Senior eDiscovery Project Manager

Senior Ediscovery Project Manager

The Senior eDiscovery Project Manager is a trusted advisor to case teams on technology and workflows who ensures that projects remain defensible, on time and within budget and result in a high degree of attorney and client satisfaction. The Senior eDiscovery Project Manager will lead in the creation of a matter's technology support plan, often involving complex data process workflows, from collection to document analysis and review that require support using industry best practices. The Senior eDiscovery Project Manager will work to coordinate the efforts of members of the internal legal support groups, attorneys and vendors to ensure that the legal team complies with all production and data analysis requirements.

The Senior eDiscovery Project Manager evaluates, recommends and tests new and existing technologies and workflows for use in document review and analysis and will train attorneys and mentor professionals in its use.

Senior eDiscovery Project Managers maintain regular office hours consistent with the Firm's normal business hours and are expected to be available, as needed, for after-hours or weekend overtime and occasional travel.

Job Functions :

• Manage complex eDiscovery data projects, determining the most effective technology solutions for creating, processing and managing electronic data to suit case team requirements.
• Develop and manage efficient workflows and processes to reduce costs while maintaining defensible documentation at all times while quickly identifying, preventing and resolving issues within legal operations projects.
• Ability to analyze complex and non-traditional data structures and apply appropriate technology and workflows to achieve legal goals.
• Advises lead attorneys and client leadership on various strategic approaches on the most effective technology solutions for creating, processing and managing electronic data to successfully manage case team requirements.
• Coordinate between case teams to select and manage service providers, budgets and invoices for eDiscovery projects to ensure vendor work is being performed in accordance with Firm specifications.
• Act as a technical advisor and conduct training on analytics, machine learning, and review tools for case teams and other firm personnel to ensure successful execution in complex litigation and investigations, leveraging available technology and best practices.
• Develop and execute on strategies for disparate data sources, including structured, unstructured, mobile, and cloud data.
• Provide support during the electronic document review process, including, assisting with the design of review workflow and logic, development of coding structure, creation of document review batches, workflow administration, ongoing quality control and desk-side support.
• Coordinate document production activities from litigation support databases, including assistance with negotiating or developing the format of production, defining the technical production criteria and workflow, executing the production activities, copying and formatting production output and running relevant quality control processes.
• Coordinate and assist in the development of simple graphics, presentations and demonstratives.
• Provide support for remote trial sites with some potential for onsite trial needs requiring travel.
• Assist with pretrial / presentation activities involving electronic data such as, building trial exhibits, witness kits and production sets.
• Maintain Case Notebook transcript databases, load new electronic transcripts and assist attorneys in querying and effectively using transcripts.
• Provide support for story development, investigation, and case analysis through the use of fact analysis technology tools.
• Provide direction to Associates and other team members on executing the team's technology plan.
• Perform other tasks, as assigned.

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Physical Demands :

Writing, typing, reading, speaking, hearing, seeing, sitting, bending, reaching, lifting up to 25 lbs.

Working Conditions :

Quiet office environment in a high-rise building and at desk the majority of the time. Senior eDiscovery Project Managers generally work in the office but may on occasion be required to work at a trial site, a client office or other alternative work location.

Direct Reports : None