Associate Attorney
LHH is exclusively conducting this search for our client, a privately held insurance general agency and a leading provider in health insurance and benefits administration products, headquartered in Orange, California. The legal department is intentionally lean, highly visible to leadership, and deeply integrated into day-to-day business operations.
Position Overview
The Associate Attorney will support the EVP and General Counsel in managing a wide range of commercial, regulatory, and operational legal matters across the organization. This role is hands-on, fast-paced, and highly business-embedded, offering exposure that is uncommon in more siloed corporate legal environments.
This is a hybrid position, and candidates must be able to work onsite a minimum of two days per week.
Core Responsibilities
- Draft, review, redline, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including vendor, services, technology, and insurance-related contracts
- Provide legal research and analysis on regulatory, statutory, and compliance issues, including multi-state insurance, privacy, and emerging regulatory frameworks (e.g., CCPA/CPRA)
- Support contract lifecycle management, including review of historical agreements and entry into the company's customized Galaxy contract management system
- Assist the General Counsel in managing the organization's legal affairs to ensure compliance with applicable laws and internal policies
- Manage and interface with outside counsel as needed
- Support intellectual property matters, including trademark administration and renewals
- Partner closely with internal stakeholders across HR, finance, compliance, sales, and operations
- Contribute to process improvement in a small, high-volume legal department where adaptability and initiative are critical
Required Qualifications
- J.D. from an ABA accredited law school
- Admission to the California State Bar strongly preferred (bar eligibility acceptable in limited circumstances, depending on scope of work)
- Minimum 2+ years of relevant experience, ideally in:
- In-house legal departments
- Corporate, commercial, or transactional law practices
- Strong legal research skills
- Sound judgment, strong written communication skills, and comfort working directly with senior leadership
- Willingness to work onsite and operate in a highly direct, no-nonsense environment
Preferred Attributes
- Experience in regulated industries (insurance, financial services, healthcare, benefits administration)
- Comfort operating with limited structure and evolving priorities
- High "grit factor" with the ability to manage volume without constant oversight
- Direct communication style and respect for hierarchy and process
Client offers a full offering of benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage at competitive premiums.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
