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Director of Litigation Support
Job Description
RESPONSIBILITIES
Job Description
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage global LS program and team of ~7 project managers and discovery engineers
- Coordinate effectively with eDiscovery review attorneys and attorney managers
- Develop, implement and refine strategic plans and best practices for providing effective case management services to the firm’s clients;
- Develop, implement and refine best practices and roles for all phases of LS including planning, budgeting, data management and reporting tools
- Identify, implement and refine relevant technology and workflow steps to effectively support the Litigation Department and related practice groups involved in data-intensive projects; recommend and advocate for practices and systems that are consistent across offices and in line with the business goals of the firm, LS and eDiscovery strategic plans
- Manage internal technology infrastructure and provider relationships to support litigation and eDiscovery tasks
- Interface with outside counsel law firms, clients, and external service providers to streamline data collection/filtering/processing/hosting/producing and maintain master repository of case-related activities and deliverables
- Maintain appropriate chain of custody and other documentation throughout the lifecycle of matters in accordance with accepted protocols
- Participate actively in ongoing litigation support operations, including, as needed, data processing, search and analysis, migrations, cataloging, productions, etc.
- Develop and provide training for case teams on litigation support and eDiscovery tools and technology
- Monitor and research emerging litigation support and eDiscovery technology tools and processes in accordance with best practices
- Provide technical and strategic litigation support and eDiscovery guidance to case teams, outside counsel, discovery stakeholders, and cross-functional partners
- Oversee litigation support technology vendors and tools, and relationships with internal information technology, data security, applications development and other relevant functional groups
- Manage confidential information with professionalism and unquestionable integrity, and collaborate to ensure proactive and robust data security
- Communicate, market, and promote the firm's LS services and products; maintain and support the firm's market-leading eDiscovery reputation; identify and pursue relevant market opportunities
- Maintain firm established billable rates and pricing structures
- Develop and manage annual department budget
- Bachelor’s degree required; JD preferred
- BA/BS in Computer Science, Math, Business, or other technical field preferred
- 10 years of experience in a litigation support/forensics role within a corporate, law firm, government agency, or consulting environment with experience leading teams across multiple offices required, including:
- Experience supervising and leading litigation technology teams
- Experience with document preservation and collection from common corporate platforms and cloud-based repositories
- Experience with LS technologies for data processing, analyzing, and review
- Experience working cross-functionally and communicating technical content to non-technical and non-legal audiences
- Experience evaluating, contracting, and supervising LS and eDiscovery technology vendors
- Direct experience with MindsEye/TunnelVision (Reveal), Opus2, Axcelerate, ReadySuite, Concordance, SQL preferred
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