eDiscovery and Practice Support Consultant

Summary

The eDiscovery and Practice Support Consultant reports to the Director of eDiscovery and Practice Support. This position will help manage electronic litigation projects and may provide trial support as needed.

Please submit your application by no later than 45 days following the posted date. Applications received after this date may not be consider

Required Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Two years of litigation support/e-discovery project management or consulting experience.
• Two years of experience managing data and workflows within Relativity.
• Two years of experience processing data and familiarity with Relativity Processing.
• Strong computer skills required with Microsoft Office, as well as with document management systems such as iManage.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred Education & Experience

• Law firm experience preferred.
• Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA) preferred.
• Advanced data analytics experience preferred.
• Project management certifications (PMP, for example) preferred.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Litigation Support (90%)
  
  
  
  • Manage litigation support and e-discovery projects in coordination with legal teams and other stakeholders.
  • Advise legal teams and stakeholders on litigation support/e-discovery best practices.
  • Prepare and manage data using industry-standard programs such as Relativity, TrialDirector, Opus2, among other tools.
  • Advise on appropriate data collection methodologies.
  • Troubleshoot and manipulate data sets to achieve objectives or solve problems.
  • Provide end-user training for litigation support software.
  
  
  
  
• General and Administrative (10%)
  
  
  
  • Update and maintain project management applications as required.
  • Manage vendors and advise legal teams and department management on product quality and schedules.
  • Participate in ongoing process improvement assessments and initiatives.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  
  
  

Competencies

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated with excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Highly professional with a strong customer service orientation, commitment to meeting deadlines, and ability to multitask in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Strong professional, independent thinking skills with strength in problem solving and the ability to offer constructive opinions and creative solutions.
• A team player who motivates and educates other team members.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the position.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Travel

Very limited travel is expected for this position.

Work Environment & Physical Demands

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. While performing the responsibilities of the position, these work environment characteristics are representative of the environment the person in this position will encounter. While performing the duties of this job, the employee will work in a professional, fast paced office environment that may require additional hours to complete work.

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. If an employee is unable to perform the essential functions of the position, Stinson LLP will evaluate whether a reasonable accommodation can be made to enable the employee to perform the described essential functions of the position. Generally, due to the nature of this office position, while performing the responsibilities of the position, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Vision abilities required by the job include close vision.

EEO Statement

Stinson LLP is an equal employment opportunity (EEO) employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran, disabled, and other diverse candidates to apply to be considered for open positions. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package. We conduct criminal background checks on all individuals offered employment. Information gathered through applicant voluntary self-identification will be used for statistical reporting and to measure the effectiveness of our EEO outreach efforts. All information is requested on a voluntary basis and will be kept confidential. We will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.