Senior Counsel, Litigation

Overview

This role is for an experienced litigator to join the Risk and Regulatory group. The Senior Counsel, Litigation will own high-stakes disputes, investigations, and strategic counseling from first assessment through resolution, directing outside counsel and shaping the approach at every stage.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic leader on a diverse portfolio of complex litigation and pre-litigation matters across numerous jurisdictions.
• Handle highly sensitive matters and difficult subject matter with judgment, discretion, and care for everyone involved.
• Manage outside counsel across the full life of a case, including budget, strategy, work product, and results.
• Drive matters through every stage, from early case assessment and witness preparation through depositions, mediation, and settlement recommendations to leadership.
• Proactively identify and resolve potential disputes, providing business clients practical risk mitigation advice aligned to their objectives.
• Partner with compliance, public policy, and legal colleagues inside and outside the organization to solve problems that cross functions and borders.
• Analyze legal risk across the business, including in the development of new products and services.
• Build processes and procedures that scale with a rapidly growing global business.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school with strong academic credentials.
• 8+ years of significant litigation practice, with a demonstrated record of owning meaningful parts of complex legal or regulatory matters end to end.
• Active California bar membership in good standing, and residence in California.
• Florida bar admission is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in commercial tort, regulatory, tax controversy, class action, and trial work.
• Experience preparing witnesses, including senior corporate leaders, for deposition and trial.
• Track record of managing outside counsel on high-exposure matters.
• Time spent at or representing technology companies strongly preferred.
• Coordinated proceeding work is a plus, including California JCCPs.
• Interest in expanding the scope of your practice, strong attention to detail, and comfort with ambiguity.
• Interest in travel and home sharing, and appreciation for the community.
• Good sense of humor, low tolerance for drama, and a bias toward getting things done.
• Willingness to travel several times per quarter depending on case needs.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay Range: $210,000—$258,000 USD
• Base pay depends on factors such as training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change.
• This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

Location

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant will need to be based in California.

Currently, employees cannot be located in: Alaska, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Delaware, and Rhode Island. This list is continuously being updated.

If your position is employed by another entity within the organization, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Commitment to Inclusion & Belonging

All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. The organization strives to provide a disability-inclusive application and interview process, including reasonable accommodation for candidates who require it to submit an application.

Individuals are asked to reach out only if a disability prevents them from being able to complete the online application.