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Senior Legal Counsel – Home and Wearables Product Counsel

Apple

Cupertino, CAFull-timeSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Location
Cupertino, CA
Schedule
Full-time
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

State Bar AdmissionDoctorate

Job overview

The Senior Legal Counsel will support Apple’s home and wearables products as part of the Product & Regulatory Legal Group. The role partners with engineering, marketing, and business teams on legal matters involving product development and launch, including AI and machine learning features, technology and content licensing, and product, commercial, intellectual property, and regulatory issues. The counsel will develop legal and regulatory strategies and advise management on risk mitigation and business policies.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Product CounselingConsumer Device CounselingConsumer LawProduct Regulatory IssuesCommunicationAnalytical SkillsBusiness AcumenIssue ResolutionRelationship BuildingCuriosityOwnershipAdaptabilityCollaboration

Qualifications

8+ Years Relevant Legal ExperienceJuris Doctor or EquivalentState Bar Admission

Full job description

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200689996-0836

Summary

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there's no telling what you could accomplish.

Do you love tackling big challenges without precedent? Do you possess deep legal knowledge and a passion for innovation? As part of our team, you’ll provide legal support for our products and businesses across the globe. Working for a company that invents entire categories and industries means you’ll be challenged to creatively apply your expertise to rare and often unexplored aspects of the law.

As a member of the Product & Regulatory Legal Group, you will work with Apple’s engineering and marketing teams to help create and introduce Apple products to the world. You will play a crucial role in providing the legal support needed for Apple to continue building cutting-edge technologies.

Description

You will join a team of attorneys in the Product & Regulatory Legal Group who support the hardware and software engineering, marketing, and business teams with a focus on Apple’s home and wearables products. You will partner directly with product and engineering teams, advising on a wide variety of matters related to novel artificial intelligence and machine learning features and other technologies through development and launch. You’ll support technology and content licensing, and advise on product, commercial, IP, and regulatory matters. You will formulate legal and regulatory strategies and provide creative solutions to mitigate risks presented by the development of innovative products. Apple management will look to you to advise on risk mitigation, business strategies and policies, particularly as they relate to the unique challenges and opportunities presented by technologies incorporated into wearable devices and shared home products.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 8+ years of relevant legal experience, including product counseling for consumer devices

  • JD or equivalent and admission to at least one state bar

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with product counseling, consumer law, and product regulatory issues, and a strong interest in new technologies in consumer products

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to distill complex legal issues and build relationships with engineering, executive management, teammates, and cross-functional partners

  • Strong analytical skills and business sense with the ability to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways, balancing legal risk and product goals

  • Self-starter who is curious, takes ownership, and thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced, collaborative environment

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,662 open Legal Counsel jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$190–257K/yr360 salary ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 422 open Legal Counsel jobs in California and 2,662 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Legal Counsel postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,293 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 1,800 of the 2,662 open Legal Counsel jobs (68%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.

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