Interim In-House Counsel

Major, Lindsey & Africa’s client has an immediate need for an Interim In-House Counsel.

Overview: Our client is seeking an Interim In-House Counsel.

Company: Healthcare company

Experience: Successful candidates will have at least 5 years of relevant experience

Location: Pasadena, CA

Responsibilities Include:

Our client is seeking an in-house counsel to support the company’s legal needs and report to the CLO. This role will provide legal support across litigation, compliance, contracts, HR, privacy, and risk management. Specifically, this role will support:

• Contracts: Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements. This includes healthcare agreements such as sales, GPO, physician agreements and procurement, marketing, tech/SaaS agreements
• Litigation & Claims: Conduct intake and initial investigation, coordinate discovery, monitor new litigation and notify brokers of new claims, review insurance coverage related to litigation, and manage outside counsel
• Risk & Compliance: Support organizational compliance, partner with internal teams to proactively manage risk, manage quality management plans for incident and claim root cause analysis, and proactively manage risk in negotiations
• Privacy: HIPAA/PHI compliance (proactive + incident response), records releases, and BAAs.
• Corporate Governance: Support corporate governance tasks as assigned.
• Labor & Employment: HR policy support, investigations, separations, and HR‑related claims/litigation.
• Provide Enterprise Training: Provide HIPAA, compliance/ethics (Fraud and Abuse, Stark, False Claims Acts), and HR/labor & employment
• Intellectual Property & Media: Support IP portfolio management, assist with maintaining IP rights, ensure proper use across media and marketing, and manage media and marketing‑related risk.
• Manage Insurance Portfolio: Assist with insurance renewals, data collection, deductible tracking, and broker relationships; support management of insurance portfolio risk and coverage

Qualifications Include:

• 5+ years of relevant experience
• J.D. and active license to practice law
• Candidates are not expected to have substantive experience on each point. Candidates with deep experience in either commercial contracts or healthcare/medical law will be considered.
• Comfortable working independently and communicating with stakeholders across all levels of the organization

Pay Range: $85-95/hour

Information regarding benefits can be found on MLA’s Website on the Consultant Resources Page:

All interested and qualified candidates should apply directly with Major, Lindsey & Africa for review and consideration.

Major, Lindsey & Africa does not discriminate against applications on the basis of age, sex, race or any other protected characteristics pursuant to applicable state or federal laws.

Job ID: 245803