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Legal Specialist, Law Enforcement

Menlo Ventures Portfolio

San Francisco, CA · full time

$170,000 – $220,000

Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This role manages Anthropic's legal responses to law enforcement and government requests for user data, handling subpoenas, warrants, and cross-border requests while improving the intake and tracking processes. It suits someone with paralegal or legal operations experience who has directly handled government data requests and wants to build out a legal function at a rapidly growing AI company.

Our summary, not Menlo Ventures Portfolio’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

What they ask for

Required

  • Experience in legal operations, business/operations management, or paralegal role in in-house legal department
  • Direct front-line experience handling law enforcement or government requests for user data including subpoenas, court orders, warrants, preservation letters, and emergency disclosure requests
  • Working knowledge of legal framework for law enforcement access to user data including the Stored Communications Act and mechanics of foreign and cross-border requests such as MLATs
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to exercise good judgment and maintain discretion and confidentiality when handling sensitive legal matters
  • Strong project management skills with ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and manage multiple projects
  • Experience owning an intake, queue, or docketing process end-to-end
  • Comfort operating and improving legal process tooling (trackers, spreadsheets, forms, aliases, automations)
  • Proactive, solutions-oriented approach to identifying and implementing process improvements

Nice to have

  • 5+ years of experience in legal operations, business/operations management, or paralegal role in in-house legal department
  • 2+ years of experience at a high-growth technology company
  • Experience building or scaling a law enforcement response process
  • Experience managing legal intake process within a growing company
  • Ability to think critically and creatively, adapting to new challenges and finding practical solutions to complex legal issues
  • Familiarity with legal project management software such as Asana, Trello, or Jira

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