Zachary Q. Hoard
Member
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Zachary Hoard is a Member in the Business Litigation Group and the Dental Services Organization Group in the Dallas, Texas office of Dykema. Zachary advises clients nationwide in the health care industry on all manner of regulatory issues related to the formation, reorganization, and acquisition of Dental Service Organizations or group dental practices.
He has also successfully represented clients in multiple federal and state regulatory investigations and traditional litigation disputes regarding allegations of the corporate practice of medicine and dentistry, fee splitting, fraud and abuse, and related violations.
Zachary also focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, representing both national and international companies in matters including breach of contract, franchise disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, general negligence, vicarious liability, fraud and misrepresentation, tortious interference, conversion and conspiracy. He has represented clients in both bringing and defending injunctive actions and damage claims.
Immediately prior to joining Dykema, Zachary was an associate with an AmLaw 100 firm in Dallas. While in law school at Georgetown University Law Center, he served as a legal intern at the National Center for Victims of Crime.
Before beginning his legal training, Zachary was a middle school history and music instructor.
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- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2007
- The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 2001
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Bar Admissions
- Texas
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Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Commercial Litigation, 2024
- Recognized in Texas Super Lawyers® as a Rising Star for Business Litigation and Health Care, 2014-2019
- Recognized in Texas Super Lawyers® "Up and Coming 100: 2017-2018 Texas Rising Stars" List
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- State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Bar Association, Trial Skills Section, Business Law Section, Antitrust Section
- Texas Young Lawyers Association
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Member, Freedom Run Committee, 2009-2011
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Dallas CASA Court Appointed Special Advocate
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra Guild
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