Senior Litigation Associate

Simpson Judge USA; New York (NY); On-site; USD 310,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Simpson Judge USA is seeking a Senior Associate to join its Healthcare Litigation practice in New York. The role focuses on disputes between providers and payors, reimbursement matters, and complex commercial litigation with direct client engagement.

The ideal candidate has 5–6 years of healthcare litigation experience, strong written advocacy, and the ability to manage teams and litigation strategy across matters. A competitive compensation package is offered, with potential bonus and benefits.

Qualifications

• 5–6 years of healthcare litigation experience
• Strong written advocacy and litigation management
• Understanding business pressures facing healthcare providers
• Experience with provider reimbursement, managed care agreements, coding or billing principles

Responsibilities

• Lead litigation strategy and manage matters through all stages
• Direct client engagement and relationship management with provider clients
• Oversee teams and coordinate with opposing counsel, experts and affiliates
• Handle commercial and government healthcare reimbursement disputes and managed care litigation

Skills

Healthcare litigation

Client engagement

Written advocacy

Team leadership

Job description

For healthcare litigators who want to work on disputes that directly affect how hospitals, health systems and physician groups get paid.

A leading national law firm is looking for a Senior Associate with 5–6 years of healthcare litigation experience to join its Healthcare Litigation practice within its Trial Practice Group.

This is a specialist opportunity focused on the commercial realities of healthcare, particularly disputes between providers and payors over reimbursement, managed care agreements and revenue cycle issues.

The work includes:

• Commercial and government healthcare reimbursement disputes.
• Managed care litigation and disputes involving payer audits, coding, billing and payment practices.
• Complex litigation and arbitration involving healthcare providers and insurers.
• Matters involving provider revenue cycle management, with direct client engagement.
• Managing litigation strategy, matters and teams through all stages of a dispute.

The wider practice also handles significant healthcare antitrust and reimbursement litigation, government investigations and disputes involving hospitals, health systems and physician groups.

Who would suit this role?

An attorney with 5–6 years of healthcare litigation experience who can combine strong written advocacy and litigation management with an understanding of the business pressures facing healthcare providers. Experience with provider reimbursement, managed care agreements and coding or billing principles is particularly relevant.

You should be comfortable taking ownership of matters, managing teams and building trusted relationships with provider clients.

Compensation: $310,000–$350,000, with potential additional bonus and benefits.

For an attorney looking to deepen their healthcare specialism while working on complex, commercially significant disputes, this is worth a conversation.