Litigation Expert - Complex Disputes

Obsidian; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking senior litigation professionals to craft evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in civil litigation and dispute resolution. The role spans US and international tracks with expertise in FRCP, FRE, CPR and ICC/LCIA rules, and involves drafting reference outputs and rubrics for how senior litigators think.

Responsibilities include constructing litigation scenarios across discovery, motions, trial strategy, and arbitration, and authoring reference pleadings and discovery

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a litigator or trial attorney with ownership of complex commercial matters.
• Direct ownership of complex commercial litigation matters with trial/arbitration experience.
• Fluency in litigation tooling and understanding of how court procedure, discovery, and evidentiary rules work.
• Professional credential (JD with bar admission) preferred; international equivalents noted.

Responsibilities

• Construct litigation scenarios across pre-trial discovery, motion practice, trial strategy, and settlement/arbitration.
• Build tasks across commercial, complex and class action litigation, discovery and evidence management, trial advocacy, and appellate practice.
• Develop scenarios involving e-discovery platforms and litigation management tools.
• Apply litigation methodologies to build reference pleadings, discovery responses, motions, and memoranda.
• Author rubrics distinguishing authentic litigation judgment from generic prep materials.

Skills

Litigation experience

Litigation tooling

Trial/arbitration experience

Case strategy

Education

JD with bar admission

Tools

Relativity

Everlaw

Job description

Role Overview

• Mercor is seeking senior litigation professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in civil litigation and dispute resolution contexts.
• The workflows are calibrated to the case complexity, evidentiary stakes, and procedural scope of major commercial litigation and complex disputes.
• This role builds worlds on two tracks: a US track (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence, state court analogs) and an International track (English Civil Procedure Rules, international arbitration rules such as ICC and LCIA). Experts qualified in either or both tracks are encouraged to apply.
• Contributors design litigation scenarios, draft reference outputs, and write rubrics that capture how senior litigators think.

Key Responsibilities

• Construct litigation scenarios spanning pre-trial discovery, motion practice, trial strategy, and settlement or arbitration processes.
• Build tasks across commercial litigation, complex and class action litigation, discovery and evidence management, trial advocacy, and appellate practice.
• Develop scenarios involving tools such as e-discovery platforms (Relativity, Everlaw), litigation management software, and deposition/trial preparation tools used on major matters.
• Apply litigation methodologies (case strategy development, discovery and evidence analysis, motion drafting) to the standards track a world targets (US: FRCP, Federal Rules of Evidence, state court rules; International: CPR, international arbitration rules), and produce reference pleadings, discovery responses, motions, and trial memoranda.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic litigation judgment from generic law school or bar exam-level recall.

Ideal Qualifications

• 5+ years working as a litigator or trial attorney at a major litigation firm or corporate litigation department (Quinn Emanuel, Gibson Dunn, Boies Schiller Flexner, Kirkland & Ellis, or in-house litigation counsel).
• Direct ownership of complex commercial litigation matters, with trial or arbitration experience.
• Fluency in litigation tooling and methodologies, plus understanding of how court procedure, discovery, and evidentiary rules actually work.
• A recognized professional credential is strongly preferred (JD with bar admission, or an international equivalent such as Barrister or Solicitor with advocacy rights); prior rubric or training authorship is a plus.