Founding Partner, Lawyer

Overview

The organization is building an AI-native law firm infrastructure, where legal professionals retain ownership of judgment, advocacy, and client relationships.

This effort is already operating in Switzerland, with a planned California rollout. The US practice does not yet exist; this is being developed to match how California requires the firm to be structured.

The role involves co-founding and owning the legal practice and co-founding the management services organization (MSO) that builds and runs everything outside the practice of law.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate the law firm, including:
  • Your license, entity, clients, and professional judgment
  • Ultimate control over professional decisions
• Co-found and help run the MSO together with the organization, including:
  • Building and operating the systems that support the firm but are not the practice of law (including AI systems, engineering, operations, finance, marketing, administration, and recruiting)
• Serve the law firm through an arm’s-length services agreement
• Structure the MSO’s operations under a services-fee arrangement

Requirements

• Admitted in California and in good standing
• Senior enough that clients hire you directly
• Bring a book of business and strong professional relationships (e.g., GCs, partners, founders, alumni) that can be converted into engagements
• Have considered leaving to start your own firm, but avoided doing so because you did not want to spend three years building a back office
• Seek ownership (including founder equity) rather than a salary track
• Strong knowledge of legal ethics, including:
  • independence of judgment
  • fee-sharing
  • confidentiality
  • unauthorized practice
  • ability to understand MSO structures and identify where limits sit
• Prefer solving cases over discussing how to solve cases
• Tech-curious; comfortable with AI in legal practice
• Comfortable operating early, without reliance on brand, precedent banking, or support staff on day one

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or advising on MSO, ABS, or other alternative legal service structures
• Prior ownership of a P&L or a practice group
• Litigation experience alongside advisory work
• A second language

Compensation & Benefits

• Founder equity in the MSO
• Founder economics tied to the law firm you own and operate
• Equity arrangement includes real upside across both entities

Location

California (admission and in-good-standing requirement applies). The organization is already established in Switzerland and is planning a California rollout.