expertise is real — and so is their overhead. As a solo practitioner or small practice owner, you're paying for infrastructure and billing rates designed for institutional clients.
Jet Legal Services operates differently. We're a boutique firm, which means you work directly with the attorneys handling your matter. No hand-offs to junior associates. No billing surprises from layers of review. We offer transparent, fixed-fee pricing on many estate planning and business transactions, and we'll tell you what to expect before we begin. Our clients are individual practitioners and small practice owners — that's who we built this practice to serve.
Questions Healthcare Professionals Ask Us
Do physicians in California really need a PC or PLLC instead of a standard LLC?
Yes, in almost every case. California's corporate practice of medicine doctrine restricts ownership and control of medical practices to licensed physicians. A standard LLC does not satisfy these requirements. Physicians typically must form a Professional Corporation, and the structure must be set up correctly to comply with both state law and medical board regulations. If you're unsure what you currently have, we can review it.What does a physician employment contract review actually cover?
We review the full agreement with attention to the provisions that most directly affect your financial outcome and professional flexibility — compensation structure, productivity thresholds, call obligations, restrictive covenants, tail insurance, and termination terms. We'll explain what the contract says in plain language and flag anything that should be negotiated before you sign.Can you help me buy a medical or dental practice?
Yes. We handle practice acquisitions from the letter of intent through closing, including asset versus stock purchase analysis, due diligence support, change-of-ownership regulatory requirements, and transition and employment agreements. We work with physicians and dentists in California, New York, and Texas.What legal services do physicians need when starting a medical practice in California?
The foundational work includes selecting and forming the correct entity type (PC or PLLC), drafting an operating agreement that reflects how the practice will be owned and governed, and ensuring the structure complies with California Medical Board requirements. From there, physicians typically need contracts with staff and independent contractors, payor credentialing agreements, and — if they have partners — clear documentation of ownership rights and exit terms.Do you work with dentists and dental practice owners, not just physicians?
Yes. We work with dentists, dental practice owners, and dental professionals navigating DSO agreements, practice acquisitions, and entity formation. The legal issues dentists face — including California's corporate practice of dentistry rules — closely parallel those physicians encounter, and we're familiar with both.
Talk to an Attorney Who Knows Your Industry
Healthcare professionals work too hard and carry too much professional risk to navigate the legal side of their practice without guidance built for this field. Whether you're forming a new practice, reviewing a contract before you sign, or preparing to buy or sell, we're ready to help.
