Litigation & Employment Counsel

We’re looking for a self-motivated, intellectually curious, and pragmatic Litigation & Employment Counsel. As the company’s fourth attorney, you’ll manage a dynamic workload with independent initiative and interdepartmental collaboration. You must have demonstrated success managing civil and administrative cases, including insurance matters and regulatory investigations. You should also have a strong background in labor and employment law. Reporting to our Deputy General Counsel, this role expands a small but scrappy Legal team and will be responsible for helping to scale legal functions at a company named one of Forbes’s 25 Next Billion Dollar Startups.

Primary Responsibilities 

• Handling and resolving a wide variety of litigation and pre-litigation matters in state and federal courts and administrative forums, especially matters involving worker classification and employment-related claims;
• Managing all aspects of the relationship with relevant outside counsel, including staffing, strategy, budgets, work product, and discovery;
• Working closely with Instawork’s Trust and Safety team, insurance brokers, and insurance carriers;
• Partnering with Human Resources and business partners to evaluate legal risks and provide subject matter expertise on a broad range of employment issues, including wage and hour, recruiting and hiring, training, employee performance management, leaves of absence, disability accommodations, and HR best practices;
• Respond to 3rd party subpoenas for documents and/or witness testimony;
• Help prepare for and mitigate exposure that may create litigation risk in the future;
• Develop, implement, and improve scalable processes for the legal team;
• Other projects based on the needs of a quickly growing international company

Qualifications

• JD and California bar admission in good standing (or barred in NY or IL and qualified for and willing to maintain Registered In-House Counsel status with California State Bar) 
• 5+ years of legal experience in a law firm and/or in-house
• Detail- and process-oriented mentality
• Mature judgment and decision-making skills
• Ability to translate complex concepts and competing priorities into digestible guidance
• Team mentality and recognition that no task is too small
• Composure managing multiple projects with overlapping deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Sense of perspective…and humor
• Nice to have: privacy and product counseling experience

For CA based applicants:

• The base salary for this position is $150,000 - $175,000
• This position is eligible for equity in the form of stock options
• This position is eligible for Instawork benefits, including:
• A variety of medical, dental, and vision plans with coverage beginning on the date of hire
• Flexible paid time off
• At least 8 paid company holidays annually
• Home office stipend
• Phone stipend
• Commuter stipend
• Supplemental pay on qualified leaves
• Employee health savings accounts (HSA) contribution
• Flexible spending plans
• 401K plan
• Perkspot - discount program through Lumity

Our company values include: 

• Bias for Action: We focus on the future, driving the Company forward and continuing to grow even when it means making decisions with incomplete information. 
• Act Like an Owner: Each of us matters, and our ability to improve any part of the company is only limited by our courage and conviction, not our job title.
• Always Be Learning: We’re changing an industry, so we execute on the fundamentals and act creatively to drive growth. 
• Empathy, Trust, & Candor: We put ourselves in the shoes of the businesses and workers who use our platform each day, so we build trust with honesty and understanding.