The category-defining med-spa and aesthetics law firm
ByrdAdatto is the category-defining med-spa law firm — unmatched aesthetics depth, AmSpa's exclusive legal partner, and full-lifecycle coverage from formation to board defense to M&A — with custom-quoted fees as the only real friction.
ByrdAdatto is a Dallas-based business and healthcare law firm that has become the de facto legal standard-bearer for the medical spa and aesthetics industry. Founded by partners Michael Byrd and Brad Adatto, the firm serves as the exclusive legal partner of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa) — whose co-founder, Alex Thiersch, is also a ByrdAdatto attorney — giving it unrivaled visibility into how regulators, boards, and operators actually behave across the country.
The practice covers the full med-spa legal lifecycle: entity and MSO formation, medical-director and management-services agreements, scope-of-practice and delegation questions, regulatory compliance, medical-board investigation defense, employment matters, M&A, and ongoing outside general counsel arrangements. AmSpa members receive complimentary introductory consultations; engagements beyond that are custom-quoted. Note that as a professional-services firm, ByrdAdatto carries no verifiable aggregate ratings on platforms like G2 or Capterra — our assessment is editorial, based on the firm's public track record, industry standing, and service scope.
Ideal customer
Med spas at any stage — from first-time founders structuring an MSO to multi-location groups preparing for M&A — that want the firm with the deepest aesthetics-specific bench and national regulatory visibility, and can work within custom-quoted legal fees.
If the med-spa industry has a house law firm, it is ByrdAdatto. The Dallas-based firm, founded by Michael Byrd and Brad Adatto, is the exclusive legal partner of the American Med Spa Association (AmSpa) — and AmSpa's co-founder, Alex Thiersch, is himself a ByrdAdatto attorney. That relationship isn't a marketing badge; it is the engine of the firm's practice. ByrdAdatto sees more med-spa formations, medical-director agreements, and board investigations than arguably any other firm in the country, and that pattern recognition is exactly what you are paying for.
The firm covers the full lifecycle: entity and MSO formation, management services agreements, medical-director arrangements, scope-of-practice and delegation questions, regulatory compliance, board-investigation defense, employment matters, M&A, and ongoing outside general counsel. For an industry where the corporate practice of medicine, fee-splitting, and supervision rules vary state by state and are enforced unevenly, that national vantage point matters.
Choose ByrdAdatto if you want the firm with the deepest med-spa-specific bench in the country — particularly for MSO/CPOM structuring, medical-director agreements, board-investigation defense, or M&A, where industry-specific pattern recognition directly reduces risk. It is the default recommendation for AmSpa members (start with the complimentary consult) and for any operator whose corporate structure or license is on the line. If your needs are narrow and budget-sensitive — a single contract review, say — a flat-fee firm like Jackson LLP may be a more predictable spend; but when the matter is existential, ByrdAdatto is the industry's benchmark.
By Med Spa Vendor Hub Editorial Team. Last reviewed June 29, 2026. Independent editorial review — how we score.
Engagements are custom-quoted based on scope; the firm does not publish rate cards or flat-fee menus. AmSpa members receive complimentary introductory consultations as part of the firm's exclusive partnership with the association. Expect boutique healthcare-firm rates for formation, MSO structuring, and board-defense work.
Engagement — custom quote
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Scoped and quoted per matter — formation, MSO structuring, agreements, board defense, M&A, or ongoing outside general counsel. AmSpa members get a complimentary intro consult.
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