Senior Litigation Counsel

Summary

Join Discord's Legal team as a Senior Litigation Counsel and advance the company's interests in various disputes. You will defend Discord in litigation, pre-litigation, and regulatory investigations, supervising outside counsel on complex matters. Responsibilities include building and implementing efficient e-discovery systems, monitoring legal changes, and proactively identifying dispute prevention strategies. The ideal candidate possesses a JD, 10+ years of experience (tech preferred), and hands-on litigation experience in internet law. A strategic mindset, excellent communication skills, and experience with scaling processes in a fast-growing company are essential. The role offers a competitive salary, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

• JD from an accredited law school and admission to bar of a relevant jurisdiction
• 10+ years combined experience at a well-respected law firm and in-house legal department (tech preferred)
• Hands-on litigation experience in Internet law, including for example: platform safety, minor safety, privacy, consumer protection, CDA 230, DMCA, and related subject matters
• Strategic mindset that balances proactive action and pragmatic risk management within resource constraints
• Excellent writer and communicator who can tailor the message to the audience
• Willingness to take on any project, from large to small
• Experience with scaling processes and procedures for a fast-growing company
• Demonstrated experience managing projects, prioritizing, and consistently achieving results
• Curiosity and ability to jump into less familiar areas and learn while doing
• High emotional intelligence with an attitude of open-mindedness, collaboration, flexibility, growth-mindset, kindness, and being humble

Responsibilities

• Advance Discord’s interests in disputes of all shapes and sizes
• Defend Discord in litigation matters, pre-litigation and regulatory investigations matters
• Supervise and collaborate with outside counsel on complex matters
• Continue to build and implement systems for efficient e-discovery
• Monitor new and changing laws and anticipate evolving litigation liability and risk
• Learn how disputes arise and identify ways to pre-empt them

Preferred Qualifications

• In-house experience at a consumer-facing technology platform
• Experience with regulatory investigations
• Experience with litigations in regions around the world, including Brazil, Israel, Europe and the UK
• Experience with eDiscovery including complex eDiscovery projects for messaging applications involving voice, video and text
• Subject matter experience in intellectual property disputes, including copyright, trademark and patent litigation
• Subject matter experience in commercial litigation and dispute resolution

Benefits

• Equity
• Benefits