Litigation & Disputes Counsel

About Rippling

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

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About the role

We are looking for a litigator excited to join a fast-growing tech startup who is looking to handle active litigation and disputes matters while building scalable litigation processes. You understand that dispute resolution is a craft, that no two disputes are the same, and that storytelling is paramount. You should enjoy drafting persuasive and occasionally humorous dispute correspondence. You love a good fact-gathering mission and find fun digging up the best facts to tell a compelling story. You have a passion for advancing and protecting strategic business priorities through active and pre-dispute methods, including fact investigations, litigation, and litigation risk management.

What you will need

You should enjoy rolling up your sleeves to manage SaaS-related customer and vendor legal disputes and litigation. You should also have a background in, or want to expand into, the world of employment litigation. You have experience efficiently managing document and written discovery. When litigation arises, you exercise careful judgment to guide the business towards an appropriate legal strategy. You will work closely with our legal and business teams and outside counsel to develop successful dispute strategies that advocate on issues core to Rippling’s business. You love working in a fast-paced environment, take ownership over initiatives, have excellent analytical and communication skills, and fundamentally believe that lawyering need not be boring.

What you will do

• Advise the business on litigation, investigations, and incident management
• Manage commercial and employment litigation and pre-litigation disputes, proactively managing matters and advising business stakeholders through all phases from pre-dispute through trial and appeal
• Support the development and implementation of internal systems for managing litigation risk and active disputes
• Alongside the AGC Litigation, serve as the Legal escalation point for our product, sales, account management, and legal teams when disputes arise
• Help advance the company’s legal and compliance dispute policies and processes, including around subpoena response, document retention, and other e-discovery matters

What you will need

• 4+ years of litigation experience, with some experience in-house a plus
• Strong written advocacy skills, both formal and informal
• Demonstrated problem solver with quick and nimble thinking
• Experience leading litigation activities across the full lifecycle and across various forums and regions
• Experience with employment litigation a plus
• Clear communicator with the ability to break down complex requirements into easy-to-understand and practical advice
• Entrepreneurial mindset (flexible, self-starting and hard-working)
• Sense of humor!
• JD or otherwise authorized to practice law
• Must be fluent in English, fluency in other languages is a plus

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accomodations@rippling.com

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a 40 mile radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.