Description:
Location: Chicago, ILFirm: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Barnes & Thornburg LLP seeks an Associate for our Healthcare department in the firm's Chicago Office. The ideal candidate will have 2-3 years of healthcare litigation and regulatory experience.
Job Requirements:
- Candidates should have experience in healthcare-related litigation and regulatory matters, including defending clients in government investigations and enforcement actions.
- Prior investigator experience, as well as experience with CMS and healthcare coding issues, is strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, and Stark Law is strongly preferred.
- Experience conducting or assisting with internal investigations, compliance reviews, or litigation involving healthcare providers, life sciences companies, or healthcare technology companies is a plus.
- Candidates must have a strong academic record, and excellent analytical, writing, and communication skills.
- Illinois bar membership or eligibility to waive into the Illinois bar is required.
- The right candidate will be entrepreneurial, eager to work directly with partners and clients, and excited to be part of a team handling a busy national healthcare litigation and regulatory practice.
About the Firm:
Barnes & Thornburg LLP is an AmLaw 100 law firm with 23 offices nationwide. The firm's Healthcare Group is known for fostering an inclusive, collegial, and supportive culture that empowers attorneys to thrive, grow, and advance their careers.
We will not consider resumes submitted by external agencies or recruiters for this position. No third party may become entitled to compensation for assisting Barnes & Thornburg LLP in recruiting for this position unless, prior to the posting of this position, such party has entered into a recruiting agreement with Barnes & Thornburg LLP applicable to this position expressly providing for such a fee.
Equal Employment and Opportunity Statement:
Barnes & Thornburg is committed to equal employment opportunity in both principle and as a matter of policy. We will recruit, hire, train, promote, compensate and provide benefits to all applicants and employees without regard to ancestry, sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, gender, age, religion, religious creed, mental and/or physical disability, medical condition, military and/or veteran's status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all recruiting, hiring, promotions, upgrades, layoffs, compensation, benefits, terminations and all other privileges, terms and conditions of employment. The firm complies fully with all federal, state and local equal employment opportunity laws.
