HEALTH CARE AND PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICES LAW . . .

The firm represents physicians, dentists and other health care professionals in connection with various health care and professional practice matters. Such representation includes practice structure and management matters, entity selection issues, tax planning, the structuring of buy-sell agreements, negotiation of joint ventures, review of managed health care agreements, professional compensation planning (including qualified and nonqualified retirement plans) and related matters affecting professional practices.

Mr. Hall is the primary practitioner in this area. Mr. Long and Mr. Ivens routinely handle matters in the growing retirement community area.
 

Certifications of Specialization are available to Tennessee lawyers in all areas of practice relating to or included in the areas of Civil Trial, Criminal Trial, Business Bankruptcy, Consumer Bankruptcy, Creditor's Rights, Medical Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Accounting Malpractice, Elder Law, Estate Planning and Family Law. No lawyer at Long, Ragsdale & Waters, P.C. has been certified as a specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization in any of these areas of practice.  Further, in areas other than those listed, certification as a specialist is not currently available in Tennessee.