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
- 32
Healthcare by city
- Healthcare in Washington, DC29 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Los Angeles19 ranked firms
- Healthcare in San Francisco19 ranked firms
- Healthcare in New York18 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Dallas16 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Houston15 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Chicago13 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Orange County11 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Boston10 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Silicon Valley10 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Austin8 ranked firms
- Healthcare in San Diego8 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Atlanta7 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Miami7 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Nashville6 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Philadelphia6 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Pittsburgh6 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Charlotte5 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Cleveland5 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Columbus5 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Cincinnati4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Fort Lauderdale4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Minneapolis4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Orlando4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Raleigh4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Tampa4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in West Palm Beach4 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Columbia3 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Greenville3 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Indianapolis3 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Jacksonville3 ranked firms
- Healthcare in Sacramento3 ranked firms
Ranked nationwide, Chambers USA 2026
- 1.Ropes & Gray LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 2.King & Spalding LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 3.McDermott Will & Schulte LLPBand 1 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 4.Latham & Watkins LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 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 $225,000Band 2 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 9.Holland & Knight LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 10.Alston & Bird LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 11.Crowell & Moring LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 3 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 12.McGuireWoods LLPFirst-year base $215,000Band 3 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 13.Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.First-year base $225,000+Band 3 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 14.Manatt, Phelps & PhillipsFirst-year base $225,000Band 3 (The Elite) · Healthcare
- 15.Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 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 $225,000Band 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 $225,000Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 22.Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 23.Proskauer Rose LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 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 $235,000Band 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 27.Baker & Hostetler LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 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.Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLPBand 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 33.Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLPBand 1 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 34.Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPFirst-year base $225,000Band 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 $225,000Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 37.K&L Gates LLPFirst-year base $225,000+Band 2 (Highly Regarded) · Healthcare
- 38.Barnes & Thornburg LLPFirst-year base $105,000-$180,000Band 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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