Associate Counsel, Litigation

At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.

Lyft is seeking a sharp, dynamic, and self-motivated attorney with at least 4 years litigation experience to achieve Lyft’s business goals at the intersection of law, policy, and technology. You’ll serve as a trusted advisor to multiple internal business partners, and your work to minimize legal risk to the Company will be core to the success of the organization. The successful candidate will be entrepreneurial and resourceful, skilled at building strong relationships, and comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. You will report directly to a Senior Director on the Litigation team.

Responsibilities:

• Hands-on responsibility for a wide variety of pre-litigation, litigation, and administrative matters, with an emphasis on discrimination, accessibility, safety, mass torts, and/or other consumer claims.
• Proactively approach all aspects of litigation, including discovery, motion practice, witness preparation, settlement negotiations, and trial and appellate strategies, to ensure alignment with Lyft’s broader legal strategy. 
• Provide strategic and proactive legal advice to internal business partners, including but not limited to understanding and applying current law and regulations to Lyft’s current and prospective products and services.
• Work closely with internal business partners to help craft solutions to the novel legal challenges Lyft faces every day. 
• Manage outside counsel in your areas of coverage, including tactical guidance, staffing, case management, budgeting, and alignment with Lyft’s broader legal strategy.

Experience:

• J.D. degree from a top-tier law school and membership in at least one state bar.
• 4+ years civil litigation experience at a mid to large size law firm. Strong preference is given to candidates with prior in-house experience.
• Prior experience with discrimination, accessibility, safety, mass torts, and/or other consumer claims is preferred.
• Excellent problem-solving capabilities, strategic thinking, judgment, communication, and interpersonal skills. 
• Both detail oriented and able to see the big picture.
• Ability to operate autonomously while being a team player who brings a positive attitude to the workplace and is willing to jump on any project, big or small.
• Executive presence and ability to communicate legal risks and recommendations to business partners.
• Demonstrated ability to make decisions and influence through excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to think quickly on your feet and simultaneously manage workloads, multiple client demands and shifting priorities.
• Operate with high standards and ethics.
• An understanding of the multi-modal transportation and ridesharing industries, as well as the sharing economy in general.
• Passion for Lyft and the ridesharing community.

Benefits:

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled
• Mental health benefits
• Family building benefits
• Child care and pet benefits
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Subsidized commuter benefits
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program