Williams Parker, the region's largest and oldest law firm founded in 1925, is seeking an accomplished Health Law Attorney with five or more years of private practice experience to join our growing healthcare practice in Sarasota, Florida.This opportunity is ideally suited for an attorney who advises healthcare providers, healthcare businesses, and related organizations on complex regulatory, operational, transactional, and compliance matters. The successful candidate will play an important role in supporting the long-term continuity and growth of a highly specialized healthcare practice while helping expand service offerings to existing and new clients. We welcome attorneys who bring a portable book of business, well-established client relationships, strong referral networks, or other meaningful opportunities for practice growth and who are seeking a collaborative, full-service law firm platform on which to expand a sophisticated healthcare practice and deepen long-term client relationships.What You Will DoAs a Health Law Attorney at Williams Parker, you will represent senior living facilities, physician and dental practices, rehabilitation and surgery centers, complex management services organizations, healthcare technology companies, and other licensed healthcare providers in achieving their business and legal objectives while delivering exceptional client service.Our areas of focus include:Healthcare provider structuring and employment mattersHealthcare transactions and business arrangementsRegulatory compliance, licensing, and administrative mattersFacility acquisition, construction, and land use issuesHealthcare taxation mattersHealthcare-related litigation and dispute resolutionDay-to-day operational and regulatory counseling for healthcare providers and organizations You will also collaborate with attorneys across the Firm's corporate, real estate, labor & employment, trusts & estates, and litigation practices to provide comprehensive counsel to healthcare clients.For more information on our Health Law practice, click here.RequirementsEducation & LicensureJuris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school.Member of The Florida Bar in good standing or eligible for admission.Willingness to sit for the Florida Bar Examination in the near future if not already licensed in Florida.Florida Bar Board Certification in Health Law is preferred, but not required. ExperienceFive or more years of private practice experience with a substantial focus on healthcare law.Experience advising healthcare providers and healthcare-related businesses on regulatory, compliance, operational, and transactional matters.Experience working with healthcare organizations such as physician groups, dental practices, senior living providers, ambulatory surgery centers, rehabilitation providers, management services organizations, healthcare technology companies, or other licensed healthcare entities.Experience navigating state and federal healthcare regulatory frameworks, licensure requirements, and operational compliance issues.Strong business judgment and the ability to provide practical, client-focused advice in a highly regulated industry.Demonstrated business development capability and a portable book of business, or a succession-based client transition opportunity, is strongly preferred.Ability to independently manage sophisticated matters while exercising sound professional judgment and providing exceptional client service. Client Service & ProfessionalismExceptional client relationship skills and an unwavering commitment to thoughtful, responsive, and practical counsel.Strong written and verbal communication skills.Ability to collaborate effectively with attorneys, healthcare executives, consultants, accountants, and professional staff.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple sophisticated matters simultaneously.BenefitsWilliams Parker offers accomplished healthcare attorneys the opportunity to practice within a highly regarded platform serving healthcare providers and healthcare-related businesses throughout Florida.Attorneys benefit from long-standing client relationships, a collaborative culture, sophisticated legal work, and the opportunity to help shape the future of a niche and strategically important practice area.We offer:A respected healthcare law platform with an established client base and strong market reputation.Meaningful opportunities to expand an existing practice and deepen relationships with healthcare industry clients.Deep relationships with healthcare providers, healthcare executives, business owners, and professional advisors throughout the region.The opportunity to work alongside highly experienced attorneys serving sophisticated healthcare clients across a wide range of regulatory, operational, and transactional matters.A collaborative culture that emphasizes professional excellence, knowledge sharing, and exceptional client service.Strong administrative, marketing, technology, and knowledge-management resources that support efficient practice management, collaboration, and client service.Market-leading compensation and a competitive total rewards package.Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.Employee Savings Plan and 401(k) with employer contributions.
Williams Parker, the region's largest and oldest law firm founded in 1925, is seeking an accomplished Health Law Attorney with five or more years of private practice experience to join our growing healthcare practice in Sarasota, Florida.
This opportunity is ideally suited for an attorney who advises healthcare providers, healthcare businesses, and related organizations on complex regulatory, operational, transactional, and compliance matters. The successful candidate will play an important role in supporting the long-term continuity and growth of a highly specialized healthcare practice while helping expand service offerings to existing and new clients.
We welcome attorneys who bring a portable book of business, well-established client relationships, strong referral networks, or other meaningful opportunities for practice growth and who are seeking a collaborative, full-service law firm platform on which to expand a sophisticated healthcare practice and deepen long-term client relationships.
What You Will Do
As a Health Law Attorney at Williams Parker, you will represent senior living facilities, physician and dental practices, rehabilitation and surgery centers, complex management services organizations, healthcare technology companies, and other licensed healthcare providers in achieving their business and legal objectives while delivering exceptional client service.
Our areas of focus include:
- Healthcare provider structuring and employment matters
- Healthcare transactions and business arrangements
- Regulatory compliance, licensing, and administrative matters
- Facility acquisition, construction, and land use issues
- Healthcare taxation matters
- Healthcare-related litigation and dispute resolution
- Day-to-day operational and regulatory counseling for healthcare providers and organizations
You will also collaborate with attorneys across the Firm's corporate, real estate, labor & employment, trusts & estates, and litigation practices to provide comprehensive counsel to healthcare clients.
For more information on our Health Law practice, click here.
Requirements
Education & Licensure
- Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school.
- Member of The Florida Bar in good standing or eligible for admission.
- Willingness to sit for the Florida Bar Examination in the near future if not already licensed in Florida.
- Florida Bar Board Certification in Health Law is preferred, but not required.
Experience
- Five or more years of private practice experience with a substantial focus on healthcare law.
- Experience advising healthcare providers and healthcare-related businesses on regulatory, compliance, operational, and transactional matters.
- Experience working with healthcare organizations such as physician groups, dental practices, senior living providers, ambulatory surgery centers, rehabilitation providers, management services organizations, healthcare technology companies, or other licensed healthcare entities.
- Experience navigating state and federal healthcare regulatory frameworks, licensure requirements, and operational compliance issues.
- Strong business judgment and the ability to provide practical, client-focused advice in a highly regulated industry.
- Demonstrated business development capability and a portable book of business, or a succession-based client transition opportunity, is strongly preferred.
- Ability to independently manage sophisticated matters while exercising sound professional judgment and providing exceptional client service.
Client Service & Professionalism
- Exceptional client relationship skills and an unwavering commitment to thoughtful, responsive, and practical counsel.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with attorneys, healthcare executives, consultants, accountants, and professional staff.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple sophisticated matters simultaneously.
Benefits
Williams Parker offers accomplished healthcare attorneys the opportunity to practice within a highly regarded platform serving healthcare providers and healthcare-related businesses throughout Florida.
Attorneys benefit from long-standing client relationships, a collaborative culture, sophisticated legal work, and the opportunity to help shape the future of a niche and strategically important practice area.
We offer:
- A respected healthcare law platform with an established client base and strong market reputation.
- Meaningful opportunities to expand an existing practice and deepen relationships with healthcare industry clients.
- Deep relationships with healthcare providers, healthcare executives, business owners, and professional advisors throughout the region.
- The opportunity to work alongside highly experienced attorneys serving sophisticated healthcare clients across a wide range of regulatory, operational, and transactional matters.
- A collaborative culture that emphasizes professional excellence, knowledge sharing, and exceptional client service.
- Strong administrative, marketing, technology, and knowledge-management resources that support efficient practice management, collaboration, and client service.
- Market-leading compensation and a competitive total rewards package.
- Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
- Employee Savings Plan and 401(k) with employer contributions.
Williams Parker was founded in 1925. Our attorneys and staff include native Floridians as well as “transplants.” Every one of us lives and works here because the quality of life in our region is second to none.We are hard-working, fair-minded, and community-centered attorneys who are distinctive in our support of and collaboration with one another. Our large base of loyal clients is our most important source of new clients. Our clients are primarily developers, entrepreneurs, governmental entities, and families of means. They appreciate our attentiveness, discretion, and judgment.We recruit carefully, which means we enjoy low turnover among our employees. An unusually large percentage of our attorneys have advanced degrees in law (LL.M), accounting (master’s or CPA), or business (MBA). Our technical legal skills match our clients’ demands for solutions to a wide range of complex legal challenges here and abroad.We practice in the legal disciplines that align with our client base. In those disciplines, we have built national-caliber capabilities. To meet our clients’ needs over time, we have expanded our ranks. We choose to practice from a single office to create operating efficiencies for our clients and to permit us to maintain our hallmark collegiality.Our clients’ legal challenges often involve matters in other states or countries. We regularly work with attorneys in an international network of similarly situated law firms to help our clients secure the legal support they need wherever they need it. This network of corporate and tax attorneys operates globally and provides our clients with a practical way to access global markets and foreign counsel.We invite you to visit our website to learn more about our firm and attorneys.
Williams Parker was founded in 1925. Our attorneys and staff include native Floridians as well as “transplants.” Every one of us lives and works here because the quality of life in our region is second to none.
We are hard-working, fair-minded, and community-centered attorneys who are distinctive in our support of and collaboration with one another. Our large base of loyal clients is our most important source of new clients. Our clients are primarily developers, entrepreneurs, governmental entities, and families of means. They appreciate our attentiveness, discretion, and judgment.
We recruit carefully, which means we enjoy low turnover among our employees. An unusually large percentage of our attorneys have advanced degrees in law (LL.M), accounting (master’s or CPA), or business (MBA). Our technical legal skills match our clients’ demands for solutions to a wide range of complex legal challenges here and abroad.
We practice in the legal disciplines that align with our client base. In those disciplines, we have built national-caliber capabilities. To meet our clients’ needs over time, we have expanded our ranks. We choose to practice from a single office to create operating efficiencies for our clients and to permit us to maintain our hallmark collegiality.
Our clients’ legal challenges often involve matters in other states or countries. We regularly work with attorneys in an international network of similarly situated law firms to help our clients secure the legal support they need wherever they need it. This network of corporate and tax attorneys operates globally and provides our clients with a practical way to access global markets and foreign counsel.
We invite you to visit our website to learn more about our firm and attorneys.
