Remote | Senior Litigation Attorney — $80–$90/hour

24-Mag • New York, NY

21h • Remote

About The Position

We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for senior litigation professionals with deep expertise in civil litigation, complex commercial disputes, discovery, trial strategy, arbitration, and appellate practice. This role supports advanced AI evaluation work focused on realistic litigation and dispute-resolution workflows. Selected experts will design complex legal scenarios, develop reference outputs, and create evaluation rubrics that reflect how experienced litigators approach case strategy, evidence, procedure, motion practice, trials, and arbitration.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in litigation, trial advocacy, dispute resolution, arbitration, or a closely related field
• Senior-level experience as a Litigator, Trial Attorney, Litigation Counsel, Barrister, Solicitor Advocate, or comparable legal professional
• Experience within a major litigation firm, corporate litigation department, specialist disputes practice, or comparable environment
• Direct ownership of complex commercial litigation, class actions, arbitration matters, or significant civil disputes
• Strong understanding of court procedure, discovery, evidence, motion practice, and trial strategy
• Familiarity with litigation technologies, including e-discovery and case-management platforms
• Experience with US litigation frameworks, English civil procedure, international arbitration, or a combination of these
• Strong written communication and ability to explain complex litigation reasoning clearly and precisely

Nice To Haves

• JD with bar admission or an equivalent recognised international legal qualification is strongly preferred
• Experience developing legal training materials, evaluation rubrics, litigation guidance, or professional review frameworks is advantageous

Responsibilities

• Develop realistic scenarios involving complex civil and commercial disputes
• Create tasks spanning case strategy, pleadings, pre-trial preparation, and dispute resolution
• Evaluate legal arguments for procedural accuracy, evidentiary support, and strategic soundness
• Produce reference pleadings, legal memoranda, and litigation analyses
• Identify weaknesses, unsupported assumptions, and procedural risks in litigation strategies
• Design scenarios involving document discovery, depositions, evidence management, and disclosure obligations
• Apply relevant discovery and evidentiary rules to complex factual situations
• Develop tasks involving e-discovery platforms such as Relativity, Everlaw, or comparable tools
• Evaluate privilege, relevance, admissibility, preservation, and evidentiary issues
• Produce reference discovery responses and evidence analyses
• Develop tasks involving dispositive motions, evidentiary motions, and other major stages of litigation
• Apply professional judgement to case strategy, witness preparation, and trial planning
• Draft reference motions, trial memoranda, and strategic analyses
• Evaluate arguments for legal strength, procedural compliance, and practical effectiveness
• Assess how evidentiary and procedural decisions affect broader litigation strategy
• Create scenarios involving settlement strategy, mediation, and domestic or international arbitration
• Apply relevant arbitration frameworks such as ICC, LCIA, or comparable rules where appropriate
• Evaluate procedural strategy, submissions, evidence, and dispute-resolution options
• Develop reference analyses reflecting senior-level advocacy and negotiation judgement
• Assess trade-offs between litigation, arbitration, and negotiated resolution
• Develop tasks involving appellate strategy, preservation of issues, standards of review, and procedural requirements
• Apply US frameworks such as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence, and relevant state-court rules
• Apply international frameworks such as the English Civil Procedure Rules where relevant
• Evaluate legal reasoning for procedural and jurisdictional accuracy
• Identify issues affecting appealability, preservation, and litigation outcomes
• Design expert-level evaluation tasks across litigation and dispute-resolution workflows
• Draft reference outputs demonstrating authentic senior-level litigation judgement
• Develop rubrics that distinguish professional litigation reasoning from generic academic or examination-level responses
• Review AI-generated outputs for legal accuracy, procedural soundness, evidentiary reasoning, and strategic quality
• Identify subtle errors, missing considerations, and unrealistic litigation recommendations
• Provide clear written rationale supporting evaluation decisions

Benefits

• Part-time independent contractor engagement
• Fully remote
• Flexible scheduling based on project requirements
• Compensation: $80–$90/hour
• Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded based on project needs and performance
• Work must be completed without using confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, institution, or other third party
• H1-B and STEM OPT support is unavailable for this engagement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree