Our Services for Physicians and Medical Practices

Who are you seeing?  Do you take as good care of yourself as you do your patients?  When you set up your own practice, bring on an associate or add a new shareholder to your practice, make sure you are protecting yourself and your interests.  Any of these activities means making important business decisions, and Stein Sperling has advised physicians and medical practices on these matters for over 30 years.

Setting Up Your Practice

  • Entity formation and corporate governance
  • Office space lease negotiation
  • Sublease/office space sharing agreements

Bringing on an Associate

  • Contractual arrangements
  • Restrictive covenants
  • Compensation

Promoting an Associate to Owner

  • Buy-in methods
  • Shareholder agreements/operating agreements

Managing Employees

  • Employment manuals
  • Workplace policies
  • Hiring and terminating employees

Planning for the Future

  • Transitions in ownership
  • Business valuation
  • Wealth preservation
  • Estate planning

To learn more about these services and our other practice areas, click here.

We help clients find practical, real-time solutions to their business and legal challenges.

Karen N. Shapiro

We combine the willingness to fight with the insight and knowledge of when to negotiate.

Paul T. Stein

We help clients troubleshoot details while making sure we also keep focus on the big picture.

Donald N. Sperling

Estate planning is about providing protection and assisting clients in meeting their goals.

Steven A. Widdes

Estate planning is a personal experience; empathy and understanding brings a lot to the table.

Ann G. Jakabcin

Media + Events

11/8/2012 Karen Shapiro and Mark Schweighofer to speak to the…

This program will discuss the anatomy of buying and selling a business.


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6/15/2012 Karen Shapiro and Mark Schweighofer to speak to the…

This program will discuss the anatomy of buying and selling a business.


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6/7/2012 Maryland Federal Fiduciary Course

This workshop features hypothetical situations including completed income tax returns.


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2/1/2012 IRS Extends Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative (OVDI)

Top tier penalties increased from 25% to 27.5% of the highest account balance.


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1/2/2012 Maryland Super Lawyers magazine recognizes 17 Stein Sperling attorneys

Seven attorneys named among Maryland Super Lawyers, 10 named among "Rising Stars."


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Resource Center

Federal Tax Update

This resource includes the latest Federal Tax Updates from 2011.


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Responding to a Request for Public Records under the Maryland…

This checklist helps you prepare when responding to a request for public records in Maryland.


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Special Considerations in Valuing Professional Practices

This resource discusses special considerations when valuing a professional practice.


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FAQs about Litigation

This resource answers basic questions about litigation, from how it begins to who decides cases.


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Tax Issues for Bankruptcy and Insolvency

This article discusses exceptions to the general rule of tax issues for bankruptcy and insolvency.


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