Don’t respond alone. Your professional license is your livelihood. A letter, email, or call from a licensing board can threaten everything you’ve worked for. Deadlines are short, and what you say in your first response can be used against you. When a professional license is under investigation, the process moves quickly and the consequences can be long-lasting.
Professional license defense matters are not just paperwork issues. Complaints, inquiries, and disciplinary investigations place your career, reputation, and ability to practice at risk. If you hold a professional license in Pennsylvania, we can help protect what you’ve built.
Professional License Defense in Pennsylvania
We defend licensed professionals across Pennsylvania in matters involving boards, investigations, and disciplinary proceedings. Our professional license defense practice includes representation for nurses, NPs, PAs, physicians, and pharmacists, as well as behavioral health and mental health professionals. We also defend dentists and dental staff, physical, occupational, and speech therapists, real estate professionals and appraisers, teachers, and other licensed professionals.
A professional license investigation can arise from a complaint, a Bureau of Enforcement & Investigation (BEI) inquiry, or an issue discovered during applications or renewals. In many cases, professionals are contacted without warning and expected to respond quickly. What may seem like a simple explanation can later be used as evidence. A single response, submitted without legal guidance, can lead to suspension, revocation, probation, or monitoring terms that affect your ability to practice.
We handle board and BEI inquiries, complaints and disciplinary investigations, Show Cause letters, and board hearings. Our work also includes cases involving suspension, revocation, probation, reinstatement after discipline or lapse, applications and renewals, criminal-history disclosures, Consent Agreements, and monitoring terms. We also handle matters where criminal charges and licensure issues intersect, ensuring that one case does not unnecessarily damage the other.
Why Hire Dethlefs Pykosh & Murphy Attorneys At Law?
Attorney Monty J. Batson of DPM Lawyers brings extensive experience in professional license defense, criminal defense, and administrative law. He is a former prosecuting attorney for the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, and a former hearing examiner presiding over professional licensing cases.
Because he has worked inside the licensing system, Attorney Batson understands how boards, counsel, and hearing officers evaluate cases. He knows how investigations are built, how evidence is weighed, and how decisions are made. This experience allows him to anticipate the other side’s strategy and respond effectively at every stage of the process. His focus is protecting what matters most: your ability to practice.
Before responding to a licensing board, it is critical to proceed carefully. Do not ignore any letter, email, or call, but do not “explain” or submit a response on your own without legal advice. Do not sign a Consent Agreement without understanding the long-term consequences. These early decisions often shape the outcome of a case.
A professional license investigation can threaten everything you’ve worked for. Your license is your livelihood, and protecting it requires focused, experienced legal defense. Don’t respond alone. Talk to an attorney who concentrates on professional license defense and understands the licensing system from the inside out.
