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California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, The Right Choice in Business

When you’ve poured your time and efforts, and years of your life into building up your business, finding the right California optometrist lawyer to protect it is the best way to ensure all your efforts are not in vain.

Whether you need contracts drafted, copyright or trademark protection, representation in litigation, corporate formation, restructuring or dissolution, or simply down to earth business advice, you deserve the finest in legal service.

California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson offers business owners with more than 40 years of representing business and corporate clients and is ready today to assist you today in your endeavors to grow and prosper without legal worries.

When you work with California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, you’re working with with an attorney who has been named a Top Lawyer in the prestigious Palm Springs Life Magazine year after year, and who’s been named a “Superb” Lawyer, their highest rating, by Avvo, which rates attorneys all across the U.S. California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson is one of those rare attorneys with experience not only representing small and medium sized businesses in California, but a lawyer who has also represented multi-national corporations internationally as well while working in London.

California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson

The California Optometrist Lawyer For Your Practice

If you’re a optometrist or an optician, you’re likely to have the same business law issues many businesses have including your licensing, keeping your business entity formalities up to date, and using proper forms and well-drafted agreements.

You also have to be concerned with HIPPA privacy rules, insurance matters, dealing with subpoenas and requests for medical records, proper billing, licensing and claims giving rise to litigation.

If you’re an optician and sell and fit prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses, you can also have product liability complaints, consumer complaints and accident litigation.

California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has been recognized by Palm Springs Life Magazine as One of the Top Lawyers of 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011.  He’s been called “Brilliant” and “A Legend.”  If you want a top lawyer on your side, call California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson.  Call us today at (760) 776-1810.

At the Law Firm of Sebastian Gibson we specialize in offering legal representation to optometrists and other health professionals in the medical and healthcare services industry.  While much of our business practice takes place in Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indio, the Coachella Valley, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Orange County, we serve optometrists and other types of professionals throughout California.

As a optometrist, you need to have the right business entity in California, have the right licensing, utilize non-disclosure agreements when applicable, keep trade secrets and client information private, have an understanding of general business law, utilize well-drafted contracts and agreements, and be able to recognize problems that may result in litigation and ones in which the assistance of a law firm such as ours can prove invaluable.

If you need legal advice for your optometrist services business, need contracts to be drafted, negotiated or reviewed, or litigation defense or plaintiff business litigation, call the Law Firm of Sebastian Gibson and put a top-rated law firm on your side protecting your best interests.

If you have a optometrist service dispute, our law firm can litigate it or resolve it.  If hundreds of thousands or millions are at stake in litigation, we’ll assemble a team of attorneys to evaluate your situation, and determine the most efficient approach to either pursuing or defending your optometrist services business or resolving litigation in a manner that’s favorable to you.

California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson

California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson, When You Need to See An Attorney For Your Business

With your healthcare services business protected by Attorney Sebastian Gibson, you can rest easy, knowing your legal matters are in capable hands, as we take the load off your shoulders, protect your best interests and put a stop to actions that may be harming you and your optometrist services business and pursue damages in litigation for any harm caused to you in California and elsewhere.

California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson has been chosen one of the Top Lawyers for the past 12 years by Palm Springs Life Magazine for good reason.  The author of thousands of articles on the internet, Sebastian Gibson has also written for the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal newspapers and is the author of a recently published book with sales throughout the U.S.

With law degrees in both the U.S. and the U.K., Sebastian Gibson has over 40 years of experience in California and in England.  He’s been frequently interviewed on radio and TV for his expertise and is widely followed on Twitter, Facebook and on multiple blogs.

Choosing the right lawyer to draft your optometrist services business agreements or to handle your litigation can make all the difference. California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson is known for his wit and humor, and has also been named as a “Superb” Lawyer by Avvo, which rates attorneys throughout the U.S.

California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson

Who Can Own An Optometry Corporation in California

California Business and Professions Code Section 3160 provides “An optometric corporation is a corporation that is authorized to render professional services, as described in Sections 13401 and 13401.5 of the Corporations Code, if that corporation and its shareholders, officers, directors, and employees rendering professional services who are physicians and surgeons, psychologists, registered nurses, optometrists, or podiatrists are in compliance with the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act.”
The governmental agency referred to in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act is the California State Board of Optometry.

What Names Can Be Used for an Optometry Corporation

The name of an Optometry Corporation is restricted to the name or last name of the optometrist owner or of at least one of them if there is more than one, who is one or more of the present, prospective, or former shareholders, and one of the following designations denoting corporate existence: “Optometric Corporation,” “Optometry Corporation,” “Corporation,” “Professional Corporation,” “Prof. Corp.,” “Corp.,” “Incorporated,” “Inc.,” “Optometric Corp.,” “Optometry Corp.,” “Professional Optometric Corporation,” “Professional Optometry Corporation,” “Professional Optometric Corp.,” or “Professional Optometry Corp..”
The letters “Opt.D.” or “O.D.” or the word “optometrist” may be used in the corporate name providing that any person using such designation shall be the holder of a diploma from an accredited school of optometry. Examples of such usage are: “Doctor John Doe, O.D., Inc.” or “Dr. James Smith, O.D. and Dr. John Doe, O.D., Optometric Corporation.”

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Optometry Corporation Shares

The shares of an optometry corporation may be issued only to a natural person licensed to practice optometry and may be transferred only to a natural person licensed to practice optometry or to the issuing corporation.
Where there are two or more shareholders in an optometry corporation and one of the shareholders dies or becomes a disqualified person, his/her shares shall be sold and transferred to a natural person licensed to practice optometry or to the issuing optometry corporation, on such terms as are agreed upon. Such sale or transfer shall not be later than six (6) months after any such death and not later than ninety (90) days after the date he/she became a disqualified person.
The share certificates of an optometry corporation shall contain either an appropriate legend setting forth this restriction or an appropriate legend stating that ownership and transfer of the shares are restricted and specifically referring to an identified section of the by-laws or articles of incorporation of the corporation wherein the restrictions are set forth.

Branch Offices

When any optometric corporation duly registered hereunder desires to have a branch office, it must, prior to the opening of any branch office, make application therefor to the Board of Optometry and receive permission in writing from the Board to have such branch office.

S Corp Elections

Speak with a knowledgeable Certified Public Accountant as to whether you should file for an S Corp Election with the IRS for your Professional Optometric Corporation.  You have only 2 months and 15 days to apply without asking for relief from a late filing which may or may
not be granted.

Management Service Organizations (MSO’s)

You may also wish to form a Management Service Organization (MSO) to handle the administrative functions of your Optometry business.  Keep in mind, however, that the MSO must not exercise any control over the practice of medicine by the Professional Optometry Corporation.  Also keep in mind that any lay persons who own any part of the MSO may not receive any profits from the practice of medicine by the Professional Optometry Corporation.  There can be no fee spitting with lay persons and violations can result in fines of up to $100,000 per violation and imprisonment.

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Call For A Free Consultation with California Optometry Business Lawyer Sebastian Gibson

When you call California Optometry Business Lawyer Sebastian Gibson for a free consultation, we’ll provide you with an overview of the entire process and what’s required in order to be compliant with California law and the guidance and regulations of the California State Board of Optometry.
There’s no need for you to come to our office as today we handle all our matters by email and send documents either as pdf files attached to emails or if originals which need to be signed, by Priority Express Mail or FedEx.

Professional Optometry Corporations

Optometrists can only incorporate in California as Professional Optometric Corporations.  Optometrists cannot practice optometry as an LLP or as an LLC.
California Professional Optometric Corporations must register with the Secretary of State and the California State Board of Optometry.
Under California law, a California Professional Optometric Corporation must have a licensed optometrist who owns at least 51% of the shares of the Corporation.
The other 49% of the shares of the Corporation who are permissible shareholders and directors of the Corporation include only licensed physicians and surgeons, licensed doctors of podiatric medicine licensed psychologists, registered nurses, licensed chiropractors, licensed acupuncturists and naturopathic doctors.
California Professional Optometry Corporations that have only one shareholder must have only one director, the shareholder. The single shareholder must also serve as the president and treasurer of the Corporation.
If the Corporation has two shareholders, it must have two directors, the shareholders. The two shareholders must fill the offices of the president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer.
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Corporate Law for Optometrists

An optometrist may not work for a corporation or any other type of business entity which is owned or controlled or even operated by lay persons, non-physicians and thus non-optometrists.
Optometry medical care decisions must be made by a medical professional rather than a non-optometrist business professional more concerned about the bottom line than the health care needs of a patient.  Unnecessary tests and procedures aimed at increasing profits are clearly improper and not in line with the aims of laws governing optometry.
California law does not prohibit the corporate practice of optometry.. However, the corporation or business entity must be owned and controlled by licensed health professionals.

How We Can Help With Your Optometrist Or Optician Services Business

From Palm Springs, Palm Desert and Indio, to Orange County and San Diego, our optometrist services expertise can be of assistance to you.  We can assist you in your healthcare services legal matters from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara and from San Jose to San Francisco.  We assist clients in a wide range of business matters from cities up and down the coast of California and inland as well as to business clients in other parts of the U.S. and internationally.

If you have legal needs in your optometrist services business and need a business lawyer to draft, negotiate or review healthcare services agreements of any kind, we can draft the contract that will best serve your needs.

Now is when you need a California optometrist lawyer most.  Should you need to pursue litigation against a party that is causing you damage or if you’ve been unjustly sued, we can provide you with representation to obtain the damages you’re entitled to receive.  In a very short amount of time, we can put together a team of lawyers to stand in your corner and wage battle with those who would do your business economic harm.

Tenacious Arbitration, Forceful Litigation, And Purposeful Mediation Of Your Optometrist Services Litigation

Before filing suit, we’ll explore whether the opposing party is open to settling any dispute you may have by means of mediation or arbitration before a neutral judge in California experienced in the issues at hand or by other informal means of dispute resolution.  However, if there is the risk that damage may be done without quick action, we can draft and file a lawsuit in the appropriate California court within hours in an emergency situation.

For over a quarter of a century in California, the Law Firm of Sebastian Gibson has been successfully handling business, personal injury and other civil litigation.  We’ve recovered millions of dollars for our clients, and saved millions more in our defense work.

When It Matters Most, Call California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson For Your Optometrist Or Optician Services Business

If you need assistance with healthcare services legal matters, you’ll want to take advantage of our expertise.  Simply call the number at the top of this page and talk directly with California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson.

With offices in California in Palm Desert and Newport Beach, Orange County, and years of experience in London, Attorney Sebastian Gibson can assist you with your optometrist services legal matters throughout California, the United States and internationally as well.

California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson

When it matters most and you need a California Optometrist Lawyer for advice, contracts, or litigation for your practice in California, call California Optometrist Lawyer Sebastian Gibson at (760) 776-1810 to discuss how we can best assist you with your legal matters and protect your optometrist practice.

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