Laura Diamond
Partner
(512) 422-8810 (DIRECT)
BACKGROUND, EDUCATION, AND PRACTICE
Laura Diamond is an administrative and healthcare law attorney with experience representing healthcare providers in administrative proceedings. Laura’s practice focuses on assisting individuals and businesses with defending their occupational licenses. She represents clients at the agency level (complaint, investigation, and informal settlement conferences which are also called ISCs). She also represents clients in hearings before the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH). Laura represents dentists (DDS, DMD), nurses (RN, LVN), and physicians before their licensing boards – The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, The Texas Board of Nursing, and the Texas Medical Board.
Laura also represents skilled nursing facilities (SNFs, nursing homes) and hospice providers regarding regulatory and administrative enforcement actions before the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC, formerly DADS), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Laura is proud to be a founding partner of Dalrymple, Shellhorse, Ellis & Diamond, LLP. From February 2015 through June 2018, Laura was an Of Counsel to the firm Carls, McDonald & Dalrymple, LLP, a predecessor of DSED. She practiced as an Associate at the firm of Riggs, Aleshire & Ray, PC. from March 2005 until January 2015. Laura received a Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Sciences from Concordia University at Austin in 1995. She earned a paralegal degree from the UT Paralegal Certificate Program in 1998 and worked in the legal field until starting law school in 2001. In 2004, Laura received her law degree from Baylor University School of Law.
Laura is a member of the State Bar of Texas and College of the State Bar of Texas. She also is a member of the Austin Bar Association and served as a Board Member of the Administrative Law Section from 2013 to 2018.
Laura speaks regarding dental regulatory and compliance issues to professional organizations and industry groups. She also writes articles for dental society newsletters including the Capital Star, the newsletter of the Capital Area Dental Society, and the Journal, the newsletter of the San Antonio District Dental Society. https://www.sadds.org/news/newsletters
Laura has partnered with Dental Compliance Specialists to offer continuing education courses to dentists on risk management and recordkeeping. Click the link below to access the following CE courses:
Protecting Your Practice: Risk Management and Recordkeeping
Risk Management: Avoiding and Responding to a Patient Complaint