# Senior Counsel, Litigation

**Company:** [Airbnb](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/airbnb)
**Location:** California
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $210k – $258k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Litigation, Pre-Litigation, Regulatory Matters, Commercial Tort, Tax Controversy, Class Actions, Trial Work, Deposition Preparation, Witness Preparation, Outside Counsel Management, Risk Mitigation, California Jccps
**Posted:** 2026-08-19

> Senior litigation counsel will own high-stakes disputes, investigations, and strategic counseling from assessment through resolution, manage outside counsel, and advise Airbnb business partners on legal risk. The role requires 8+ years of litigation experience, a J.D., and active California bar membership.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic leader on a diverse portfolio of complex litigation and pre-litigation matters across numerous jurisdictions.
- Handle highly sensitive matters and difficult subject matter with judgment, discretion, and care.
- Manage outside counsel across the full life of a case, including budget, strategy, work product, and results.
- Drive matters from early case assessment and witness preparation through depositions, mediation, and settlement recommendations to leadership.
- Identify and resolve potential disputes, providing business clients with practical risk-mitigation advice.
- Partner with compliance, public policy, and legal colleagues across functions and borders.
- Analyze legal risk across the business, including new products and services.
- Build scalable processes and procedures for a rapidly growing global business.

## Requirements
- J.D. from an accredited law school and strong academic credentials.
- 8+ years of significant litigation practice, with experience owning meaningful parts of complex legal or regulatory matters end to end.
- Active California bar membership in good standing and residence in California.
- Experience preparing witnesses, including senior corporate leaders, for deposition and trial.
- Experience managing outside counsel on high-exposure matters.
- Sound judgment and discretion when handling highly sensitive matters.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Organized and self-directed, with the ability to manage multiple matters independently and collaboratively.
- Willingness to travel several times per quarter depending on case needs.

## Nice-to-haves
- Florida bar admission.
- Background in commercial tort, regulatory, tax controversy, class action, or trial work.
- Experience at or representing technology companies.
- Coordinated proceeding experience, including California JCCPs.
- Interest in expanding the scope of practice and comfort with ambiguity.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base pay range: **$210,000–$258,000 USD**.
- May be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.

## Similar jobs

- [Senior Lawyer - Venture Financings](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/6209ed7a-0dd4-4df2-97fe-627f02746dbb) - Carta - San Francisco, CA - $208k – $317k/yr
- [Sr. Counsel, Privacy Compliance Program Lead](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/50772145-3a4f-4896-bae9-adba9b041759) - Databricks - Bellevue, WA - $208k – $302k/yr
- [Senior Commercial Counsel](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/0546e7e6-8151-4c21-acfa-2b67cc4dd981) - Writer - San Francisco, CA - $201k – $282k/yr
- [Senior Legal Counsel](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/3f4b85a4-4b80-47d1-b1b3-474acaa3c38f) - Pigment - New York, NY - $200k – $250k/yr
- [Discovery Operations Lead, Litigation & Regulatory](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/3b2233a6-07f4-4962-817e-d60765e9005e) - Anthropic - San Francisco, CA - $220k – $285k/yr

**Apply:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/f4448a00-5a88-4ea7-a3c1-2cb6f1f7c181
**Canonical:** https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/f4448a00-5a88-4ea7-a3c1-2cb6f1f7c181