Litigation Counsel

The role

You will own litigation matters and build internal processes and systems. You will manage workstreams relating to independent contractor classification, professional negligence, and data privacy.

What you will do

• Manage litigation workstreams relating to independent contractor classification, unemployment insurance claims, and disputes with users.
• Manage litigation workstreams including professional negligence and data privacy matters.
• Partner with internal and outside counsel on high-stakes litigation matters.
• Draft responsive pleadings, briefs, and other important documents.
• Work with outside counsel on eDiscovery strategy, including custodial document collection, review, and production.
• Manage the company's third-party subpoena response strategy.
• Provide legal guidance to cross function teams including product and operations.
• Support other legal workstreams depending on the needs of the team and company.

Required qualifications

• JD with at least 5 years of experience
• Bias toward action and solving problems
• Ability to take ownership of work and manage projects independently
• Excellent communication and writing abilities
• Comfort and skill in navigating complexity and ambiguity
• Willingness to quickly dive into new and unfamiliar legal issues
• Ability to work under pressure and autonomously, and meet tight deadlines
• Agility and flexibility to take on new tasks and responsibilities
• Willingness and ability to engage with and interpret data

Nice to have

• Experience handling arbitrations and class actions
• Experience with eDiscovery issues, including large-scale custodial data collection, review, and production
• Clerkship experience
• Government experience
• Experience working cross-culturally and with diverse, global teams

Before you apply

• Application Review
• Case Study
• Case Interview with a member of our Legal team
• Hiring Manager interview with our Head of Legal
• Executive Interview with our Co-CEO

About the company

Clipboard is a remote-first team of over 1,000 people that uses an app-based marketplace to connect healthcare professionals with workplaces. They are a leader in Long-Term Care staffing and are expanding into Home Health and Hospitals.