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Senior Litigation Counsel

LinkedIn, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199


Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.Join us to transform the way the world works.Job Description

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.This role will be based in one of Bay Area offices (San Francisco or Mountain View).As Senior Litigation Counsel at LinkedIn and a member of LinkedIn’s Litigation, Competition, and Enforcement team, you will be responsible for managing all kinds of litigation and pre-litigation disputes. You will also handle subpoenas and regulatory responses, oversee eDiscovery on your matters, and provide litigation and regulatory risk counseling related to LinkedIn business issues. Best of all, you’ll join a fast-paced, well-rounded, collaborative Legal & Public Policy Team that values diversity, humor, and teamwork.Responsibilities:Manage a global docket of all kinds of litigation and pre-litigation disputes for the company, including privacy and consumer class actions, individual and class employment litigation/arbitration, commercial lawsuits, disputes brought by individual platform users, and moreDig into the business and legal context of your matters in order to drive strategic and tactical case decisionsDevelop the best possible evidentiary record for your cases by investigating sources of information available across the businessHandle subpoenas and regulatory inquiries, and other litigation-adjacent mattersWork to establish internal practices to mitigate litigation risks, ensure effective responses when such risks materialize, and to efficiently respond to a growing volume of mattersDrive good business results by providing practical legal advice on a range of product issues impacted by active or threatened litigation mattersEngage and manage outside counsel and vendors to ensure the delivery of practical, efficient, and expert litigation advice and serviceParticipate in cross-functional projects and initiatives for the Legal & Public Policy Team, LinkedIn, and the communityPlay an active role in fulfilling LinkedIn's mission of connecting the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful by being an integral member of our fast-paced, well-rounded, collaborative (and fun!) Legal & Public Policy TeamQualifications

Basic Qualifications:J.D. and admission to the bar or the ability to practice in-house in your office location6+ years of combined litigation experience at a law firm, in-house, and/or governmental agenciesPreferred Qualifications:Broad litigation experience including discovery, motion practice, oral arguments, trials, drafting compelling briefs, pre-suit activity, offensive litigation, mediation, and settlement negotiationsExperience with class actions, particularly privacy litigation involving ECPA, CIPA, CCPA, and/or GDPRExperience and comfort with highly-technical subject matterExperience working in-house at a technology company or working closely with global technology clientsComfort with eDiscovery support software and complicated data, business records systems, and eDiscovery issuesA sense of urgency to quickly identify, understand, and resolve legal and business issuesAbility to deliver clear and concise advice and directionStrong interpersonal skills with ability to work effectively both independently and in cross-functional teams to drive resultsExcellent judgment and analytical abilities, impeccable integrity, and a good sense of humor

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