Litigation Expert – Complex Disputes

Job overview

The Litigation Expert – Complex Disputes opportunity is remote, with the posting identifying San Francisco as Mercor’s headquarters rather than specifying a worksite. Compensation is $90–$100 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. The role applies experienced litigation judgment to create scenarios, tasks, reference legal materials, and evaluation rubrics that help AI research teams assess and improve legal reasoning across complex disputes and litigation processes.

What you'll do

• Construct litigation scenarios covering discovery, motion practice, trial strategy, settlement, and arbitration
• build tasks across commercial and class action litigation, discovery and evidence management, trial advocacy, and appellate practice
• develop scenarios using e-discovery and litigation tools
• apply relevant U.S. and international procedural standards
• produce reference pleadings, discovery responses, motions, and trial memoranda
• author rubrics that distinguish authentic litigation judgment from basic legal recall.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

litigation expert

complex disputes

remote

mercor

$90–$100/hr

commercial litigation

class action litigation

discovery

trial strategy

arbitration

legal ai

relativity

everlaw

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires five or more years as a litigator or trial attorney, ownership of complex commercial litigation matters, and trial or arbitration experience. A JD with bar admission or an international equivalent is strongly preferred. The posting describes this as a contract opportunity.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.