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Senior Litigation Attorney (US)

micro1 / Senior Litigation Attorney (US)

RATE

$100 - $150/HR

LOCATION

REMOTE (GLOBAL)

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DESCRIPTION

Role Title: Senior Litigation Attorney (US) Role Type: Contractor Location: Remote, United States. micro1 is engaging Senior Litigation Attorneys to contribute expertise to a frontier AI evaluation project involving complex commercial disputes. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters. Scope of Work • Seed realistic multi-turn litigation scenarios by drafting the facts, parties, legal issues, procedural posture, and initiating documents for each case. • Direct junior legal contributors in producing briefs, motions, discovery strategy documents, and demand letters — ensuring high-quality, well-reasoned submissions. • Conduct holistic quality control for each turn in the dispute simulation, reviewing and approving both junior and peer-level legal work as a neutral evaluator. • Develop and refine rubrics that define success criteria at each litigation stage, translating practical expertise into clear evaluation benchmarks for the AI pipeline. • Identify and surface ambiguities, edge cases, and procedural complexities that challenge AI performance, providing actionable feedback to the project team. • Maintain alignment with team leads and legal peers as project specifications and scenario requirements evolve. • Operate solely from public or synthetic materials, ensuring no use of client-confidential information throughout the engagement. Preferred

REQUIREMENTS

▸Licensed US attorney with active or lapsed bar admission in at least one US jurisdiction.
▸10+ years of hands-on US litigation experience, including courtroom advocacy, discovery, motion practice, and case team leadership.
▸Deep expertise in at least one area: commercial contract disputes, shareholder/LLC disputes, or commercial real estate litigation; experience across multiple domains is a plus.
▸Fluency in the full litigation lifecycle — pleadings, discovery, motions, hearings, and resolution strategies.
▸Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with mastery of formal legal drafting and adversarial reasoning.
▸Proven ability to review and direct junior legal work to a high professional standard without needing to redraft personally.
▸Adaptability to a fast-evolving, remote-first project environment and collaborative calibration with diverse legal experts.
▸Compensation Structure