Exciting opportunity has opened for a Litigation Support Project Manager in LA. You would be the primary liaison of the Litigation Support Department to individual case teams in LA, SF and Silicon Valley offices, using litigation technologies, and assists the case team in managing litigation documents including both hardcopy documents and electronic data throughout the automation process, and advises, assists and trains case teams in the use of litigation systems.
Key Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for day-to-day tracking of litigation support projects outsourced to litigation support vendors. Works with case teams to prepare documents for processing by vendors. Ensures that all assigned outsourced projects are on schedule and coordinates between vendors, Litigation Support Manager and case teams.
• Coordinates requests for new databases and imagebases with the Litigation Support Analyst and assists team members in selecting and designing appropriate data structures.
• In depth knowledge of electronic discovery and new amendments to the
FRCP (Federal Rules of Civil Procedures).
• Coordinates production of data and modification of database structures in consultation with the Litigation Support Analyst.
• This includes searching and quality control auditing of databases and imagebases, printing reports, preparing custom reports and logs, modifying and coding data, and printing and organizing images.
• Delivers legal application and litigation database training to case teams.
• Create new Concordance, Ipro, LiveNote and Sanction databases and loads data as needed.
• Advises team members on technical issues relating to the automation project.
• Approaches new needs or problems creatively and works with team members to provide effective support and solutions.
• Provides quality customer service to case teams and clients including direct end-user support in support of the Firm’s help desk.
Qualifications include:
• Four-year college degree or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of litigation process from initial filing through trial.
• Experience with Concordance, IPRO, LiveNote, Sanction, Casemap and MS Access.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate with all levels of personnel.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task.
• Mandatory experience in managing large electronic discovery matters from inception.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.
• Flexibility to work overtime on short notice and ability to travel.
• Ability to solve problems by analyzing facts.
• Minimum of three years' experience as a Litigation Support Project Manager or Coordinator.
Physical Requirements:
The physical demands and environmental characteristics described below are representative of those that must be met by the incumbent to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.
The incumbent may be required to sit, stand and walk for extended periods of time. The incumbent may be required to climb, bend, lift, carry and kneel. Because of the volume of work performed by computer and telephone, the incumbent will spend a considerable amount of time looking at the computer monitors and using his/her hands to operate office equipment.
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 from time to time, as needed.
For immediate consideration, please send your resume to Jared Coseglia at jared@cowengroup.com For more information on how to grow your career in Litigation Support/eDiscovery visit www.cowengroup.com