Litigation, Trust & Risk Counsel

Litigation, Trust & Risk Counsel LocationSan Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; Seattle, WAEmployment TypeFull timeLocation TypeRemoteDepartmentLegalCompensation$225K – $265K • Offers EquityThe salary or hourly rate range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary or hourly rate will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills, and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary or hourly rate, not benefits or equity.🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.💻 RoleThe Legal team protects the platform, enables the business to move fast, and keeps Whatnot ahead of the legal risk that comes with hypergrowth. We're looking for a litigation attorney who understands how platform enforcement decisions and consumer complaints become legal disputes. As our Litigation and Trust & Risk Counsel, you'll manage active disputes matters across our growing docket while serving as the embedded legal advisor to our Trust & Risk and Customer Support teams. You'll report to our Head of Litigation and sit at the operational heart of our legal function — translating Whatnot's real-time enforcement actions into defensible legal positions and keeping our disputes docket moving.There's no playbook for what we're doing — you'll be creating the processes and infrastructure as we go. That means real ownership early, but it also means you need to be comfortable operating with ambiguity and creating structure where none exists yet.This role has real room to grow as our disputes and legal operations functions mature.LitigationManage a docket of active litigation and arbitration matters involving Whatnot sellers and buyers end-to-end: driving litigation and resolution strategy, coordinating with outside counsel, reviewing briefs and submissions, and keeping matters moving under the supervision of our Head of Litigation.Analyze demand letters and state AG complaints and draft clear, consistent, and confident responses, leveraging technology to improve efficiency and response time.Own IP/DMCA takedown workflow, including scaling process as Whatnot grows, and working closely with our Trust & Risk teams to implement related enforcement actions.Manage the legal hold process, including identifying matters, drafting legal holds, managing tracking, and coordinating with internal stakeholders on execution.Work with our Trust & Risk Lead to translate investigation outputs into legal positions and arguments and further hone our investigation process.Use AI tools (such as Claude CoWork, Glean, GC AI) to drive efficiency, build templates and workflows, and create a safety net so matters don’t get missed.Identify systemic issues in the docket and identify business-oriented solutions — you read patterns, not just individual matters, and you bring solutions not just observations.Build the playbooks, escalation frameworks, and response templates that don't exist yet — you're energized by creating structure, not just...