Top Legal Jobs in Washington, DC

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Review, edit, and audit AI-assisted legal opinions and caselaw content for accuracy. Identify legal issues, determine precedential impact, apply history/treatment lettering, verify source material, meet production targets, resolve complex editorial questions, and suggest guideline or workflow improvements.

Provide commercial transactional legal support for large, complex merchant and partner deals globally. Negotiate and draft multinational agreements, advise sales and cross-functional teams on payments, licensing, and regulatory risk, manage deal closings, ensure compliance, escalate high-stakes issues, and develop risk management frameworks to protect PayPal's legal interests.

Partner with corporate legal departments to design and implement AI-driven workflows and LexisNexis solutions. Conduct demos, trainings, executive briefings, and workshops; advise on AI adoption and governance; identify expansion opportunities; collect client feedback and relay product recommendations. Travel frequently to support client engagements.

Provide legal, regulatory, and policy support for global deployment of phased-array ground stations. Advise cross-functional teams, manage regulatory filings and market entry, draft and negotiate commercial and government contracts, and develop legal playbooks and templates. Support licensing, advocacy, and compliance across domestic and international regimes.

Prepare, review, and finalize probable cause statements and other forfeiture-related legal documents; research federal forfeiture statutes; communicate with agents and attorneys; extract and enter data from seizure files and government databases; ensure accuracy and compliance for submission to Lead Legal Technician and Office of Chief Counsel.

Provide day-to-day legal support for a fast-paced tech company: draft and negotiate commercial contracts, advise cross-functional teams (revenue, product, HR, finance, engineering), assist corporate governance and board preparations, support public company readiness, oversee global corporate administration and compliance, and help scale the legal function.

Administer and mature Wellthy's Ironclad CLM, build playbooks and templates, develop Ironclad dashboards/reporting, perform first-pass review of high-frequency contracts, manage intake and triage, identify and drive process improvements, and support vendor management and policy work. Report to the General Counsel and collaborate cross-functionally to scale legal operations.

Provide in-house counsel on product, IP, and marketing matters across product development lifecycle: support patent prosecution and portfolio management, open-source licensing compliance, brand protection, commercial contract drafting for AI/IP, product launch and regulatory governance, legal research and diligence, and backup trade compliance analysis. Collaborate with engineering, product, and external counsel to translate technical concepts into legal strategies.

Provide day-to-day legal support to commercial, marketing, and functional teams across Dental Solutions and Health Information Systems. Review routine commercial and operational matters, support marketing/claims and contracting activities, maintain legal templates and processes, deliver training, coordinate with Regulatory, IP, Privacy, and Compliance, and help ensure timely, compliant business execution.

Lead GoFundMe's global payments legal strategy and advise C-suite on payments, fintech, and financial services matters. Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Compliance, Risk, and Finance to enable product innovation, regulatory compliance, licensing, and supervisory examinations. Build governance, legal operating models, scalable review processes, and commercial frameworks. Negotiate and counsel on strategic payment partnerships, card/ACH network rules, AML/BSA, KYC/KYB, sanctions, and cross-border regulatory matters to support platform expansion and risk management.

Lead a remote library and research team delivering legal, regulatory, and competitive research to attorneys. Oversee client relationships, implement research workflows and tools, govern digital resources, champion adoption of AI-powered legal technologies, and manage projects, budgets, vendors, and staff development to ensure timely, accurate insights.

Evaluate and review AI-generated legal content for accuracy and quality, answer legal questions, recommend authoritative references, share real-world legal workflows and standards, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to improve AI performance in legal domains. Part-time, remote contractor role (~10 hours/week).

Provide commercial legal support for Americas (including LATAM): draft, negotiate, and close complex SaaS and software agreements; lead cross-border transactions; advise on regulatory and compliance matters; maintain templates and scalable contracting workflows; provide training and partner with sales and business leaders to enable revenue growth.

Build and run legal operations: implement contract lifecycle and document management systems, design intake/process workflows, support compliance (AML/KYC, sanctions, regulatory filings), manage corporate governance and entity administration, liaise with outside counsel, and help develop AI-enabled legal workflows alongside the General Counsel.

As a Legal Scopist, your responsibilities will include transcribing legal documents, scoping materials for readability, meeting deadlines, maintaining confidentiality, and collaborating with team members to ensure quality work.

The Legal Director will provide expert legal guidance on global capital markets transactions, corporate governance, and commercial contracts, while supporting business operations and strategic initiatives.

The role involves fact-checking AI-generated legal marketing content for accuracy and legally sound information while ensuring clarity and SEO optimization, all done remotely.

The Associate will support the Legal, Compliance & Government Affairs Practice by managing searches, developing candidate slates, and collaborating with clients and consultants.

Report on election litigation by pitching and writing breaking news, analyses, explainers, and deep dives; comb court filings for story angles; track cases with Research; build sources; collaborate with editors and cross-functional teams; produce social, video, and newsletter content; and occasionally travel for on-the-ground coverage.