Employment Counsel (Contractor)

present of AI; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

present of AI, a remote US-based fractional employment counsel role, seeks an experienced attorney to cover everyday people law from hiring through separations, leave, classification, and investigations.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years advising employers, has been a trusted in-house or startup employment lawyer, and can manage multi-state issues with practical, plain-language guidance while supporting AI-assisted workflows.

Qualifications

• Five+ years advising employers in-house or for startups.
• Able to handle multi-state inquiries with practical, plain-language guidance.
• Comfort juggling multiple matters with a client-first approach.

Responsibilities

• Provide employment-law advice from hiring to separation, leave, classification, and investigations.
• Draft policies, offer letters, and separation agreements; build AI-assisted templates.
• Calibrate risk and advise CEOs on what is allowed; lead sensitive workplace investigations.

Skills

Employment law

In-house counsel

Policy drafting

AI workflows

Education

US Bar admission

Tools

Document automation tools

Job description

Finance & Legal · Remote in US · PartTime · Senior level

This is a fractional employment counsel role for growing tech companies, covering everyday people law from hiring through separations, leave, classification, and workplace investigations. A strong candidate has at least five years advising employers, has been the go to employment lawyer in house or for many startups, and handles multi state questions with practical, plain language advice. Comfort with several matters at once and a customer first manner matter as much as depth of knowledge.

How it fits the AI era

Much of the routine employment work, such as first drafts of policies, offer letters, and separation agreements, can be sped up with AI tools, and this role explicitly includes building templates and AI assisted workflows. What stays human is judgment: calibrating risk, advising a CEO on what is allowed, scoping investigations, and handling sensitive people situations with care. The lawyer shapes the systems rather than only answering one question at a time.

How it builds AI experience

The role offers hands on experience turning recurring employment questions into playbooks and AI assisted workflows inside a firm that pairs attorneys with its own software. A candidate can build this by learning to draft and review with AI tools while keeping ethics and quality checks, and by showing interest in how product and engineering teams improve legal tools. Familiarity with California employment law and multi state counseling strengthens the fit.

Worth showing

• Employer side counseling
• In house or startup advising
• Playbook and template building
• AI assisted legal workflows

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About Arceus

Arceus is a law firm that pairs licensed U.S. attorneys with AI agents and its own CounselOS software to review, draft, and negotiate commercial contracts, per the company.