Top BigLaw Firms for Healthcare
Regulatory advice for hospitals, providers and health companies, healthcare transactions, and fraud and abuse compliance matters. Chambers USA 2026 ranks 38 firms in our directory nationwide for healthcare, 3 of them in Band 1. Pick a city for the local tables.
- Ranked nationwide
- 38
- Cities with 3+ ranked firms
- 28
Healthcare by city
- Healthcare in Washington, DC29 ranked firms
- Healthcare in San Francisco18 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Los Angeles17 ranked firms
- Healthcare in New York17 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Dallas16 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Houston16 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Chicago13 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Boston10 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Silicon Valley9 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Atlanta8 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Miami8 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Orange County8 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Austin7 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Nashville6 ranked firms
- Healthcare in San Diego6 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Charlotte4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Fort Lauderdale4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Orlando4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Philadelphia4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Raleigh4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Tampa4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in West Palm Beach4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Cleveland3 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Columbus3 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Jacksonville3 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Pittsburgh3 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Seattle3 ranked firms
- Healthcare in St. Louis3 ranked firms
Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026
- 1.Ropes & Gray LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 2.King & Spalding LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 3.McDermott Will & Schulte LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 4.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 5.Sidley Austin LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 6.Jones DayFirst-year base $240,000Band 2 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 7.Hogan Lovells CadwaladerFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 8.Reed Smith LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 9.Polsinelli PCFirst-year base $225,000Band 2 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 10.Holland & Knight LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 11.Alston & Bird LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 3 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 12.Crowell & Moring LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 3 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 13.McGuireWoods LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 3 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 14.Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.First-year base $225,000+Band 3 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 15.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 16.Dentons US LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 17.Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 4 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 18.Nixon Peabody LLPFirst-year base $210,000Band 4 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 19.Katten Muchin Rosenman LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 4 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 20.Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 4 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 21.Goodwin Procter LLPFirst-year base $255,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 22.Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 23.Proskauer Rose LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 24.DLA Piper LLP (US)First-year base $225,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 25.Greenberg Traurig, LLPFirst-year base Varies by officeBand 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 26.Norton Rose Fulbright US LLPFirst-year base $235,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 27.Baker & Hostetler LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 28.Davis Wright Tremaine LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 29.Fox Rothschild LLPFirst-year base $205,000Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 30.ArentFox Schiff LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 31.Husch Blackwell LLPFirst-year base $200,000Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 32.Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBand 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 33.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLPBand 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 34.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 35.O'Melveny & Myers LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 36.Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 37.K&L Gates LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 38.Barnes & Thornburg LLPBand 2 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
Is healthcare a fit?
Who tends to thrive
- People interested in the healthcare system
- Those who like rule-heavy problems with business stakes
- Students with health policy backgrounds
What a 1L can do this year
- Take Health Law or Administrative Law
- Follow healthcare deal and enforcement news
- Join the health law society
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