Legal Data Expert - Securities and Antitrust

About the Role

This is an opportunity to contribute domain expertise as a Legal Data Expert – Securities and Antitrust at a cutting-edge legal technology company. Lex Machina created the field of “Legal Analytics” and is the fast-growing market leader for law firms and Fortune 500 companies who want to use data to guide their legal decision making.

Lex Machina has an opening for an experienced litigator interested in Legal Analytics datasets for federal district court. We need an avid Legal Data Expert to oversee the integrity of high value datasets, lead a team of attorneys to keep those datasets current, contribute to public-facing communications, keep abreast of customer needs in the marketplace, and provide thought leadership.

Responsibilities

Analyze rulings in federal district court

Lead a team of attorneys to maintain the dataset, including reviewing new events in litigation as they occur

Work on an integrated product development team with engineers and other legal experts

Become an authority on Lex Machina’s Securities and Antitrust data

Adopt responsibilities for data integrity and innovation of new features

Contribute to bringing Legal Analytics to new areas of Securities and Antitrust law

Act as a liaison for our customer success team when sophisticated user questions arise around data and Legal Analytics

Identify trends using Lex Machina data

Provide prioritized feedback to the product team about new features and improvements given customer feedback and shifts in the practice of Securities and Antitrust law

Identify strategic opportunities to showcase Lex Machina’s unique Securities and Antitrust datasets

Coordinate with the Lex Machina marketing team to create focused content, webinars, and blog posts

Champion Lex Machina’s Legal Analytics by presenting at conferences and publishing articles

Requirements :

Juris Doctor degree (JD)

Familiarity of US Securities and Antitrust law, both the substantive law and litigation procedures in US federal district courts

3+ years in a law firm or a corporate legal office where you handled both Securities and Antitrust issues

Motivated self-starter with a strong interest in data analysis

Highly organized and can work independently to drive projects to completion

Tech savvy with the ability to quickly learn new skills

Interest in writing database queries (e.g., SQL queries) to develop a deep understanding of Lex Machina’s data

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Admitted to practice law in the United States preferred

Ability to take virtual meetings in the late afternoon, Pacific time

Experience with working on a remote / virtual team is a plus

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work / life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer :

Health Benefits : Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits

Retirement Benefits : 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan

Wellbeing : Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs

Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity

Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption and surrogacy benefits

Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts

Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice