Litigation Counsel

EngineersOfAI; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic's Legal team is seeking an experienced litigator to join the Litigation and Regulatory group in San Francisco. You will manage a broad docket, advise on risk, and help build scalable systems for a growing function.

The matters span copyright, class actions, commercial disputes, and securities, with U.S. and international scope; you will collaborate with cross-functional teams and support regulatory investigations as needed.

Qualifications

• JD and active bar membership in at least one U.S. state (California preferred).
• Experience litigating copyright, class actions, securities, and regulatory matters.
• Extensive civil litigation experience with discovery, procedure, and federal/CA state rules.
• Ability to set case strategy, manage outside counsel, and communicate risk clearly to non-legal audiences.

Responsibilities

• Manage a broad range of litigation matters including copyright, class actions, regulatory and commercial disputes, and securities cases.
• Direct outside counsel through all stages of litigation, from pre-suit to trial and appeal, focusing on strategic decisions and strong briefs.
• Handle small disputes and escalations to minimize business friction and risk.
• Advise leadership and cross-functional partners on litigation risk and develop strategic plans for matters.
• Design processes, policies, and tools to scale the litigation function, including matter intake, budgeting, and reporting.
• Collaborate across teams to gather information and assess risk.
• Support regulatory investigations and inquiries as needed.
• Stay updated on laws, litigation trends, and AI-related case law; share insights with stakeholders.
• Mentor team members through active participation in matters.

Skills

Litigation strategy

Legal writing

Communication under pressure

Team mentorship

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

Anthropic's Legal team is looking for an experienced litigator to join our Litigation and Regulatory team. You'll manage a broad docket of litigation files and pre-litigation disputes with a high degree of autonomy, advise the business on litigation risk, and help build the systems and processes that let a growing litigation function operate well at scale.

The matters you'll handle span intellectual property (particularly copyright), class actions, commercial disputes, and could include securities and shareholder disputes, in both first-party and third-party matters, in the U.S. and abroad. You'll partner closely with colleagues across Legal and teams throughout the company to resolve matters thoughtfully and with minimal disruption to the business. You may also support regulatory investigations and inquiries as needed.

Key responsibilities

• Manage a broad range of litigation matters that could include intellectual property (particularly copyright) matters, class actions, regulatory and commercial disputes, and securities cases
• Direct outside counsel across all stages of litigation, from pre-suit response through discovery, dispositive briefing, trial or resolution and appeal, with a focus on strategic decision-making and filing excellent legal briefs
• Manage small disputes and escalations to limit business friction and minimize risk
• Advise company leadership and cross-functional partners on litigation risk, and develop appropriate strategic litigation plans, including matter-resolution proposals
• Design and implement processes, policies, and tools that help the litigation and regulatory team handle matters efficiently and at scale, such as matter intake, outside counsel budgeting, contingency reporting, and pre-litigation escalation run books
• Work cross-functionally to gather information efficiently and evaluate risk
• Support responses to regulatory investigations and inquiries as needed
• Stay up to date on relevant laws, litigation trends, and AI-related case law, and share developments with key stakeholders
• Mentor and develop team members through hands-on work on active matters

Minimum qualifications

• Hold a JD and are an active member of at least one U.S. state bar (California preferred)
• Have litigated some combination of copyright, class action, securities, and regulatory matters
• Have broad experience handling complex civil litigation, with deep knowledge of litigation practice and procedure, discovery, and federal and/or CA state court rules
• Have managed litigation matters with significant independence, including setting case strategy, managing discovery, writing and improving legal briefs, and directing outside counsel
• Write and communicate clearly, with the ability to explain litigation risk and strategy, particularly for non-legal audiences at all levels of seniority
• Exhibit poise and judgment under pressure while balancing legal risk with business priorities

Preferred qualifications

• At least 12 years of litigation experience with a combination of experience at a global-focused law firm and in-house
• Experience representing technology companies, particularly companies working in emerging technologies
• Experience building systems, processes, or tools for an in-house legal team, such as matter management, outside counsel budgeting, or litigation reporting
• Experience managing regulatory responses or investigations, including both first-party and third-party responses
• Creativity and openness to novel solutions when advancing business priorities while addressing legal risk