Patrick J. Wood
Attorney at law
Patrick J. Wood is a Founder of the law firm Wood & Morgan and has been representing dentists for 39 years. Mr. Wood received his B.A. degree from UCLA and his JD degree from Southwestern University. He was admitted to practice law in California in 1978 and is also admitted in Texas and Colorado.
The firm's primary emphasis is on dental practice sales, lease reviews, associateships, corporations, partnerships and related transactions. The firm also specializes in dental board defense, estate planning for dentists and employment law issues.
Mr. Wood has lectured extensively at multiple dental conventions, dental societies, and dental schools. He currently delivers approximately 20 practice transition seminars throughout the country each year. His firm negotiates over 150 office leases each year and is involved in approximately 100 dental practice sales each year. He has written numerous articles that have been published in dental publications such as "Dental Economics," "Journal of California Dental Association," "Strategies for Success," "The New Dentist," "CEDS Magazine," "Dentaltown," The Nugget Magazine," and "Journal of Colorado Dental Association."
Jason P. Wood
Attorney at law
Jason Patrick Wood is a partner in the Law Firm of Wood & Morgan. Jason's primary emphasis is on business transactions for dentists and doctors: leases, purchase agreements, partnership agreements, shareholders agreements, corporations, associate agreements and other business-related legal needs. He has authored many articles relative to the business side of dentistry which have appeared in Dental Economics, CDA Journal, The New Dentist, Dentaltown Magazine, Colorado Dental Association Journal, Matsco's: Strategies For Success as well as numerous dental society newsletters. He is a moderator for Dentaltown on all forums related to the business side of dentistry and enjoys helping and educating doctors throughout the United States. Prior to joining Wood & Morgan, Jason worked in Washington, D.C. for the Speaker of the House in connection with Presidential and U.S. Congressional campaigns and thereafter he worked for the U.S. House of Representatives, drafting legislation for various House committees.
Charles X. Delgado
Of Counsel
Following Mr. Delgado's admission to the California and Hawaii Bar Associations in 1972, he served for seven years as a California Attorney General in the Civil Litigation Division where he represented major business regulatory agencies for the State of California, including the Department of Real Estate, the Board of Dental Examiners and the Department of Corporations.
Mr. Delgado later had positions with the Hahn Company, a major west coast regional shopping center developer, and as Vice President and General Counsel for Ferguson Partners, an Irvine- based real estate development company. Mr. Delgado has been working with dentists during his 25 years with Wood & Delgado, with primary emphasis on business litigation, partnership disputes, Dental Board defense, Denti-Cal defense and ancillary litigation matters.
He is a graduate of the University of San Francisco and of Loyola University Law School.