Counsel, Litigation
Apply NowCompany: Uber
Location: San Francisco, CA 94112
Description:
Uber's Litigation Team handles a broad litigation portfolio, touching on consumer protection, antitrust, marketing, IP, privacy, securities, accessibility, contract, unfair competition, and everything in between.
We're seeking an exceptional, business-oriented attorney to manage an array of complex U.S. corporate disputes and provide legal advice related to all of Uber's business lines, including rides, delivery, and other bets.
This position is based in San Francisco, Washington D.C., or New York. This is a great opportunity to join a best-in-class legal department and work on cutting edge issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment.
What you'll do
- Manage and lead strategy for a diverse range of corporate litigation matters across the country, in a multitude of practice areas and at various procedural stages (from pre-litigation threats and small claims to class certification, trials/arbitrations, and appeals).
- Take a hands-on approach to all facets of litigation, including fact investigation, drafting and revising legal briefs, responding to discovery requests, preparing witnesses for testimony, and negotiating and drafting settlements.
- Bring legal work in-house where possible; supervise all aspects of outside counsel relationships, including staffing, litigation strategy, budgets and invoices, compliance with outside counsel guidelines, and work product.
- Craft succinct, practical legal advice to achieve ambitious business goals, including counseling the business on contracts, advertising, trade secret protection, and current/future products.
- Identify, review, analyze, and mitigate litigation risks.
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum of five (5) years of legal experience in private practice OR in-house OR 4 years, including +1 year Uber internal.
- J.D. and license to practice law in at least one U.S. state.
- Know-how and self-sufficiency to manage a case through pleadings, motion practice, complex e-discovery, dispute resolution and trial.
- Exceptional legal research, writing, negotiation, and advocacy skills, including stellar case evaluation abilities and the capacity to oversee a large portfolio of matters.
- Familiarity with eDiscovery issues, including document retention policies and procedures as well as collection, review, and production of documents.
Preferred Qualifications
- The ability to juggle multiple projects at a time in an exciting, fast-paced environment, both collaborating as a team to stay in sync and working independently to get the job done.
- Strong interpersonal skills and highly collaborative with both business leaders and cross-functional partners, with a strong ability to build relationships, gain credibility, and partner with others.
- Proven ability to manage complex projects and a track record of building new or improving existing programs or processes, preferably in a fast-paced environment.
- Curiosity, along with the ability to spot issues, get to the heart of a matter, and articulate plans to address them.
- Self-motivation with a strong affinity for vision setting, strategic problem solving, and driving action.
- Excellent business judgment and great communication skills.
- Embody the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and accountability.
- Enthusiastic about Uber and the opportunity to have a big impact!
- Embody the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and accountability.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$208,000 per year - USD$231,000 per year.
You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link [https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits](https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits).
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing [this form](https://forms.gle/aDWTk9k6xtMU25Y5A).
Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.
We're seeking an exceptional, business-oriented attorney to manage an array of complex U.S. corporate disputes and provide legal advice related to all of Uber's business lines, including rides, delivery, and other bets.
This position is based in San Francisco, Washington D.C., or New York. This is a great opportunity to join a best-in-class legal department and work on cutting edge issues in an exciting, fast-paced environment.
What you'll do
- Manage and lead strategy for a diverse range of corporate litigation matters across the country, in a multitude of practice areas and at various procedural stages (from pre-litigation threats and small claims to class certification, trials/arbitrations, and appeals).
- Take a hands-on approach to all facets of litigation, including fact investigation, drafting and revising legal briefs, responding to discovery requests, preparing witnesses for testimony, and negotiating and drafting settlements.
- Bring legal work in-house where possible; supervise all aspects of outside counsel relationships, including staffing, litigation strategy, budgets and invoices, compliance with outside counsel guidelines, and work product.
- Craft succinct, practical legal advice to achieve ambitious business goals, including counseling the business on contracts, advertising, trade secret protection, and current/future products.
- Identify, review, analyze, and mitigate litigation risks.
Basic Qualifications
- Minimum of five (5) years of legal experience in private practice OR in-house OR 4 years, including +1 year Uber internal.
- J.D. and license to practice law in at least one U.S. state.
- Know-how and self-sufficiency to manage a case through pleadings, motion practice, complex e-discovery, dispute resolution and trial.
- Exceptional legal research, writing, negotiation, and advocacy skills, including stellar case evaluation abilities and the capacity to oversee a large portfolio of matters.
- Familiarity with eDiscovery issues, including document retention policies and procedures as well as collection, review, and production of documents.
Preferred Qualifications
- The ability to juggle multiple projects at a time in an exciting, fast-paced environment, both collaborating as a team to stay in sync and working independently to get the job done.
- Strong interpersonal skills and highly collaborative with both business leaders and cross-functional partners, with a strong ability to build relationships, gain credibility, and partner with others.
- Proven ability to manage complex projects and a track record of building new or improving existing programs or processes, preferably in a fast-paced environment.
- Curiosity, along with the ability to spot issues, get to the heart of a matter, and articulate plans to address them.
- Self-motivation with a strong affinity for vision setting, strategic problem solving, and driving action.
- Excellent business judgment and great communication skills.
- Embody the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and accountability.
- Enthusiastic about Uber and the opportunity to have a big impact!
- Embody the highest standards of integrity, ethics, and accountability.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$208,000 per year - USD$231,000 per year.
You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link [https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits](https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits).
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing [this form](https://forms.gle/aDWTk9k6xtMU25Y5A).
Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.