Southern Methodist University School of Law (Juris Doctor)

Professional Employment:

1971 - 1976 Dallas County District Attorney - Dallas, Texas
Assistant District Attorney - Felony Trial Division; 250+ criminal jury trials

1976 - 1978 United States Department of Justice
Federal Energy Fraud Prosecution Task Force - Dallas, TX.
Special Counsel - Federal Fraud Prosecution Unit

1978 - 1982 Coastal Corporation - Houston, Texas
Law Department - Commercial Litigation

1982 - 1990 Attorney General of Texas - Austin, Texas
Division Director and Special Assistant Attorney General –
Energy and Environmental Protection Divisions;
Director, Attorney General Trial Advocacy Program

1990 - Present Law Offices of Larry J. Laurent, P.C. - Austin, Texas
Practice Limited to Health Care Law Issues Involving General Business & Commercial Law, Preparation of Commercial Transaction Documents; Health Care Practice Compliance Programs; Health Care
Organization/Reorganization; Preparation of Multi Discipline Health Care Practices.

2000 - Present Texas State University - San Marcos, Texas
Associate Professor of Business Law

2002 - Present Texas Chiropractic College - Pasadena, Texas
Adjunct Professor of Business Law for Chiropractors and Health Care Providers

Community Service: Former Circle Ten District Council Director, Boy Scouts of America; Sponsor/Presenter, Chiropractic Law Seminar Series, Co- sponsored by Texas Chiropractic Association; Lecturer at Texas Chiropractic Association Annual, Mid-Winter and New Doctor Seminar Meetings.

Professional Memberships: State Bar of Texas (health care, consumer and business law sections); American Health Lawyers Association; National Association of Chiropractic Attorneys (NACA); NCMIC Approved Lawyer; National Chiropractic Council Approved Lawyer; Licensed to practice before United States Supreme Court, United States Courts of Appeal for the 5th, 10th , and Dist. of Columbia Circuits, United States Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals

Institutional Clients: Texas Chiropractic Association, Austin, Texas; National Chiropractic Mutual Insurance Company; National Chiropractic Council; Breakthrough Coaching

Published Articles on Chiropractic and Related Health Law Issues:

Building a Chiropractic Practice – Legally
(Some “Legal” Things to Think About), Texas Journal of Chiropractic and presented at Texas Chiropractic Association New Doctor Seminars

Recent Legal Developments Affecting the Chiropractic Practice
Texas Journal of Chiropractic and presented at Texas Chiropractic New Doctor Seminars

Legal Considerations in Contracting for Diagnostic Testing Services
Texas Journal of Chiropractic

Proper and Necessary Medico - Legal Documentation (For Use Inside and out of the Courtroom)
National Association of Chiropractic Assistants meeting, 1999

Illegal Remuneration (A/K/A Illegal Kickbacks) Does and Don’ts – Traps for the Unwary
Texas Journal of Chiropractic

DC-MD Multi-Discipline Practices – Legal Considerations and Potential Pitfalls
Texas Journal of Chiropractic

The Myriad Pitfalls of Courtroom Testimony
(How to Avoid Traps in Giving Depositions and Testifying in Court) presented at Texas Chiropractic New Doctor Seminars, 2000 - 2001

Recent Developments in Telemarketing by Chiropractors – Impact of Mark Bailey, et Al. V. Dan Morales
Texas Journal of Chiropractic

Small Health Care Practice Compliance Programs,
Texas Journal of Chiropractic and presented at Breakthrough Coaching Chiropractic Annual Client Seminar, June 2002

Analysis of United States Supreme Court April 2, 2003 holding in Kentucky Association of Health Plans, Inc., et al, v. Miller, Commissioner,
Kentucky Department of Insurance, Texas Journal of Chiropractic, July 2003.

Health Insurance Accountability and Portability Act (HIPAA) Seminars
presented for Texas Chiropractic Association, 2002 and 2003

Professional Services for Health Care Practices:
Organizer and Presenter of Chiropractic Law Seminar (16 hours of chiropractic continuing education credit) in fifteen (15) cities across Texas, Summer - Fall 2000, Winter 2001 and of Chiropractic Law Seminar, Part II (8 hours of chiropractic continuing education credit) in Dallas and Houston, Summer, 2003.