Zachary Hoard is a Member in the Business Litigation Group and the Dental Services Organization Group in the Dallas, Texas office of Dykema. Mr. Hoard 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.

Mr. Hoard 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. Mr. Hoard has represented clients in both bringing and defending injunctive actions and damage claims.

Immediately prior to joining Dykema, Mr. Hoard 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, Mr. Hoard was a middle school history and music instructor.

Bar Admissions

Texas

Education
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2007 The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 2001

Professional Associations

• State Bar of Texas
• Texas Young Lawyers Association
• Dallas Bar Association
• Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

"Twombly Applies to All Civil Cases," Co-Author
September 2009
Dallas Bar Journal Headnotes