Duties & Responsibilities:
- Consult with attorneys, legal teams and clients to develop identification, preservation, and collection protocols in connection with litigation and regulatory administration matters
- Assist legal teams with the development and implementation of effective data culling, filtering and keyword strategies to reduce client materials to potentially responsive materials
- Assist legal teams with the development and use of data analytics and TAR
- Support document review projects
- Process, analyze and report metrics of large collections of data
- Monitor and keep apprised of case law developments in eDiscovery and litigation technology
- Assist with the professional development and mentoring of other Litigation Support analysists
- Work closely with legal teams to assist in the setup and management of eDiscovery databases for document review, analysis and production
- Maintain documentation regarding collection of electronic data collected from clients in connection with discovery obligations
- Organize and prepare data for loading, processing review and production by the technical team
- Assist legal teams to apply AI and sampling methodologies to reduce the overall cost of eDiscovery in dispute matters
- Assist the Firm in training lawyers on the Firms eDiscovery and case management platform
- Help prepare legal teams for trial, including the use of courtroom technologies, such as Trial Director, to load exhibits, depositions, and prepare video cuts to play at trial
- Prepare presentations and slide shows to help effectively educate jurors on case specifics and themes
- Perform other tasks and duties as assigned
Education & Experience:
- Bachelors degree required
- Certification by ACEDS (Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists) or the ability to obtain certification within 1 year of hire date is required
- Minimum three years of e-discovery project management experience
- Strong knowledge of enterprise technology commonly used in corporate IT departments and email systems is preferred
- Strong grasp and knowledge of litigation technology, continuous active learning (CAL) methodologies and use of TAR strategies is preferred
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to handle multiple, simultaneous projects with quality results
- Willingness to provide after hours, overtime, and weekend support as necessary
- Ability to work both as part of a team and independently with limited supervision
- Ability to work effectively under rigorous deadlines in high-pressure situations
- Ability to exercise good judgment in sensitive or stressful situations
- Excellent analytical, problem identification and resolution skills
- Ability to run hot-seat for trials