Last updated 2026-06-18

102 Legal Counsel jobs in Chicago ()

Browse 102 Legal Counsel jobs across Chicago, including Corporate Counsel, Assistant General Counsel, Contracts Manager, Associate General Counsel, and Senior Counsel roles. Listings are updated hourly and include salary data where available.

Legal Counsel jobs in Chicago

Professionals providing legal advice and services within an organization, ensuring compliance and managing legal risks.

Browse Legal Counsel jobs in Chicago from companies including UL Solutions External Career Site, Harvey, The Trade Desk, Okta, AbbVie, Legal Division, and Google.

  • Common titles include Corporate Counsel, Assistant General Counsel, Contracts Manager, Associate General Counsel, and Senior Counsel.
  • Roles span senior, mid, and entry levels.
  • Recent postings include general counsel, corporate counsel, legal counsel, contracts manager, and legal engineer roles.
  • Most listed roles are in Chicago (85), with openings also in Northbrook (4), North Chicago (3), Schaumburg (3), and Naperville (2).
  • Reported pay for Legal Counsel jobs near Chicago ranges around $121,200-$247,000 annually (P25-P75 across 57 postings that disclosed pay).
  • Hourly Legal Counsel roles near Chicago pay a median rate of $120/hr based on 3 postings.
  • Explore Legal Counsel salaries in Illinois in Salary Explorer.

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Elevance Health

Chicago senior $160.3k-240.5k/yr
The Legal Counsel Senior is responsible for completing a variety of routine and non-routine Medicaid legal assignments and intermediate lev… Experience advising health plans, managed care organizations, Medicaid agencies, providers, or healthcare entities on regulatory, litigatio…

Harvey

Chicago mid Full Time
Strong understanding of the workflows, challenges, and priorities of in-house litigation, compliance, investigations, and regulatory teams. We are looking for experienced legal professionals with litigation, investigations, regulatory, compliance, or enforcement backgrounds who…

AbbVie

North Chicago senior Full Time $160.5k-305k/yr
Job Description The Senior Counsel, Global Commercial Legal - U.S. Market Access and Pricing is responsible for developing legal strategy…

Legal Division

Chicago entry Full Time $121.2k-225.2k/yr
Provide prompt and actionable legal advice to business and legal partners regarding regulatory risks relating to a variety of moderately… This is an opportunity for a motivated lawyer to become a member of HCSC’s enterprise state regulatory legal team and…

Mars

Chicago senior Full Time
Support day-to-day legal needs of Mars Cocoa Enterprise. Demonstrated expertise in commercial legal and transactional legal work.
Northbrook senior
This attorney will partner closely with sourcing and sales and other stakeholders (e.g., Finance, Operations, Marketing, HR) to lead and… UL Solutions is seeking a practical, business‑minded Counsel to support the company’s sourcing and sales teams.

1 Vizient, Inc.

Chicago mid Full Time $77.4k-135.4k/yr
Participates in overall client contracting process both internally and externally. Work with assigned legal counsel and provide direction to paralegal support for creating contracts, legal language changes, and final draft…
Chicago entry Full Time $121.2k-225.2k/yr
In a highly complex and evolving legal and technology environment, the ideal candidate will provide sound, actionable legal advice on… ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Responsible for providing legal advice and support on a variety of moderately complex legal projects and assignments.
Chicago mid Full Time $100k/yr
Duties and responsibilities include drafting correspondence, pleadings, opinion letters, and other documents; reviewing and analyzing docum… Coordinate and communicate with parties outside the Firm including clients, courts, opposing and co-counsel, vendors, attorneys, secretarie…
Chicago mid Full Time $40-42/hr
What You’ll Bring Experience supporting attorneys/legal departments in a paralegal or legal support role. Opportunity to work alongside a collaborative team-based Legal team supporting strategic business initiatives.

DRW

Chicago senior Full Time $150k-275k/yr
We are currently seeking a Senior Regulatory Counsel to join our global legal team and work on a wide variety… Core Duties: Regulatory Counsel : Provide practical, risk-weighted legal and regulatory advice to the Cumberland team in connection with ne…

Exelon

Chicago entry Full Time
Primary Duties 1 Advises clients with respect to all aspects of the FERC practice area; develops the strategic plan, provides… Primary Purpose A management level attorney primarily responsible for providing Business Units with efficient, high-quality legal services…

Databricks

Chicago senior $197.8k/yr
This position reports to the Senior Director & Associate General Counsel, Commercial. GAQ327R204 About the Role Databricks is looking for an experienced attorney to join our Commercial Legal team.

Google

Chicago entry
About the job As Corporate Counsel at Google, you work on the most exciting legal issues as disruptive technological innovations… Collaborate with other external in-house counsel and legal organizations on litigation and policy matters that affect Google's docket.

Humana

Chicago mid Full Time $138.9k-191k/yr
Counsel, General Corporate and M&A Become a part of our caring community Humana's Law Department invites an experienced Counsel-level attor… You will provide end-to-end counseling to Corporate Development and other internal business leaders throughout the transaction lifecycle, i…

The Trade Desk

Chicago entry Full Time $164.9k-302.4k/yr
What we do: The role of Associate General Counsel, Privacy & Product, is a fantastic opportunity for a candidate who… The role will focus on legal counselling to product and business teams to mitigate legal risk in all phases of…

The Cigna Group

Chicago senior Full Time
Serves as the senior-most legal and compliance leader for the Allegiance business, acting as a trusted advisor to executive leadership… Partners with Cigna legal counsel and enterprise leadership to proactively manage legal, regulatory, contractual, and enterprise risk matte…
Chicago entry $100k-155k/yr
We’re growing fast—and looking for sharp, motivated attorneys who want to do meaningful work, win in the courtroom, and be… Strategic and confident in your approach, you navigate complex legal challenges with a clear, defense-minded perspective.
Chicago mid Full Time $154k-193k/yr
Collaborates with other internal partners, including privacy, security, compliance, risk management, and other members of the Legal departm… Manages and supervises outside counsel as needed.

Ecolab Inc.

Naperville entry Full Time $202.1k-303.1k/yr
The Associate General Counsel will provide legal expertise on complex matters of strategic importance to the Company. This role provides practical legal and business counsel across a broad range of sophisticated matters and partners closely with senior…

RWE

Chicago entry $190k-225k/yr
The Assistant General Counsel will be dedicated to the provision of legal advice associated with real estate topics in connection… Provide legal support on real estate and permitting topics related to the acquisition, divestiture, or other strategic transaction from inc…

Cooley LLP

Chicago mid Full Time $155k-225k/yr
Professional Responsibility Counsel Cooley is seeking a Professional Responsibility Counsel to join Cooley's Risk & Compliance team. Position summary: Guided by department objectives and priorities, and under the general direction of the General Counsel, the Professional…

EvolutionIQ

Chicago entry $260/hr
As the Assistant General Counsel supporting EvolutionIQ, you will be a key legal partner to our Sales organization and broader… This role will be part of CCC Intelligent Solutions legal department.

Circle

Chicago senior Full Time $230k-297.5k/yr
Reporting to the Assistant General Counsel, Arc, you will advise on the design and operation of the Arc network, partnering… What you’ll be responsible for: As Special Counsel on the Product Legal team, you will provide strategic legal support for…

ActiveCampaign

Chicago mid Full Time $168k-210k/yr
Reporting directly to the General Counsel, you will serve as a strategic partner to the business, navigating complex transactions and… Assist with the maintenance and oversight of relationships with external counsel as required.
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