Byrd Adatto

In the complicated maze of business and health care legal issues, ByrdAdatto seeks to create simplicity for our clients. This includes making the law accessible and easy to understand through ongoing education, thought leadership, and creative solutions that positively impact our clients and their businesses.Our Story
The story of ByrdAdatto began long before Michael Byrd and Brad Adatto became attorneys. As sons of doctors who owned private medical practices, Michael and Brad grew up around the influences of both medicine and business. These influences led Michael to become a business and health care attorney in Dallas, and Brad to do the same in New Orleans. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina displaced Brad and his family. With change comes opportunity, and in 2006, Brad and his family moved to Dallas and he began working with Michael.

ByrdAdatto founding partner Brad Adatto
Brad Adatto

ByrdAdatto founding partner Michael Byrd
Michael Byrd

They soon discovered that they worked well together. Their personalities, skills, work ethic, and interests clicked. They shared a common view of how business law should work: It should be transparent, creative, and focused on the client?s best interests. And, in a world where lawyers often seemed to make simple matters overly complex, they felt that it was their job to create simplicity.

Today, ByrdAdatto is a growing practice with locations in Dallas and Chicago. ByrdAdatto serves clients in many industries, with a heavy focus on the health care industry. The firm?s attorneys have become a national voice, routinely lecturing throughout the country at medical, dental, and legal conferences. Inspired by the reach of training and education provided at conferences, Michael and Brad launched the Legal 123s With ByrdAdatto podcast to help simplify complicated issues that come with owning a successful business. ByrdAdatto eliminates inefficiencies often associated with law firms and instead offers creative solutions while striving to make the law accessible and easy to understand.

ByrdAdatto attorneys at their law firm
Our Attorneys
Our attorneys are immersed in the industries we serve, allowing us to provide a unique perspective on business and health care legal matters.

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What Our Clients Say


We had the opportunity to sit down with Brad and have a whiteboard meeting to go over all our options in creating a company agreement.I have never had the experience of sitting down with an attorney and brainstorming options available, talking about potential legal pitfalls, illustrating the impact of our decisions right there in front of us, and ultimately walking away with a plan we all felt good about, and more importantly, understood! We?ve already scheduled a second one for another issue. I highly recommend the whiteboard sessions.

? Jessica Nunn, Maven Financial Partners



I have greatly appreciated Jim?s service to date. Jim has been extremely responsive on nights and weekends, professional and balanced in all dealings, and shown deep knowledge on all areas of what we are seeking to do. Thanks for the fantastic support. I look forward to continued work with your firm as we grow Cosmetic Physician Partners together.

? Jeff Hart, Manager, Cosmetic Physician Partners

I have worked with ByrdAdatto for a long time, from building my business in the past to guiding and helping me through the COVID-19 pandemic from a legal and a business perspective. It has really complimented and allowed me to do what I need to focus on most ? providing health care services. I am thankful ByrdAdatto has always been there for me.

? Paul Jarrod Frank, MD, CMO of Paul Jarrod Frank, MD

ByrdAdatto has helped us overcome some obstacles, particularly related to employees. We feel that ByrdAdatto is a true leader. They really guide us and we have complete trust in their advice on whatever problem we bring to them. This has really been key for us. They are so deeply personal, I really feel they are friends.

? Heather Furnas, MD, Co-Founder of Plastic Surgery Associates of Santa Rosa

We had the opportunity to sit down with Brad and have a whiteboard meeting to go over all our options in creating a company agreement.I have never had the experience of sitting down with an attorney and brainstorming options available, talking about potential legal pitfalls, illustrating the impact of our decisions right there in front of us, and ultimately walking away with a plan we all felt good about, and more importantly, understood! We?ve already scheduled a second one for another issue. I highly recommend the whiteboard sessions.

? Jessica Nunn, Maven Financial Partners

Our Values
The Lawyer?s Creed governs our ethical conduct as attorneys. We take this responsibility seriously, yet it?s only the starting point in reflecting our character. What gives our firm its character? In a word: values. We demonstrate these traits in everything we do. At ByrdAdatto, we sum up our core values as the ?3 C?s?: Communicate, Compete, and Create.

communicate
Communication starts with listening. Our advice is clear, simple, prompt, and direct to address the concerns expressed by our clients.

compete
We compete by confronting every issue with enthusiasm, diligence, persistence, and perseverance. We play hard for our clients.

create
We create by thinking outside the box and finding smarter solutions to our clients? problems. If there?s a better way to do something, we find it. If there are multiple ways to do it, we choose the simplest, most straightforward solution.

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ByrdAdatto University
ByrdAdatto believes that education and training build the best foundation for excellence. ByrdAdatto University (BAU) was founded in 2017 as a response to the gap we saw between continuing legal education (CLE) offerings and what our attorneys needed to effectively represent clients. BAU embodies our commitment to our core values of Communicate, Compete, and Create. We have since expanded BAU to our Access+ members, including online courses and training.

Our Community Focus
At the heart of ByrdAdatto is a spirit of serving and caring for others. Although we?re passionate about serving the business, legal, and health care needs of our clients, we know what we do during office hours is a small part of a much bigger story. There are real heroes and people in this world who, through no fault of their own, need basic human care, compassion, and support.

We are honored to be in a position to share our time and resources with those who have sacrificed themselves for our country, who provide free health services to others, and who provide housing for vulnerable youth. We proudly partner with several organizations that support these important causes.

Practice Areas	No. of Attorneys
Corporate	10
Corporate - Technology Transactions	2
Finance - Banking	2
Health Care	16
Intellectual Property - General	2
IP	2
IP - Trademark/Copyright	4
Labor & Employment	6
Litigation - General (consumer)	12
Other	2
Real Estate	1