Overview :
Medulla currently provides support and services to three comprehensive chiropractic care brands, Chiro One Wellness Centers, MyoCore Personalized Pain Care, and CORE Health Centers, all industry leaders in evidence-based, patient outcomes-centered care. As the largest privately-owned chiropractic organization in the country, with clinics under management in multiple states and a rapidly expanding footprint, Medulla provides management resources to these organizations with full-scale experienced teams of professionals and specialists including marketing, clinical operations, legal, revenue cycle, human resources, IT, real estate, facilities maintenance and more.
How You Can Make a Difference
We are seeking a motivated, independent, business savvy corporate generalist and transactional practitioner, with a healthcare regulatory and real estate background, who will dive deeply to understand our business model and objectives and work closely with the management team and our support functions to execute on various major company initiatives. The Associate General Counsel will be a key member and leader of Medulla’s Legal Services Department, with a special focus on contract and lease drafting, review and negotiations, managing legal issues in day-to-day operational matters that occur at Medulla’s managed chiropractic clinics and corporate offices, regulatory / administrative matters, and litigation. Additional responsibilities include providing guidance and advice on real estate and general corporate matters.
The successful candidate will have a proven track record of business contract review and negotiation, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation, in addition to general corporate law expertise. He / she will seek to understand the applicable laws and regulations of our business in order to provide sound advice and counsel. He / she will be collaborative with stakeholders, partners and customers to effectively support the needs of the business.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Provide “second chair” to the General Counsel in departmental leadership as needed in the General Counsel’s absence
- Draft, review and negotiate real estate leasing transactions
- Draft and negotiate chiropractor Employment Agreements and amendments
- Review and negotiate service partner (vendor) contracts, including IT and Marketing, to ensure terms are reasonable and within the company’s risk tolerances
- Directly handle some litigation / potential litigation, administrative agency / regulatory matters
Updated 12 / 9 / 2024
New entity creations - Secretary of State entity formations, UCC-1 filings, drafting Operating Agreements, obtaining IRS FEINsPractice management documents - Preparation of all practice management agreement templates for managed companiesProvide assistance in M & A transactions, including written legal due diligence assessments and post-closing deliverable schedule preparation, monitoring and completionProvide advice and counsel on day-to-day operations matters at the clinical or corporate levels, including HIPAA / Privacy and other patient care issuesProvide advice and counsel to Compliance, Revenue Cycle / Billing and MarketingProvide support to the General Counsel and Legal AssistantSupport executive leadership on ad hoc projects and initiativesWhat You Will Need To Be Successful
Self-sufficient practitioner who proactively and preventively approaches issues considering multiple different perspectives from a 360 degree analysisAbility to strike sensible and practical balance between legal risks and sound business judgmentSignificant demonstrated experience in business operational environments and proficient at managing multiple different day-to-day challenges and problems that may ariseExcellent independent judgment, strong analytical skills, high attention to detail, and ability to handle sensitive and confidential informationExperience in handling real estate leasing transactionsExperience with interacting at senior levels with business management and professional customers and stakeholdersAdept at working in a fast-paced, high-volume environmentExcellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively work with various departments and levels within Medulla (including senior management) and manage cross functional teams, including Clinical Operations, Real Estate / Facilities, FinanceAbility to handle ambiguity, manage many matters simultaneously and quickly pivot from one situation or task to anotherSolution-oriented; thinks outside of the box in confronting new issues and pursuing novel approaches to old problemsStrong ability to listen, provide perspective and context, and influence resultsComputer proficient, as well as in online legal researchFlexibility to work long hours as necessary based on business needsTeam attitude that no job is too big or too smallThrives in a “roll-up your sleeves and own the outcome” environmentEducation, License & Certifications, Work Experience
License to practice law in the State of Illinois; licensure in other states would be a plus10 or more years or more of both in-house and law firm practice in healthcare corporate and business operations, real estate, litigation and vendor contractsExperience representing clients in healthcare industry (especially regulatory / administrative matters, such as HIPAA and the corporate practice of medicine) is requiredKnowledge of management services organizational matters, such as the friendly physician model, is preferredPrior exposure to private equity portfolio companies would be a plus
