Associate Counsel, Litigation & Risk, Lyft, CA, US

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:

• Primary responsibility — meaning, hands-on work, not just supervising outside counsel — for a wide variety of litigation matters, pre-litigation dispute resolution, internal counseling, and other legal disputes, with an emphasis on tort claims, discrimination claims, consumer complaints, insurance coverage litigation, and regulatory disputes (including Freedom of Information Act matters).
• Proactively approach all aspects of litigation, including discovery, motion practice, witness preparation, settlement negotiations, and trial and appellate strategies. 
• Manage outside counsel in your areas of coverage, including tactical guidance, staffing, case management, budgeting, and alignment with Lyft’s broader legal strategy.
• Help craft solutions to the novel legal challenges Lyft faces every day, including understanding, interpreting, and applying current law and regulations to Lyft’s current and prospective products and services. 
• Collaborate closely with and make recommendations to a broad range of cross-functional teams, including Customer Care, Product, Marketplace, Compliance, Public Policy, and Communications.

Experience:

• J.D. degree from a top-tier law school and membership in at least one state bar.
• 5+ 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 tort claims, discrimination claims, consumer complaints, and regulatory disputes (including Freedom of Information Act matters) 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 cross-functional 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