US Contract Attorney – Litigation

🔥 15 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $100 - $120 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Attorney / Lawyer

👻 Ghost score 11%

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Mercor

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2023

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $350M Series C - Mercor on 2025-10

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📋 Description

• Compare pairs of AI-generated responses to litigation tasks, including research memos, pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery, and case strategy • Decide which response is stronger and provide clear reasoning • Write concise justifications grounded in source documents and applicable US law • Create realistic legal prompts, fact patterns, and model answers based on litigation experience • Flag errors, gaps, and risky advice in AI-generated legal content • Attend onboarding and calibration sessions • Participate in recurring side-by-side evaluations and legal dataset generation

🎯 Requirements

• Admitted to practice in at least one US state with active bar membership • 3+ years of US litigation practice • Experience in civil or commercial litigation, motion practice, discovery, and trial preparation • J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school • Clear writing and close attention to detail • Must be based in the USA • Unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time • 2+ years of experience at an AmLaw 100 firm strongly preferred • Prior work on legal AI projects with Mercor is a bonus qualification • Prior data annotation, AI evaluation, or legal-benchmark experience is a bonus qualification

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work • Flexible hours and ability to work on your own schedule • Ongoing and upcoming project opportunities through an evergreen talent pool • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise • Competitive pay • Collaboration with leading researchers • Reasonable accommodations upon request • Referral opportunity earning up to $480 per successful referral, subject to limits