{"id":2482848,"url":"https://alion.io/job/discord-senior-litigation-counsel","title":"Senior Litigation Counsel","company":{"id":1167,"name":"Discord","domain":"discord.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/cow-dao","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":88,"open_postings":6,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.5,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":56,"computed_at":"2026-11-06T05:58:05Z"}},"role":"Legal","role_family":"Legal","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["San Francisco, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":304000,"max":342000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":342000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Discord","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-13T21:34:57Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-20","last_verified_at":"2026-11-06T05:09:49Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":23,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":23},"description":"Discord has a highly engaged community of millions of daily active users who use the platform for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does: play video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, and we are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to hang out before, during, and after playing games.\nDiscord is looking for an experienced Senior Litigation Counsel to join Discord's Legal team. Reporting to the Director, Global Litigation, you'll join a lean team where every team member carries real responsibility from day one. We're looking for a seasoned litigator who can operate independently on complex, high-stakes matters, with the judgment to set strategy, the credibility to engage with courts, regulators, and opposing counsel, and the practical sense to find resolutions that work for the business. You'll manage a diverse portfolio that includes state attorney general lawsuits and investigations, all while working closely with cross-functional partners to protect Discord's platform and users.\nWhat you'll be doing\nDefend Discord in state attorney general lawsuits and investigations as part of your portfolio, including responding to civil investigative demands and subpoenas.\nDevelop case strategy and supervise outside counsel on dispositive motions, injunction proceedings, appeals, and venue and coordination questions, while managing budgets and staffing.\nDrive resolution efforts, including preparing settlement analyses and authorization recommendations, negotiating settlement terms, and partnering with Product and Safety teams to assess the feasibility of proposed commitments.\nOversee discovery on major matters, including productions, protective orders, custodial interviews, and data collection with Data Science and Engineering, in close coordination with eDiscovery and paralegal colleagues.\nMonitor new and changing laws, including state online safety, privacy, and platform design laws; anticipate evolving litigation risk.\nPartner closely with Product, Public Policy, Trust & Safety, and Communications, including on engagement with regulators and government officials.\nKeep Legal leadership and executives informed through clear status updates and decision memos, and help build the frameworks, trackers, and playbooks that let the team scale\nServe as a versatile member of a lean litigation team, willing to pitch in on matters outside core areas of focus when priorities shift or volume requires it\nWhat you should have\nJ.D. from an accredited law school and active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction\n10+ years combined experience at a well-respected law firm and in-house legal department (tech preferred)\nHands-on experience leading on government enforcement matters, such as state attorney general actions or investigations\nExperience leading complex litigation through dispositive motions, injunction proceedings, and appeals, and directing multiple outside counsel teams at once\nWorking knowledge of internet platform liability, including CDA 230 and the First Amendment, and of minor safety, privacy, and consumer protection law\nAbility to navigate legal issues with a practical and commercially sensible mindset, balancing litigation risk against business and product realities\nExcellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to tailor the message to the audience, whether engineers, executives, outside counsel, or government officials\nAbility to manage multiple high-stakes workstreams simultaneously, prioritize effectively, and consistently deliver results\nNice to Have\nYou are familiar with Discord and the video game and/or online communication industry\nIn-house experience at a consumer-facing technology platform\nExperience with regulatory, platform safety, minor safety, privacy, consumer protection matters, internet platform liability (including CDA 230), and multi-district litigations (and/or state coordinated proceedings).\nFamiliarity with patent litigation\nBackground in gaming, social media, or communications technologies\nThe base salary range for this full-time position is listed below. This position will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.\nBase Salary\n$304,000—$342,000 USD\nWhy Discord? \nDiscord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests, and helps developers build and grow their businesses. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away!\nDiscord is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process. We want you to feel set up for success, so if you are in need of reasonable accommodations, please let your recruiter know.\nPlease see our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy for details regarding Discord’s collection and usage of personal information relating to the application and recruitment process by clicking HERE.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5505,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Online Forums & Community Platforms","Messaging Apps","Social Networks"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T23:23:20Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 29 · green card filings: 6","filings_12m":29,"filings_prev_12m":32,"green_card_filings_12m":6,"median_offered_wage_usd":254071,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-29T16:27:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":77,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":23,"expected_fill_days":56,"reasons":["conf:0","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-11-06T05:58:05Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":342000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/discord-senior-litigation-counsel","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/discord-senior-litigation-counsel.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-06T06:11:40Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":10853,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-07T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1167},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1167"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fdiscord-senior-litigation-counsel"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fdiscord-senior-litigation-counsel"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fdiscord-senior-litigation-counsel"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/discord-senior-litigation-counsel\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fdiscord-senior-litigation-counsel"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":2482848}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"discord.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":2482848},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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