Dean Gould

Member


Dean Gould offers comprehensive corporate and M&A guidance to healthcare industry clients and Dental Service Organizations (DSOs).

A wide range of healthcare clients and providers rely on Dean for support on strategic transactions and negotiations including acquisitions, mergers, recapitalizations, and divestitures. Dean is in tune with the needs of his clients, and he helps them form regulatory compliant physician practice management structures and establish equity incentive options for key employees.

Dean is also experienced in drafting various types of agreements, including:

  • purchase agreements
  • merger agreements
  • operating agreements
  • management agreements
  • employment agreements

While in law school, Dean served as a judicial intern with U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas, The Honorable Ken Tapscott, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In his final year, Dean served as a student attorney in the W.W. Caruth Jr. Child Advocacy Clinic, representing abused and neglected children. He  also served as the Air Law Symposium Editor for the SMU Law Review Association and as president of the Red Raider Law Society.

Prior to his legal career, Dean was a middle school history teacher.

    • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2017
    • Texas Tech University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2011, Phi Beta Kappa
  • Bar Admissions

    • Texas, 2017
    • Named to Best Lawyers' "Ones to Watch" list

      • Corporate Law, 2023-2026
      • Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2026
    • Selected to Lawdragon's 500 X – The Next Generation 2025 list

    • Recognized in Texas Super Lawyers® as a Rising Star for Business & Corporate, 2025

    • Named in Legal 500, U.S. Elite

      • Dallas, Corporate M&A, 2025
    • Dallas Bar Association, Member

    • Dallas Young Lawyers Association, Member

    • American Health Lawyers Association, Member

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Press Releases12.17.25

Dykema Congratulates Tri-County Pediatrics on Partnership with SouthernMED

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Publications10.30.25

M&A Sector Spotlight: Healthcare

The healthcare M&A market is entering 2026 with a strong sense of strategic momentum, particularly…

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