Litigation Expert at Mercor

Litigation Expert | $90–100/hr | Worldwide Remote

Mercor is seeking experienced senior litigation professionals to design and build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in civil litigation and dispute resolution contexts. This is a high-impact contract role ideal for seasoned litigators who want to shape how AI understands complex legal practice.

About the Role

Contributors will work across two tracks: a US track (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence, and state court analogs) and an International track (English Civil Procedure Rules, ICC/LCIA arbitration rules). Experts qualified in either or both tracks are encouraged to apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Design litigation scenarios spanning pre-trial discovery, motion practice, trial strategy, and settlement or arbitration processes.
• Build tasks across commercial litigation, class action litigation, discovery and evidence management, trial advocacy, and appellate practice.
• Develop scenarios involving e-discovery platforms (Relativity, Everlaw), litigation management software, and deposition/trial preparation tools.
• Apply litigation methodologies — including case strategy development, discovery analysis, and motion drafting — aligned to the relevant procedural track (FRCP, Federal Rules of Evidence, CPR, or international arbitration rules).
• Produce reference pleadings, discovery responses, motions, and trial memoranda as benchmark outputs.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic senior litigation judgment from generic legal recall.

Ideal Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a litigator or trial attorney at a major litigation firm (e.g., Quinn Emanuel, Gibson Dunn, Kirkland & Ellis, Boies Schiller Flexner) or in a corporate litigation department.
• Direct ownership of complex commercial litigation matters, with trial or arbitration experience.
• Strong fluency in litigation tooling, court procedure, discovery, and evidentiary rules.
• JD with active bar admission strongly preferred; international equivalents (Barrister, Solicitor with advocacy rights) welcome.
• Prior experience in rubric writing or AI training content authorship is a plus.