Healthcare Regulatory Associate Attorney

About Us

A globally recognized law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers across 16 offices is expanding its elite regulatory, transactional, and finance practices. The platform advises more than half of the Fortune 100 and is distinguished by its ability to combine sophisticated regulatory insight, high-stakes litigation strength, and complex transactional capability across more than 40 practice and industry groups.

Ranked among the top 10 firms on The American Lawyer's 2025 A-List, with 173 lawyers ranked by Chambers and 202 recognized by Legal 500 in 2026. The firm fosters a collegial, team-oriented culture with meaningful responsibility, direct client exposure, and interdisciplinary work across offices and practices.

The Opportunity

Advise hospitals, health systems, outpatient providers, healthcare professionals, digital-health and health-technology companies, investors, and management organizations on complex regulatory matters. Counsel clients in the drug, biologic, medical-device, diagnostics, food, dietary-supplement, cosmetics, laboratory, trade-association, and clinical-research sectors.

• Collaborate closely with litigation, white collar, transactional, intellectual property, and other specialist teams.
• Conduct sophisticated legal research, draft client advice, analyze evolving regulatory requirements, and manage workstreams with increasing independence.
• Participate in a practice that invests heavily in substantive training and mentoring.

Requirements

• Minimum three years of healthcare-law experience, including representation of hospitals, health systems, providers, or suppliers.
• Excellent research, writing, analytical, and academic credentials.
• Ability to work independently, creatively, and collaboratively across disciplines.
• Current admission or eligibility for admission in the selected jurisdiction.

Compensation

$260,000–$365,000 base salary; eligible for hours-based bonus.

2,000-hour annual bonus threshold, with market reporting indicating approximately 1,800 client-billable hours and up to 200 qualifying hours for pro bono and other approved activities.

Work Model

Flexible hybrid culture historically recognized for allowing approximately 50% remote work, subject to client, team, office, and current firm expectations.

Benefits

• Comprehensive attorney benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).
• Paid leave, mental-health and well-being resources, medical concierge support, and commuter benefits.
• Robust associate development through formal partner, counsel, peer, and group mentoring; annual retreats; practice-specific training; Trial School; deposition-skills workshops; and a proprietary in-house learning platform.
• Associates may use up to 100 hours annually for a shadowing program to observe trials, hearings, client meetings, and other advanced professional activities.
• Exceptional pro bono platform: more than 107,000 pro bono hours recorded in 2025, with recent recognition from the Financial Times and Bloomberg Law.