Two to five years in, most litigators have done a great deal of work on other people's files and very little that was theirs from intake to disposition. This posting is for the lawyer who wants that to change.

RxLaw defends regulated health professionals, and the practices and businesses they run. The name comes from where we started; the practice now runs across the health professions and across provinces: College investigations, ICRC and other screening-committee proceedings, discipline hearings, registration matters, HPARB reviews and judicial reviews, and regulatory and payer audits.

When a College letter arrives, the months that follow can shape the rest of a career. Every matter is prepared as though it will be contested. Many are.

We are hiring one associate to run those files with us, and to stand up at the hearing when it goes further.

The Work

You will manage your own matters, with the guidance and support of an expert team. Day to day, you will work on:

- College investigations and complaint responses from intake to disposition: the client interviews, the chronology, the root-cause analysis, and the submission itself.
- Discipline hearings and judicial reviews as second chair: theory of the case, witness preparation, cross-examination outlines and facta, worked through together.
- Written advocacy for panels, adjudicators and courts. Most of our matters are decided on the written record.
- Direct client relationships from the first call. Our clients come to us at a difficult point in their careers and need a lawyer who is reachable, calm and clear. You will be that lawyer, with the principal a call away when you want a second opinion.
- Policy and business consulting alongside the defence work: regulatory risk on current practice models, ownership and space arrangements, policy questions from clients and organizations, and the compliance advice a health business needs before it acts.

How you will grow

- You are never the only lawyer on a file.



The principal reads everything before it goes out and tells you why it changed.
- First chair on screening-committee matters from the start; second chair on hearings from the first quarter. The aim is a lawyer who can run a hearing alone, and the work is sequenced to get you there.
- Continuous feedback in a supportive environment. Comments come back on every piece of work with the reasoning behind them, and regular written reviews mean you always know where you stand and what to work on next.
- A team with experience inside the regulatory process: prosecution for professional regulators, service on College committees, and training in the health professions. You learn how a complaint is investigated, screened and prosecuted from people who have done each of those things.

How we work

- Remote by default. The Toronto office is yours whenever you want it, and we meet in person when a hearing, a client or the file calls for it.
- 1200-1500 billable hours a year, stated here so you can hold us to it.
- No business-development target. The firm brings the clients; you build the files.
- Flexible work that leaves room for a life. You decide where you work and, within the demands of the file, when. The deadlines are fixed; the hours around them are yours to arrange.
- A team small enough that your work is visible and your judgment is trusted.

The candidate

We are looking for someone that is two to five years post-call in Ontario who is ready for their own files rather than pieces of someone else's.

Please note that the floor is fixed: a minimum of two years of post-call practice experience, in any jurisdiction.



This is not an articling, LPP or first-year position, and it is not a research or document-review role. Applications below the minimum will not be reviewed.

The ideal candidate will also have:

- Litigation or administrative-law experience with experience independently drafting submissions, including facta, responses to regulators or tribunals.
- A demonstrated interest in health and regulatory law, and views on how professional regulation works and where it could work better.
- Judgment under pressure and disciplined drafting.
- Based within commuting distance of Toronto. Hearings and some client meetings are in person (but this doesn't happen often).

Comfort with clinical records. A clinical or health-sciences background is an asset, not a requirement.

Compensation

Compensation very competitive for a two-to-five-year call in this area of the law, positioned by years of call and hearing experience. Compensation includes salary and a 10-20% performance bonus.

We cover LSO and LawPro fees.

Hiring process

Apply through LinkedIn or by email to [email protected] with the subject line "Associate, Healthcare Regulatory Defence."

Please include: your CV; your reasons for wanting to work at RxLaw and why you are a good fit for this role; and up to 200 words on a regulatory or professional-discipline decision you have read, and what you would have argued differently.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

We have no deadline for filling this role. We are looking for the right candidate and are willing to wait. Start date by agreement, with flexibility for notice periods.

Our work matters to our clients and has life changing results, our team is easy to work with and doesn't take itself too seriously, and having a life outside the office is encouraged (if not expected). If that sounds right to you, we would like to hear from you.

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🏢 RxLaw
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