Senior Trial Attorney for AI Litigation Training

Obsidian; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; 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 rules) and International Track (CPR, ICC/LCIA); experts in one or both tracks are welcomed.

Contributors draft outputs and rubrics, ensuring alignment with how senior litigators think and reason under pressure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a litigator or trial attorney at a major firm or corporate department.
• Ownership of complex commercial matters with trial/arbitration experience.
• Fluency with litigation tooling and understanding of court procedures and rules.
• Credentialed attorney preferred (JD with bar admission or international equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Construct litigation scenarios spanning pre-trial discovery, motion practice, and trial strategy.
• Develop tasks across commercial and class-action litigation, discovery, and trial advocacy.
• Create reference pleadings, discovery responses, motions, and trial memoranda.
• Draft rubrics distinguishing authentic litigation judgment from generic recall.

Skills

Litigation experience

Trial/arbitration experience

Legal research & drafting

Policy & procedure knowledge

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) with bar admission

Tools

Relativity

Everlaw

Litigation management software

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 rules) and International Track (CPR, ICC/LCIA); experts in one or both tracks are welcomed.

Contributors draft outputs and rubrics, ensuring alignment with how senior litigators think and reason under pressure.