Senior Litigation Strategist for 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

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