Daniel J. Schulte
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Contact info:
Fax: 313.961.0388
Dan has significant experience in business law, finance and real estate transactions. His background includes experience as a Certified Public Accountant and time serving as managing partner of the firm. He currently is a member of Kerr Russell’s executive committee and understands how legal issues impact business objectives and the necessity of providing practical, results oriented advice.
Biography
Dan routinely advises clients in several industries including manufacturing, healthcare, real estate, service, and technology. He assists clients with tax issues and other aspects of entity formation, prepares and reviews entity governance documents and employment, shareholder, supplier, and a variety of other common contracts. He is often engaged in connection with the purchase and sale of business interests, mergers and acquisitions and other forms of business acquisition and divestiture. These transactions often involve issues related to a client’s interest in real estate. He regularly is asked to prepare and review leases, purchase and sale agreements and to assist with all aspects of real estate due diligence including resolving title and survey issues, reviewing environmental reports and other development issues.
Dan’s work in the healthcare industry is well known. He is primarily responsible for the firm’s representation of the Michigan State Medical Society, the Michigan Dental Association, and the Michigan Osteopathic Association and many physicians, dentists, group practices and surgery centers. Dan is well versed in health care licensing, HIPAA, Stark law, Anti-Kickback Statute, other fraud and abuse laws and regulations applicable to those in the healthcare industry.
Dan is repeatedly ranked among The Best Lawyers in America© and has been named a “Michigan Super Lawyer” by Thompson Reuters for many years.
View Dan’s presentation “Contract Negotiations” to the Michigan Osteopathic Association’s Council of Interns and Residents. (November 2020)
Representative Matters
- Acquisitions and sales of companies and business interests of various sizes
- Purchases and sales of real estate and interests in single purpose real estate entities
- Negotiating shareholder/member disputes to resolution
- Drafting complex business contracts
- Representing health care providers in licensing matters before the State of Michigan and other regulators
- Structuring business transactions for healthcare provider to insure compliance with Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute and other prohibitions unique to heath care providers
Contact info:
Fax: 313.961.0388
Dan has significant experience in business law, finance and real estate transactions. His background includes experience as a Certified Public Accountant and time serving as managing partner of the firm. He currently is a member of Kerr Russell’s executive committee and understands how legal issues impact business objectives and the necessity of providing practical, results oriented advice.
Affiliations
- State Bar of Michigan
- American Bar Association
- Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- American Health Lawyers Association
- American Society of Medical Association Counsel
Bar and Court Admissions
- Michigan
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Education
- Wayne State University Law School, J.D.
- Albion College, B.S.
Contact info:
Fax: 313.961.0388
Dan has significant experience in business law, finance and real estate transactions. His background includes experience as a Certified Public Accountant and time serving as managing partner of the firm. He currently is a member of Kerr Russell’s executive committee and understands how legal issues impact business objectives and the necessity of providing practical, results oriented advice.
August 20, 2026
33 Kerr Russell Attorneys Named Best Lawyers in America® for 2027
Kerr Russell is pleased to announce that 33 of its attorneys have been recognized in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers in America®, a universally regarded guide to legal excellence.
July 27, 2026
Can Unlicensed People Own a Dental Practice?
Who is Enforcing the Law?
Question: I see dental practices being acquired by management companies and others now owned by dentists. How can this be legal?
June 24, 2026
The Need to Designate a Patient of Record
Question: I was told something troubling by my hygienist. She has a friend who is also a hygienist working in another office. When new patients come to that office, they are immediately scheduled for hygiene.
May 26, 2026
The Importance of Termination Rights
Question: I recently told a supplier of dental products that I was terminating my contract with them. I did so because I found another supplier who has a better reputation for service and lower prices. I was surprised to receive an invoice from my former supplier for a few thousand dollars for “termination fees.”
April 29, 2026
Yes, Dentists (and the MDA) Are Subject to Antitrust Law
The various antitrust laws can seem unfair, complicated, and many times irrelevant to the practice of dentistry. However, you should be aware that these laws do apply to dentists.
February 26, 2026
Structuring a Practice Sale: The Basics
Question: I’m turning 70 this year and am ready to retire. After buying out my partners over the years, I’m now the sole owner of the practice. Associate dentists have come and gone. I now employ one who is willing to take over and buy my practice.
January 22, 2026
Is Being a Shareholder 'In Name Only' a Problem?
Question: I was recently approached by a company manufacturing certain dental appliances. This company also has “therapy programs” it has developed for sale to patients. It was explained to me that the company desired to create a dental practice (a professional corporation) to treat patients in need of its appliances and therapy programs. The company is interested in employing me.
December 17, 2025
Miscellaneous Questions about Dental Records
Dan Schulte answers common questions related to dental records in the latest issue of the Michigan Dental Association Journal.
November 24, 2025
There Will Be No Ban on Covenants Not to Compete
Question: Did the Federal Trade Commission cease litigating for its proposed ban on covenants not to compete? If we are going to continue to use them, what are some good pointers for drafting them?
October 2, 2025
We Forgot to Renew Our Employment Agreement —Now What?
Question: My employment agreement terminated because neither I nor my employer remembered to renew the term after a year as the agreement required. Is that employment agreement still in force? If not, what happens now? Do I no longer have an employment agreement?
