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Silent Legal Threats in Veterinary Medicine: What Established Practices Overlook Until It’s Too Late?

Missed the Live Panel? You Can Still Safeguard Your Practice. Watch the replay of “Silent Legal Threats in Veterinary Medicine: What Established Practices Overlook Until It’s Too Late?”—a high-impact, expert-led session revealing the hidden legal vulnerabilities quietly putting veterinary practices at risk.

Why This Webinar Is a Must-Watch:

This isn’t just a legal update—it’s a strategic wake-up call for every established veterinary clinic. In just under an hour, legal, HR, and compliance experts expose the most common blind spots that can lead to fines, lawsuits, and long-term reputational damage. You’ll leave with actionable safeguards to reduce liability and protect your practice in today’s complex regulatory environment.

  • Spot the Hidden Threats: Learn where most practices unknowingly go wrong—before it’s too late.
  • Fix Labor & Classification Risks: Avoid costly audits and lawsuits by understanding employment law essentials.
  • Strengthen Documentation & Consent: Know exactly what qualifies as defensible records and client consent.
  • Stay Ahead of DEA Compliance: Keep your controlled substance protocols clean, current, and audit-ready.
  • Build Legal Resilience: Walk away with expert-backed strategies to future-proof your practice’s compliance culture.

What You’ll Learn

Your legal protection plan in under an hour:

  • Compliance Self-Audit Tips: Identify where your practice may be quietly exposed to legal risk.
  • HR & Classification Essentials: Understand staff misclassification, contracts, and labor law landmines.
  • Medical Records & Consent Protocols: Learn what holds up legally—and what puts your license at risk.
  • Controlled Substance Safeguards: Navigate DEA regulations with confidence and clarity.
  • Partnerships That Protect: Discover how legal and HR experts can reinforce your operations and reputation.

Perfect For:

  • Veterinary Practice Owners who want to lead with legal confidence.
  • Practice Managers & Administrators tasked with operational compliance.
  • Medical Directors & Decision-Makers seeking long-term risk reduction.

Watch Now & Take the First Step Toward a Smoother Clinic Experience

Don’t let overlooked details turn into devastating legal events. Stream the full replay now—and walk away with the clarity, tools, and next steps to protect your team, your license, and your legacy.

Speakers


Debra Vey Voda-Hamilton

Principal, Hamilton Law and Mediation

Debra Hamilton is principal at Hamilton Law and Mediation, where she specializes in helping veterinary practices navigate conflicts and maintain compliance through conscious communication. As an integrative lawyer and mediator, she resolves disputes between people over animals while teaching veterinary professionals essential conflict resolution skills.

Hamilton serves on the boards of NOMV, SVME, and AVMLA, where she hosts. The monthly member meeting. She has spoken at veterinary conferences worldwide, emphasizing how conscious conversations with clients and staff can diffuse dangerous situations and create peaceful practice environments. Her approach helps veterinary teams recognize clients as integral partners, using transparency to ensure everyone feels valued.

Media outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Reuters regularly consult Hamilton on animal-related mediation matters. She authored the Amazon bestseller Nipped in the Bud, Not in the Butt: How to Use Mediation to Resolve Conflicts over Animals and co-authored Onward and Upward: A Guide For Getting Through New York Divorce & Family Law Issues. Hamilton is also a nationally recognized breeder of Irish setters and longhaired standard dachshunds.