Top Legal Jobs in Washington, DC

Manage litigation matters globally, formulate strategies, work with external counsel, and address legal issues including intellectual property and regulatory matters.

Lead Legal & Government Affairs operations by owning legal tech platforms, vendor and budget management, metrics and OKRs, AI adoption governance, cross-vertical operational support, and building a high-performing legal operations team to scale the function during hyper-growth and public-company complexity.

Negotiate delinquent accounts with law firms to secure reduced balances, extended payment terms, or lump-sum settlements. Review legal documents, manage escalated portfolios and client accounts, maintain attorney relationships, meet monthly settlement and compliance goals, and handle high-volume inbound/outbound calls to resolve lawsuits and prevent further legal action.

As Vice President, Legal Commercial, you will lead GitLab's global commercial legal function, advising on strategies, managing a legal team, and overseeing AI governance and contracting.

As Commercial Legal Counsel at GitLab, you will negotiate and draft various complex agreements, advise on risk allocation, support public sector transactions, and enhance the legal team's efficiency and training initiatives.

Lead and operationalize responses to subpoenas and eDiscovery demands; manage the end-to-end eDiscovery lifecycle; coordinate internal and external stakeholders; draft and improve policies and processes for customer data requests; monitor legal and regulatory developments; and act as project manager to drive litigation operations and legal tech–driven workflow improvements.

Provide legal counsel for Palantir's US government business, drafting and negotiating contracts, advising on compliance, IP, data privacy, and employment issues, responding to government inquiries and litigation, and tracking and engaging on federal policy and AI/data regulation to inform legal strategy.

Build and run AI-first processes for legal e-billing and outside counsel management. Administer Brightflag, manage monthly accruals and vendor onboarding, analyze OC spend using SQL/Snowflake/Looker, produce reports and scorecards, and partner with FP&A, Sourcing, and stakeholders to optimize budgets, forecasting, and outside counsel strategy.

Part-time remote legal internship supporting regulatory and marketing compliance. Conduct FDA/FTC and advertising legal research, review marketing materials, draft memos, assist with contract lifecycle and corporate records, and support policy and training development.

Lead the Co-Brand Card & Networks Legal team advising on cobranded credit card, payment network, benefits, marketing and digital integration agreements. Manage and mentor transactional attorneys, negotiate complex deals, provide early-stage strategic legal guidance, coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders, and oversee external counsel to deliver pragmatic, commercial legal support for consumer and small business banking partnerships.

Lead design and implementation of AI-assisted legal operations and knowledge-management workflows. Manage daily legal department operations, project-manage cross-functional company initiatives, evaluate and deploy AI tooling, and track adoption and efficiency. Drive process improvements and stakeholder alignment to scale legal support for a fast-growing healthcare technology company.

Provide legal guidance on healthcare regulatory matters and commercial contracting for payor and clinical partnerships. Advise on corporate practice of medicine, fraud and abuse, telehealth, HIPAA, Medicare/Medicaid, AI clinical governance, and negotiate provider, payor, and commercial agreements to enable compliant growth.

Lead and scale U.S. public sector contracting: draft and negotiate SaaS/cloud and subcontract agreements, advise on FAR/DFARS/GSA/FedRAMP compliance, support RFPs and audits, build legal playbooks, and partner with cross-functional teams to mitigate regulatory and export control risk.

Provide advanced patent docketing and administrative support, mentor and train junior Legal Support Analysts, manage IDS filings and annuity/maintenance payments, communicate with clients and vendors, maintain knowledge of patent rules, and ensure timely handling of attorney-requested tasks while preserving confidentiality.

Provides administrative, secretarial, document processing, and case support to an intellectual property trademark and copyright practice group. Responsibilities include court filings, e-filing, legal document preparation, proofreading, workflow coordination, calendar and travel management, meeting coordination, billing and time-entry support, new business intake, file maintenance, legal research, and client communication. Requires prior law firm experience, at least seven years of administrative support experience, and proficiency with Microsoft Office and PDF software.

Provide strategic legal advice on capital markets transactions for PayPal's consumer credit businesses. Lead counsel on securitizations, warehouse facilities, forward flow agreements, and securities compliance. Partner with Treasury, Finance, Risk and outside counsel to structure financings, manage transaction counterparties, monitor regulatory developments, support diligence for acquisitions/partnerships, and develop playbooks and scalable documentation for capital markets activity.

The Legislative/Legal Research Lead will coordinate research operations, engage with congressional initiatives, analyze challenges, and support operational improvements for a federal client.

The role involves leading legislative and legal research operations, managing staff, supporting congressional initiatives, and enhancing operational efficiency and compliance.

Support the Pre-Publication Review & Journalist Support team by maintaining tracking systems for legal guides, coordinating trainings and outreach, managing publication workflows, and providing program and administrative support to ensure timely follow-up and accurate resources for journalists.

Provide administrative support to Legal Administrative Assistants and attorneys: prepare, format, and edit documents; assist with closing binders; run reports; file documents (manual and electronic); enter time and prepare/submit expense reports; maintain confidentiality and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced legal office.

Part-time legal trainees will conduct legal research and analysis on civil-military relations, military law, and democratic resilience; support writing, editing, and legislative engagement; and provide program support. Hybrid role for law students or holders of law degrees, June–September, 20–30 hours/week.

Lead and build a global compliance function supporting U.S., EMEA, and APAC; manage a team of ~6, drive IPO and public-company readiness, develop policies, controls, metrics and reporting, oversee investigations and remediation, partner with cross-functional leaders to mitigate regulatory risk and scale compliance technology and processes for global growth.

Provide administrative support to the Corporate Legal Affairs division and General Counsel, including reviewing and summarizing legal documents, preparing legal instruments and correspondence, maintaining legacy records, assisting with contract addenda and database management, processing invoices and mail, and preparing lobbyist registration and disclosure forms.

Provide administrative and clerical support to attorneys: manage calendars, travel, time entry, billing and matter management, document preparation and filing, coordinate with internal departments, and maintain confidentiality and organization.

Provide high-level administrative support to arbitration, trade, and advocacy attorneys including calendar and email management, preparing meeting materials, coordinating domestic and international travel, supporting billing and intake processes, tracking deadlines and budgets, and partnering with legal staff to ensure seamless operations and client-facing communications.