Senior AI Trial Attorney & Litigation Trainer

Mercor; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor seeks senior litigation professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in civil litigation and dispute resolution contexts. The role spans US track (FRCP, FRE, state court analogs) and International track (CPR, ICC, LCIA) with experts in either or both tracks encouraged to apply.

You will design litigation scenarios, draft reference outputs, and write rubrics capturing how senior litigators think, supporting advanced AI tooling in high-stakes matters.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a litigator or trial attorney at a major firm or corporate litigation department.
• Direct ownership of complex commercial litigation matters, with trial or arbitration exposure.
• Fluency in litigation tooling and understanding of court procedure, discovery, and evidentiary rules.

Responsibilities

• Construct litigation scenarios spanning pre-trial discovery, motion practice, trial strategy, and settlement/arbitration processes.
• Build tasks across commercial litigation, complex/class actions, discovery and evidence management, trial advocacy, and appellate practice.
• Develop scenarios involving tools such as e-discovery platforms and deposition/trial preparation tools used on major matters.
• Apply litigation methodologies to standards tracks (US FRCP/FRE/state rules; International CPR/ICC/LCIA) and produce reference pleadings, discovery responses, motions, and memoranda.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic litigation judgment from recall-based content.

Skills

Litigation tooling

Trial experience

Evidence management

Education

JD with bar admission

Tools

Relativity

Everlaw

Job description

Mercor seeks senior litigation professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in civil litigation and dispute resolution contexts. The role spans US track (FRCP, FRE, state court analogs) and International track (CPR, ICC, LCIA) with experts in either or both tracks encouraged to apply.

You will design litigation scenarios, draft reference outputs, and write rubrics capturing how senior litigators think, supporting advanced AI tooling in high-stakes matters.