Litigator Craig Woods Joins Dykema

Dallas – October 6, 2016 — Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of Craig Woods to its Commercial Litigation Practice Group and Dental Service Organizations Industry Group as a member in the firm’s Dallas office. Prior to joining Dykema, Woods practiced at the Dallas office of Greenberg Traurig LLP.

Woods has a national practice that focuses on serving clients on a broad range of matters, including contractual disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, theft of trade secrets, unfair competition, covenants not to compete, injunctive actions, fraud and deceptive trade practices, products liability litigation, medical device litigation, financial services litigation and complex business litigation. In addition to handling individual claims, he also has experience litigating disputes in the context of class action lawsuits.

Woods also has considerable experience advising Dental Service Organizations (DSOs), Medical Service Organizations (MSOs), large practice groups, dentists and other health care providers in various corporate and regulatory matters, including the preparation of regulatory compliant business agreements between DSOs and their affiliated practices and dentists. He also has substantial experience in complex commercial, business and health care law where he has advised and represented Fortune 500 and industry-leading dental, medical and health care companies.

“We are extremely excited to welcome Craig to our DSO team and commercial litigation practice,” said Chris Kratovil, Office Managing Member of the Firm’s Dallas office and Assistant Leader of Dykema’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group. “Craig’s extensive background litigating cases for a wide variety of clients enhances our bench strength in Dallas, and his experience will be a great benefit to the firm’s ever-expanding DSO Industry Group, as well as its clients.”

Woods, who has been recognized in Texas Super Lawyers as a Rising Star each year since 2010, received a J.D., cum laude, from the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, as well an M.S. in Finance, and a B.B.A., cum laude, in Financial Management and Information Systems from Texas A&M University.

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