Litigation Attorney Expert

What you'll do

You act as the practitioner check on how AI models handle litigation. Two things make up the job: writing realistic dispute scenarios that run from complaint through dispositive motions, and grading what a model does with them. For each scenario you write a reference answer that spells out the procedural and strategic reasoning, from venue and joinder to the scope of discovery.

The grading side is where a working litigator earns the rate. The ad singles out arguments that read persuasive but would fail on procedure or precedent, the kind of miss that only someone who has filed and defended motions would catch. Outputs under review include motions, discovery strategy, case assessments and settlement postures.

Who fits

• A JD and active bar admission in a US jurisdiction
• At least two years of litigation practice at a firm, in government or in house
• Hands-on motion practice, discovery and procedural strategy; the ad says document review alone is not enough
• Clear written English, since your reasoning has to be teachable
• Able to commit at least 10 hours a week

Preferred: first chair or significant second chair trial experience, a federal court or complex commercial litigation background, and clerkship or appellate experience. The application form asks for bar admission details, marked optional.

What it pays

The board headlines $150/hr. The ad's own contract section states a range of $100 to $200/hr, and says the rate is set from your experience and not negotiated down after you start. Pay is weekly via Stripe.

Worth knowing

Good:

• Remote and fully async with no fixed hours; scale up or down week to week
• Ongoing project work rather than single task batches
• No screen recording, keystroke monitoring or idle timers, per the ad
• One of the higher bands in AfterQuery's law department

Less good:

• A minimum of 10 hours a week, with no maximum
• Independent contractor status: no benefits, and you handle your own tax
• Hiring is a resume review, then a possible written assessment, then onboarding (contractor agreement, Stripe, platform access); the ad says matching to live work usually follows within a week of onboarding
• Candidates are matched to projects, so the ad does not guarantee a steady stream of work

About this listing

Read from the AfterQuery Experts board on 18 October 2026; the original posting is dated 27 August 2026. The range, weekly Stripe payment, hour minimum and no-monitoring statements are AfterQuery's own text. For how AfterQuery's assessments, identity checks and payouts work in general, and what contractors report, see the company page. See AfterQuery.