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Counsel, Legal Investigations
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Meta is seeking a highly motivated attorney for a legal investigations role. This attorney will focus on our highest-priority integrity areas, such as influence operations, fraud, and election interference across key products and surfaces, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Reality Labs. The attorney must have strong investigative skills, including the ability to interview engineers and other technical experts, glean the most important facts, apply strong analytical skills, and produce recommendations to mitigate legal risks. The position requires someone who can work well with cross-functional partners, navigate ambiguity, and drive forward results in a fast-paced environment.
Counsel, Legal Investigations Responsibilities
- Work with investigation teams to prevent abuses on Meta’s platforms and harm to users and others
- Conduct legal investigations, including targeted fact finding and legal risk analysis
- Develop risk-based recommendations to managing integrity-related legal risks
- Provide advice and counsel on integrity and security matters to investigators, engineers, and other partners
- Support the company’s efforts to advance integrity compliance and navigate an evolving legal risk landscape.
- Support and oversee information sharing efforts
Minimum Qualifications
- J.D. degree (or foreign equivalent) and membership in at least one U.S. state bar
- 3+ years of experience at a law firm, government, or in-house as a practicing attorney
- Demonstrated history of working with direct and cross-functional teams to successfully build relationships and achieve goals
- Demonstrated experience working strategically to solve legal challenges under pressure of deadlines
Preferred Qualifications
- Working knowledge of the Stored Communications Act
- Experience in government investigations or tech investigations
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Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
Meta is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@fb.com.
$167,000/year to $233,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.
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