eDiscovery Senior Manager

Crowe LLP•Dallas, TX

14h

About The Position

As a member of the Crowe’s Digital Forensics & Discovery (DFD) team, the DFD Senior Manager is responsible for managing the entire case lifecycle, while developing and following workflows that will lead to successful outcomes.

Requirements

3-5 years of eDiscovery or Litigation Support experience, preferably in a law firm/corporate legal department or vendor experience also considered. Sound appreciation of law firm culture and legal team demands.
Understanding of the full EDRM lifecycle, both electronic and paper discovery, and production, as well as eDiscovery Technology best practices is required.
Solid hands-on experience with eDiscovery Technology processing software, review platforms, load file creation, handling, and manipulation, and repository administration, Acrobat, FTP, and project management software needed.
Solid hands-on experience with Relativity, Everlaw, Reveal, NextLP, Brainspace, Nuix, Thomson Reuters West Case Notebook, Sanction or Trial Director, and Microsoft Office is essential.
Ability to train both one-on-one and small groups and in preparing training materials.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a senior-level eDiscovery Technology or Litigation Support role.

Nice To Haves

Everyday involvement with Early Case Assessment and Advanced Analytics a big plus. Familiarity with managed services or online hosting environments is desirable.
DFD Senior Manager will possess considerable experience with various advanced technologies such as Early Case Assessment, Advanced Analytics, Predictive Coding, Concept Clustering, and other emerging technologies are a plus.

Responsibilities

Works closely with legal teams on developing and maintaining a strategy for effectively handling data from collection through final review and production.
Responsible for building, maintaining, and troubleshooting complex eDiscovery databases, culling and analyzing data, employing Early Case Assessment and/or Advanced Analytics when appropriate, and oversees the loading of new or updated data, images, and native files for legal team review.
Manages large diverse collections of e-mails, images, and native files in combination with database management.
Strong emphasis on quality control of all work, including data from vendors and third parties.
Trains client, attorneys and paralegals when needed in the effective use of relevant eDiscovery Technology software.
A mastery of the use of eDiscovery Technology tools is expected.
Manages complete case activity involving all aspects of EDRM, case data management, document retention, production of data, and effective use of resources.
Provides advice to legal teams in the proper methods of data collection, preservation, processing, production, and retention, including attending Rule 26(f) discovery planning conferences.
Accurately observes all standard eDiscovery Technology conventions and Best Practices, such as deduplication and other methods of culling of data, and time zone management, including the application of complex search queries and criteria.
Maintains back-end server and folder structure of databases, image collections, native files, mail stores and load files
Understands and strictly maintains the confidentiality of all matters involved.