Senior Litigation Strategist & AI Trial Architect

Obsidian; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor seeks senior litigation professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems in civil litigation and dispute resolution. The role spans US and International tracks, aligning with rules like FRCP, FRE, CPR, and ICC/LCIA.

You will design scenarios, draft outputs, and craft rubrics that reflect senior litigators’ reasoning. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of litigation experience, ownership of complex matters, and familiarity with litigation tools such as Relativity and Everlaw.

Qualifications

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

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 to FRCP, Federal Rules of Evidence, and CPR/international 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.

Skills

Litigation experience

Trial/Arbitration experience

Legal research

Education

JD with bar admission

Barrister or Solicitor (international equivalent)

Tools

Relativity

Everlaw

Job description

Mercor seeks senior litigation professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems in civil litigation and dispute resolution. The role spans US and International tracks, aligning with rules like FRCP, FRE, CPR, and ICC/LCIA.

You will design scenarios, draft outputs, and craft rubrics that reflect senior litigators’ reasoning. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of litigation experience, ownership of complex matters, and familiarity with litigation tools such as Relativity and Everlaw.