#223: Nicholas Dowgul: Navigating Occupational License Defense for Healthcare Practitioners

<p><strong>OVERVIEW:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner, and Host of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast talks with Nicholas Dowgul, attorney and founder of North State Law. Nicholas talks about his journey and the lessons he learned while starting and growing his law firm. He also offers advice to healthcare practitioners who want to open their own practice, highlighting situations they should look out for. </span></p> <p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nicholas learned how to run his own business from his entrepreneurial family. His father is a general contractor and engineer and his mother is a real estate agent.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working in entrepreneurship is nonstop so you need to learn how to manage your time.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nicholas founded North State Law in February 2019. He started small, sharing space with other professionals before getting his own space later that same year. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">He’s focused on occupational and professional license defense. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Know as much as you possibly can about the people you want to target, making it easier to niche down and build your client database. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nicholas partners with members of the North Carolina Nurses Association to share education with other nurse practitioners through blogging. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nicholas discusses the pros and cons of forming a PLLC versus a service-based LLC. He also talks about the importance of having a Collaborative Practice Agreement and how it should be filled out.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Consider getting separate liability coverage from what your employer provides to cover neglige