Speaker

• Brian A. Colao Member & Director of the Dental Service Organizations Industry Group at Dykema
  

  Brian A. Colao

  Member & Director of the Dental Service Organizations Industry Group at Dykema

  Brian Colao is the Director of Dykema’s Dental Service Organizations
  Industry Group. He is widely regarded as one of the foremost authorities in
  the United States on DSO formation, DSO business structures, DSO
  related mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory compliance for DSOs
  including the corporate practice of dentistry, illegal fee splitting,
  advertising regulations, laboratory regulations, patient finance regulations,
  billing regulations, HIPAA regulations, credentialing, permit and licensure
  regulations, marketing regulations, and labor law regulations affecting
  dental practices. More information on Dykema’s industry-leading DSO
  Group can be found at DykemaDSO.com, while Mr. Colao’s DSO-specific
  bio can be read here.
  In addition to his work with the health care and dental industry, Mr. Colao
  has a nationwide practice that focuses on all facets of complex
  commercial litigation, including contractual disputes, franchise disputes,
  issues of corporate governance, breach of fiduciary duty, theft of trade
  secrets, unfair competition, covenants not to compete, patent, trademark
  and copyright infringement, fraud and deceptive trade practices,
  disparagement, lender liability and other business claims.
  Throughout the past several years, Mr. Colao has served as lead trial
  counsel in many significant commercial disputes pending in more than 25
  different federal districts in over 20 states. He has appeared as lead
  counsel in numerous state court cases pending in at least 10 states and
  three Canadian provinces. He has also represented clients in domestic
  and international arbitration proceedings pending in New York, London,
  Zurich, Costa Rica, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Orlando, New
  Orleans, Miami and Jacksonville. Over the course of his career, Mr. Colao
  has tried in excess of 50 cases to judgment including jury trials, bench
  trials, and domestic and international arbitration proceedings.

  Brian Colao has nothing to disclose.