Commercial, not just correct
A memo that lists ten risks and no recommendation isn't advice. We tell you what we'd do — and why — so you can actually decide and move.
About Lawbridge
We built the legal team we wished healthcare startups could hire.
Lawbridge is a fully embedded legal department for healthcare companies — the depth of specialist health-law counsel, the responsiveness of an in-house team, and a flat fee that a growing company can actually plan around.
Our story
Good counsel shouldn't be a luxury reserved for the well-funded.
Lawbridge was founded in 2016 by a group of former in-house healthcare general counsels and big-firm health-law partners. Between them, they had advised hospital systems, national payers, and dozens of digital-health companies — and they kept watching the same thing happen.
Early-stage healthcare companies were being priced out of the counsel they most needed. A single Stark Law question or a botched BAA could sink a young company, yet the specialists who understood those risks billed by the hour at rates a seed-stage startup couldn't sustain. Founders were left choosing between generalist lawyers who didn't know healthcare and elite firms they couldn't afford.
So we built the alternative: a specialist healthcare legal department you subscribe to instead of assemble. One embedded team, a flat monthly fee, and unlimited requests inside your scope. Nearly a decade later, that model has grown into a firm that supports companies from their first clinical hire through their Series C and beyond.
Founding facts
- Founded in 2016 in Boston, now fully distributed
- Started by three former in-house healthcare GCs and two health-law partners
- Healthcare has been our only practice since day one
- Flat-fee, subscription model from the very first client
- Still founder-led and independent
What we believe
Six principles that shape every engagement.
They aren't posters on a wall. They're the reasons clients tell us we feel less like outside counsel and more like the legal team they always wanted in-house.
Fixed fees, full stop
No hourly meter, no surprise invoices, no hesitation before you pick up the phone. One predictable monthly fee for unlimited work inside your scope.
Healthcare is all we do
HIPAA, Stark, Anti-Kickback, corporate practice of medicine, MSO/PC structures — this is the only law we practice, so you're never paying us to learn it.
Embedded, not on retainer
We join your Slack, your standups, and your deal rooms. Good counsel comes from understanding your business, not from reacting to it after the fact.
Plain-English answers
Founders, operators, and clinicians shouldn't need a law degree to act on our advice. We translate the statute into a decision you can make today.
Bias toward speed
Legal shouldn't be the bottleneck. Standard reviews come back in 48 hours, and urgent questions get an answer the same day.
2016
Year founded
90+
Healthcare clients served
28
Attorneys & specialists
40
States covered
Leadership
The people you'll actually work with.
No account managers handing you off to associates you never meet. The senior lawyers who built Lawbridge are the ones on your engagements.
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Maya Chen
Managing Partner
Former Deputy GC of a national telehealth platform; spent a decade steering digital-health companies through licensure, launch, and scale.
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David Okafor
Head of Regulatory
Former health-law partner who has structured hundreds of arrangements against Stark, Anti-Kickback, and state fraud-and-abuse rules.
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Priya Shah
Head of Privacy
Certified privacy professional who has built HIPAA and state-privacy programs for companies handling millions of patient records.
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James Reyes
Head of Commercial
Payer- and provider-contract veteran who has negotiated the agreements that keep healthcare revenue flowing — fast and on founders' terms.
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Elena Whitmore
Head of Corporate
Startup financing and M&A specialist who has taken healthcare companies from formation through Series C and successful exits.
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Tomas Nguyen
Director of Client Success
Keeps every engagement humming — matching clients to the right specialists and making sure the 48-hour SLA is a promise we keep.
Let's talk about your legal team.
Tell us where you are and where you're headed. We'll map your risks and recommend a starting scope — no obligation, no hourly meter.
Talk to us