Project Manager, eDiscovery Staffing

Lighthouse Document Technologies Inc• Remote, Remote, US, Remote

23h•$84,934 - $112,538•Onsite

About The Position

As the eDiscovery Staffing Project Manager, you will work closely with the Lighthouse Client Services team, Account Management, Client Success, Spectra team, other Lighthouse teams such as Information Governance, Digital Forensics, Review Management, etc., client, and client’s vendors to achieve objectives. This role involves contributing to the delivery of solutions to meet client needs, ensuring clients are aware of Lighthouse’s products and services, and managing litigations and investigations. You will provide consultative guidance, interact effectively with clients and legal personnel, assess metrics and quality steps for discovery, and assist in refining workflow requirements and implementing technical discovery solutions. The role also includes executing work in Relativity, serving as a go-to resource for client legal teams, tracking document collections, reviews, and productions, assembling and quality checking exhibits, creating and modifying searches in Relativity, performing quality control checks on processed data, and learning database creation and management. Additionally, you will create and maintain coding panels, assist with eDiscovery data manipulation, and manage trial technology projects.

Requirements

BA or BS Degree required.
Minimum of two years’ experience in a paralegal role within an AMLAW 200 law firm or other legal service environment.
Highly developed understanding of the litigation process.
Experience with electronic evidence, large-scale printing, and document repositories.
Working knowledge and experience using various litigation support applications, including Relativity, Catalyst and Case Notebook.
Understanding of common production specifications including load files, metadata requirements, and image/native formats
Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and other business productivity applications.
Willingness to work additional hours and help others with deadline intensive projects.
Willingness to occasionally travel, as needed, to other offices and trial sites.
Expertise across the full scope of the EDRM including an understanding of eDiscovery related technologies (e.g. EnCase, iPro, Nuix, Relativity, Brainspace)
Experience with eDiscovery tasks such as data collection, eDiscovery data processing and production, support for document review etc.
Extensive Relativity experience, including analytics for document review and investigation
Ability to work with vendors, customers, and internal team to evaluate new technology to address customer’s business needs and risks
Ability to educate customers, colleagues, and management on best practices
Strong analytical and logical skills
Strong client empathy and ability to build relationships with clients
Outstanding organizational skills and the ability to multitask

Nice To Haves

Paralegal certificate or eDiscovery certificate a plus.

Responsibilities

Contributing to the delivery of solutions to meet the client’s needs
Ensuring the clients are aware of and informed about the breadth of Lighthouse’s products and services promoting expansion when appropriate
Managing litigations and investigations and providing consultative guidance as needed.
Able to interact effectively and professionally with clients at all levels of personnel, including attorneys, co-workers, management, and support staff.
Helping to assess metrics, and quality steps for discovery
Assisting to refine workflow requirements, , and to implement technical discovery solutions
Executing work for the client in and Relativity to facilitate cases and investigations moving forward
Serving as a key go-to resource for the client’s in-house legal teams for day-to-day task execution across the myriad of supported departments
Track, maintain and help to coordinate paper and electronic document collections, reviews and productions, and client files, including corporate minute books, board books and stock records. Calendar and maintain deadline-driven documents and filings.
Assemble and provide quality checks on exhibits and appendices for court filings and/or hearings, depositions and trials. Utilize Adobe to assist and prepare e-binders and hard copy binders for case teams.
Create and modify searches in Relativity to efficiently identify relevant documents for case team review.
Perform quality control checks on processed data and productions, ensuring compliance with production specifications and applicable agreements.
Willingness to learn database creation, management (creating user accounts, granting access) and data import and export.
Create and maintain coding panels, issue tags, and custom fields in document review platforms to support efficient attorney review workflows.
Assist with ediscovery data manipulation/conversion, imaging, electronic document production preparation, and trial technology project management.