Senior Litigation Paralegal

About the role

This role owns high-volume litigation workflows at Mercury, including subpoenas, law enforcement requests, discovery, litigation holds, and demand letters, working alongside the Deputy General Counsel, Litigation & IP and Senior Litigation Paralegal. It suits an experienced paralegal with 4+ years at a law firm or in-house legal team who can work with high autonomy and build scalable processes.

What you'll do

• Own core litigation workflows including subpoena and law enforcement request responses, discovery support, and litigation holds and document production.
• Lead high-volume intake and response processes, tracking requests, meeting deadlines, and preparing accurate responses efficiently.
• Manage demand letter workflows end-to-end, including intake, drafting responses for attorney review, and driving matters to resolution.
• Partner with attorneys to draft materials and move work forward independently, escalating complex or higher-risk issues.
• Collaborate with Legal Operations to build and improve templates, playbooks, and scalable processes for subpoenas, summons, and related matters.
• Help oversee and improve automation and AI-assisted tooling, ensuring output accuracy, handling exceptions, and identifying automation opportunities.
• Work cross-functionally across the company to gather information and coordinate responses.
• Coordinate with vendors or outside counsel where needed.
• Partner with the Deputy General Counsel, Litigation & IP and Senior Litigation Paralegal while operating with a high degree of autonomy.

What you'll need

• 4+ years of experience with a law firm or in-house legal team, or a combination of both.
• Meaningful experience supporting subpoenas, law enforcement requests, discovery, and other high-volume legal workflows.
• Strong judgment and comfort taking ownership of work from start to finish.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• A proactive, low-ego approach and willingness to jump in where needed.
• A systems-oriented mindset focused on meeting the quality bar more efficiently and consistently.
• Creativity and a willingness to push beyond the way things are normally done.
• Strong AI instincts and experience: can evaluate tools, deploy them responsibly, and drive adoption.

Benefits listed by Mercury

• Base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits as part of total rewards.