Senior Litigation Counsel

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).

LinkedIn was built to help professionals achieve more in their careers, and every day millions of people use our products to make connections, discover opportunities, and gain insights. Our global reach means we get to make a direct impact on the world’s workforce in ways no other company can. We’re much more than a digital resume - we transform lives through innovative products and technology. 

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 more 
• Dig into the business and legal context of your matters in order to drive strategic and tactical case decisions
• Develop the best possible evidentiary record for your cases by investigating sources of information available across the business
• Handle subpoenas and regulatory inquiries, and other litigation-adjacent matters 
• Work to establish internal practices to mitigate litigation risks, ensure effective responses when such risks materialize, and to efficiently respond to a growing volume of matters  
• Drive good business results by providing practical legal advice on a range of product issues impacted by active or threatened litigation matters 
• Engage and manage outside counsel and vendors to ensure the delivery of practical, efficient, and expert litigation advice and service
• Participate in cross-functional projects and initiatives for the Legal & Public Policy Team, LinkedIn, and the community 
• Play 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 Team 

Basic Qualifications: 

• J.D. and admission to the bar or the ability to practice in-house in your office location 
• 6+ years of combined litigation experience at a law firm, in-house, and/or governmental agencies 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Broad litigation experience including discovery, motion practice, oral arguments, trials, drafting compelling briefs, pre-suit activity, offensive litigation, mediation, and settlement negotiations 
• Experience with class actions, particularly privacy litigation involving ECPA, CIPA, CCPA, and/or GDPR
• Experience and comfort with highly-technical subject matter 
• Experience working in-house at a technology company or working closely with global technology clients 
• Comfort with eDiscovery support software and complicated data, business records systems, and eDiscovery issues 
• A sense of urgency to quickly identify, understand, and resolve legal and business issues 
• Ability to deliver clear and concise advice and direction 
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work effectively both independently and in cross-functional teams to drive results
• Excellent judgment and analytical abilities, impeccable integrity, and a good sense of humor

Suggested Skills: 

• Litigation
• Privacy Litigation
• Class Action Defense
• Regulatory Response
• Regulatory Enforcement Action Defense

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

The pay range for this role is $149,000 to $242,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For additional information, visit:  https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

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