Third Chair

Automating complex legal workflows with human lawyers in the loop.

IP Enforcement Counsel (Media and Entertainment)

$10K - $250KUS / Remote (US)
Job type
Contract
Role
Legal
Experience
3+ years
Visa
US citizenship/visa not required
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Yoav Zimmerman
Yoav Zimmerman
Founder

About the role

We’re seeking motivated IP Enforcement Counsel to join our legal service provider network at Third Chair (X25). You’ll help our clients enforce their intellectual property rights, negotiate licenses, and recover revenue from unauthorized advertisements. This is a commission-based role, ideal for legal professionals with entertainment experience who want to grow their practice and income by working with cutting-edge technology and top-tier clients across the media/entertainment industry.

Location: Remote, anywhere in the US

Hours: Flexible (Commission-Based)

What You’ll Do

  • Manage copyright enforcement matters end-to-end, including takedowns, demand letters, and settlement agreements.
  • Collaborate with the General Counsel and Operations team to refine and improve our legal playbook and processes.
  • Collaborate with our CTO and Technology team to refine and improve our best-in-class IP enforcement platform.
  • Provide general strategic legal support to our client base across record labels, music publishers, distributors, and independent artists.

What We’re Looking For

  • Licensed attorney admitted to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (active, in good standing).
  • 3+ years of experience in media/entertainment law and/or copyright law.
  • Hands-on experience working in intellectual property enforcement, such as DMCA takedowns, cease and desist letters, settlement negotiations.
  • Hungry, entrepreneurial attitude with a sales-like drive to close deals.

Nice to Have

  • Music industry experience working in-house for record labels / music publishers, or for law firms focused in the music industry.
  • Existing client base or network in the music industry

About Third Chair

Third Chair (YC X25) builds AI-powered legal infrastructure with human lawyers in the loop, helping rightsholders turn complex legal workflows into scalable revenue. We’re founded by two second-time YC founders with prior exits—Yoav previously co-founded Trendpop (YC W21), which scaled to $1M ARR in 16 months processing millions of social posts per day, and Shourya previously co-founded Fello (YC W22), which grew to 2M+ users, processed millions in investments, and raised $4M+. Backed by Y Combinator and FundersClub with $2.3M raised, customers used Third Chair to generate over $1M in revenue in the last six months of 2025.

Third Chair
Founded:2024
Batch:X25
Team Size:8
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Shourya Lala
Shourya Lala
Founder
Yoav Zimmerman
Yoav Zimmerman
Founder