Current Staff Openings

Responsibilities

This position will:

• Provide direct supervision of staff and staff attorneys performing discovery tasks, including direction of work assignments from Attorney Workflow Committee and other sources.
• Consult with legal teams to identify best practices and establish processes for the identification, preservation, collection, analysis, processing, review, and presentation of electronic discovery materials.
• Deliver training and keep current in the area of practice support technology. Provide guidance to attorneys and paralegals regarding the use of technology to improve efficiency.
• Standardize and manage outside electronic discovery vendors.
• Be a thought leader on issues of litigation support and electronic discovery and be an internal advocate for the use of technology in all phases of document collection and processing inside and out of litigation. Serve the public face of the Firm’s litigation support capabilities.
• Build litigation support and eDiscovery capabilities within the Firm to increase the revenue and profitability of the Firm’s litigation support operations.

This position requires knowledge of the litigation process with a strong understanding of the use of technology to support the efforts of the legal team, with special emphasis on electronic discovery, document production, document management, and trial preparation and automation.

Perform the following tasks and/or supervise others performing these tasks:

Practice Technology Support and Guidance

• Advise attorneys, paralegals, and other personnel in all offices in using automated litigation support tools for the preparation of litigation and regulatory matters and trial, mediation, and arbitration.
• Advocate for legal project management best practices, including scoping, budgeting, progress reporting, team and client communication, and efficiency (including the application of technology and alternative staffing).
• Provide and/or oversee hands-on support in Casepoint, Relativity, and other litigation technology toolsets for various requests, including database customization, data processing, advanced search design, creation and support of document review batching and production workflows, privilege log design, and management.
• Apply firm standards in technology and practices as identified by Firm leadership and guided by the Chief Information Officer.
• Direct, consult, and assist personnel firm-wide with electronic data management, file formatting, electronic discovery, document indexing, data conversion, design and prepare trial materials, and other technological aspects of litigation support.
• Consult on the design of managed review projects and supporting workflows, including the best use of technology and process.
• Coordinate review team onboarding, training, and management, including drafting review protocols and other guidance. In coordination with firm attorneys, provide review teams substantive feedback on performance and provide re-training where needed.
• Support the execution of special projects.
• Serve as a member of the firm’s Technology and Innovation Committee.
• Advise and assist Litigation Practice Group chairs on issues of litigation support, including proposals.
• Manage data storage for client cases; work with attorneys and IT department regarding database storage requirements and legal aspects of document retention.
• Keep current on practice group automation needs; participate in practice group meetings.
• Strive to meet a benchmark of 1200+ client billable hours per year.
• Other duties as assigned.

Coordination with Firm Departments and Outside Vendors

• Coordinate projects with team members, internal customers, external clients, and vendors.
• Plan with the Chief Information Officer to purchase and implement the required software and training to properly support the litigation practice and other practice groups.
• Collaborate with the IT department to ensure database integrity, security, and availability. Work with IT department to diagnose and correct system and software problems.
• Maintain relationships with litigation support vendors, including management of projects and deadlines and communication of requirements and deadlines. Manage large volumes of data and proper archival/deletion process of data.
• Manage project setup, scanning, coding, OCRing, and electronic conversion of documents with outside vendors. Prepare guidelines for outsourced vendors.
• Perform or oversee internal production functions such as scanning, OCRing, and electronic conversion.
• Ensure that client and firm events requiring multiple integrated resources, such as trials and hearings, receive appropriate support; coordinate with IT or external vendor resources to support events.

Training

• Provide software and case-specific training and support on using Practice Support tools (e.g., Casepoint, Relativity, CaseMap, TextMap, TimeMap, and TrialDirector) and web-hosted review platforms.
• Develop Practice Support training programs for attorneys and staff.
• Prepare and circulate tips/features or updates for litigation software.
• Train paralegals and staff attorneys in litigation support and eDiscovery platforms, practices, and tactics with the goal of providing sufficient depth of knowledge to each paralegal to provide succession and coverage for litigation support analysts.
• Maintain a high level of knowledge of relevant software and technology and promote recognition of position as an effective “go to” person for assistance.
• Keep current and continually develop depth in relevant software and technology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Juris Doctorate preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years experience in electronic discovery, litigation automation, and case management.
• A minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with the use of TAR and other analytics (Brainspace, NexLP) with an emphasis on the use of CAL/CMML and other techniques for deduplication, email threading, review prioritization, sampling, production quality control, privilege identification, and other predictive models.
• Thorough knowledge of the litigation lifecycle and eDiscovery processes.
• Ability to effectively liaise with multiple case teams, clients, litigation support teams, document review services and vendors, to define the project’s scope, goals and objectives, and develop efficient plans for achieving these tasks.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office and other products (e.g., TrialDirector, Relativity, CaseMap, TextMap, Casepoint, and other web-based review tools).
• Ability to identify problems by detecting patterns or connections, researching and analyzing problems, determining alternative solutions, and creating action steps to solve the problem.
• Ability to think and act quickly, effectively, and appropriately in a variety of situations, solving problems while balancing time, quality, cost, and risk.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-office team, building relationships, delegating work, and escalating risk appropriately.
• ‘Can Do’ attitude. Ability to proactively manage case team expectations, recognize needs, and adapt plans accordingly.
• Willingness and ability to identify gaps, propose solutions, and take ownership of projects.
• Demonstrable verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work under stress.
• Ability to explain technical issues to non-technical audience.
• Ability to work extended hours when required.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular person. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities, as needed.

To apply, please send your resume to David Carns, Chief Technology Officer.

B&D is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by local, state, or federal law.