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# Counsel at Public

- **Company:** Public
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Posted:** 2026-10-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-20
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/public/jobs/8037228003

## Job description

## About Public

Public is the world’s first agentic brokerage, combining a comprehensive multi-asset investing experience with all the advantages of AI Agents.

Members can invest in stocks, options, bonds, crypto, and event contracts, and manage a variety of accounts including their personal brokerage, margin, retirement accounts, and business accounts—all in the same place.

Since 2019, Public has raised $400 million. Investors include Accel, Tiger Global, Will Smith's Dreamers VC, The Chainsmokers' Mantis VC, as well as renowned figures in business and culture, like Maria Sharapova, Tony Hawk, and NYU Stern professor Scott Galloway.

## About the role

We’re looking for a sharp, enthusiastic attorney to join our Legal team. This is a generalist role with an emphasis on litigation, regulatory matters, compliance, privacy, and product counseling. You will also help expand our AI governance program.

Public is a highly regulated financial services and technology company. Experience in a regulated financial field is a plus, but this role would also suit a strong generalist who is willing to climb the regulatory learning curve.

This role is based in New York City, and you’ll work from our office Monday through Thursday.

## What you’ll do

You’ll handle a little bit of everything, including:

- Litigation, investigations, and exams. You’ll manage disputes from start to finish, including escalated customer complaints, FINRA arbitrations, privacy claims, and civil litigation, handling many matters yourself and overseeing outside counsel on others. On the regulatory side, you’ll respond to inquiries and investigations, partner with Compliance on examinations, and help turn lessons learned into better products and processes.
- Broker-dealer, investment adviser, and prediction markets regulation. Public owns an SEC-registered investment adviser and a FINRA-member broker-dealer that is also a CFTC-registered futures commission merchant. You’ll partner with Compliance on our SEC, FINRA, CFTC, and NFA obligations, including AML, regulatory filings, and registrations. You’ll also monitor regulatory developments, help keep our policies and procedures current, and translate complex rules into practical advice and training for our business teams.
- AI governance. You’ll work on the program that governs both our customer-facing AI products and the AI tools our teams use internally. That includes setting practical policies and quality assurance processes, assessing new AI use cases, and tracking emerging laws and guidance.
- Privacy and cybersecurity. You’ll own our privacy program, from privacy notices and consumer requests to data mapping and record retention. You’ll also partner with Engineering and IT on cybersecurity, fraud prevention, and incident response, including any resulting customer remediation.
- Product counseling. Regulations shape every part of our business, from the customer-facing product to back-end operations. You’ll work closely with our Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams from concept through launch, spotting risks early and finding practical ways to navigate those rules.
- Contract negotiation. You’ll help draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, including vendor, marketing, and data agreements.
- Legal processes and systems. You’ll build playbooks and templates that help our business teams navigate legal and compliance requirements and negotiate the best deals possible. You’ll also keep improving the tools, systems, and processes our team relies on, using AI to make our work faster and more efficient.

## Qualifications

- J.D. from an ABA-approved law school (or foreign equivalent)
- Admission to at least one U.S. bar, in good standing
- 2-5 years of legal experience, ideally at a top law firm and then in-house at a technology or financial services company / start-up
- Experience with a broad range of legal matters
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence senior stakeholders
- A high level of integrity and the ability to balance legal and compliance obligations with business objectives
- Comfort with ambiguity and pressure, and the ability to identify, prioritize, and resolve issues quickly and independently
- A track record of quickly learning and using new software, such as project management and compliance tools
- Experience using AI tools responsibly to make legal processes and systems more efficient, or a demonstrated willingness to learn

Bonus points

Experience with any of the following:

- Litigation, arbitration (especially FINRA), or regulatory examinations and investigations
- Broker-dealer, investment adviser, or futures regulation
- Privacy, cybersecurity, or AI governance programs
- Negotiating commercial agreements, such as vendor, marketing, and market data agreements
- Partnering with compliance teams to build efficient, effective compliance systems and processes

## Compensation

The base salary range for this role is $120,000 to $170,000 plus equity, depending on skills and experience.

- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
- Generous PTO and parental leave policy
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Opportunities for career growth and professional development

Public is an equal employment opportunity employer to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. We celebrate people of all race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression.

## About Public

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Public is an AI-powered multi-asset investing platform that offers stocks, bonds, crypto, options, ETFs, and alternative assets, with a mission to make wealth building accessible to everyone.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed, $444.5M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Leif Abraham, Jannick Malling

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services – Retail Investing / Brokerage
- **Target customers**: B2C (individual retail investors, from beginners to active traders), with additional offerings for high-net-worth individuals ($500k+ accounts)
- **Mission statement**: "We exist to give people every opportunity to grow their wealth."

## Products & Services
- **Stocks, Bonds, Treasuries, ETFs**: Fractional and full-share trading with access to major US-listed securities.
- **Crypto & Crypto IRAs**: Buy and sell cryptocurrencies; tax-advantaged retirement accounts for crypto holdings.
- **Options Trading**: Options contracts with rebates ($0.06–$0.18 per contract based on volume).
- **Direct Indexing**: Customizable index investing with tax-loss harvesting, starting at $1,000.
- **AI Agents (Agentic Brokerage)**: Automated portfolio management and investing via AI agents that act on the user's behalf.
- **AI Research Assistant**: Ask questions about any stock to get real-time and historical insights, financials, earnings, and analyst ratings.
- **AI-Generated Assets**: Create investable indices from natural language prompts, backtested against the S&P 500.
- **Earnings Hub**: AI-generated earnings call summaries, key moments, and KPIs.
- **Market Briefing**: Daily AI-summarized market developments.
- **Income Hub**: Monthly breakdown of earnings from income-generating assets and forward-looking forecasts.
- **Public API**: Programmatic trading with real-time market data, trade automation, and rebates on options contracts.
- **High-Yield Cash Account**: FDIC-insured up to $5M.
- **Margin Trading**: Base margin rate of 5.65% (lowest among leading brokerages).
- **Queue**: Batch order placement for equities and options with live price editing.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $444.5M (as of latest round); estimated annual revenue of $157.1M (LinkedIn estimate).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Accel, Tiger Global, Will Smith (Dreamers VC), Maria Sharapova, Tony Hawk, The Chainsmokers’ Mantis VC, J.J. Watt, Scott Galloway, Dick Parsons, Shari Redstone’s Advancit Capital.
- **Growth Signals**: 215 employees (+25.5% YoY); 99.994% platform uptime in 2024; operations in 39 countries; continuous product expansion (AI agents, API, direct indexing, crypto IRAs).

## Competitive Advantages
- **First agentic brokerage**: AI agents that automate and manage portfolios on behalf of users.
- **Lowest margin rates**: Base rate of 5.65% among leading brokerages.
- **Options rebates**: Only platform offering $0.06–$0.18 per contract rebates.
- **AI-native investing experience**: Integrated research assistant, earnings summaries, generated assets, and market briefings.
- **Multi-asset in one place**: Stocks, bonds, crypto, options, ETFs, treasuries, alternative assets, direct indexing.
- **Fractional investing pioneer**: Democratized access to high-priced stocks.
- **Security**: AES 256-bit encryption, TLS 1.2+, two-factor authentication, SIPC insurance up to $500k, FDIC up to $5M.

## Strategic Focus
- Deepening AI integration across the entire investing experience (agents, research, portfolio generation).
- Expanding multi-asset offerings (treasuries, bonds, alternative assets like music royalties).
- Growing Crypto IRAs and tax-advantaged investing features.
- Enhancing active trading tools (Queue, margin, options rebates, API).
- Scaling the platform for high-net-worth clients with concierge services.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Deliver our highest standard of work at incredible speed" – a dynamic, fast-paced environment that values diverse perspectives and continuous improvement.
- **Remote/Hybrid policy**: Some roles are US Remote (e.g., Concierge, Member Support), while others are based in New York City office (Director of Concierge & Sales, etc.).
- **Benefits** (per careers page):
  - Fully paid health, dental, vision premiums for all plans.
  - 401(k) matching (4% company match).
  - Paid parental leave (up to 3 months).
  - Generous paid time off + sick leave.
  - In-office meals (daily lunch from curated restaurants).
  - Citi Bike membership.
  - Free parking on premises.
  - Phone and internet stipend.
  - Fitness membership.
  - Equipment stipend.
  - Flexible spending account (FSA).
  - $5,000 travel stipend for reproductive care if unavailable locally.
  - Pension plan (4% monthly contribution).
- **Engineering culture**: Modern tech stack, opportunity to build AI-first financial products, direct impact on millions of users.

## Sources
1. [public.com](https://public.com)
2. [public.com/about-us](https://public.com/about-us)
3. [public.com/careers](https://public.com/careers)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/public](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/public)
5. [linkedin.com/company/publichello](https://www.linkedin.com/company/publichello)

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