Alston Discovery Staff Attorney/Review Manager

Alston & Bird•Atlanta, GA

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Alston Discovery Staff Attorney is a hybrid full-time salaried position with certain HR benefits. Staff Attorneys assist in the management and supervision of eDiscovery matters, privilege reviews and privilege logs, transactional due diligence projects, research projects, lease or contract reviews, and other work as assigned. Candidates must be licensed attorneys in good standing in the state in which they live and work. In evaluating candidates, consideration will be given to technical expertise with eDiscovery review platforms, advanced analytics and technology assisted review (TAR), Excel spreadsheets and other technology tools; the demonstration of, or potential for, excellent leadership, management and supervisory skills and experience; depth of experience with eDiscovery generally and with Alston Discovery specifically; in-depth knowledge of and experience with privilege reviews and privilege logs; specialized legal skills or a substantive background in the work of a particular practice group or client that has an ongoing need for assistance at the Staff Attorney level; and the ability to effectively work and interact with lawyers at the Firm and our clients and serve as a representative of the Firm’s legal team. The billable hours expectation for this position will be 1,800.

Requirements

Licensed attorneys in good standing in the state in which they live and work.
Technical expertise with eDiscovery review platforms, advanced analytics and technology assisted review (TAR), Excel spreadsheets and other technology tools.
Demonstration of, or potential for, excellent leadership, management and supervisory skills and experience.
Depth of experience with eDiscovery generally and with Alston Discovery specifically.
In-depth knowledge of and experience with privilege reviews and privilege logs.
Specialized legal skills or a substantive background in the work of a particular practice group or client that has an ongoing need for assistance at the Staff Attorney level.
Ability to effectively work and interact with lawyers at the Firm and our clients and serve as a representative of the Firm’s legal team.
Superior legal analysis skills.
Significant experience applying state-of-the-art litigation technology, advanced analytics, and project management tools.
Ability to effectively supervise and manage numerous attorneys in discovery and production of documents and data in general commercial and financial litigation, insurance matters, product liability litigation, health care matters, IP litigation, and government investigations.
Ability to track, evaluate, and provide feedback designed to improve performance of Project Attorneys.
Ability to manage e-discovery requests in response to subpoenas, requests for production of documents, and all other forms of discovery.
Ability to train new attorneys on privilege, confidentiality, and e-discovery policies and procedures.
Ability to supervise and manage foreign language document reviews on behalf of various clients in Europe and Asia.
Ability to effectively express yourself, both orally and in writing.
Ability to establish effective working relationships throughout the Firm and with the Firm’s clients.
Ability to be responsive and flexible to the immediate requests for assistance that are inherent in the nature of Alston Discovery.
Juris Doctorate degree.

Responsibilities

Coordinate with Alston Discovery leadership and with internal and external Client Teams.
Assist in the development of protocols and workflows for the analysis of electronic data.
Manage and supervise complex document reviews, legal research and analysis, and other projects.
Perform 2nd tier review or quality control on a document review.
Perform and supervise privilege reviews.
Assist client teams in the development of witness files, timelines, chronologies, deposition and trial outlines and memoranda.
Create, revise and update document decision and privilege logs.
Preserve confidentiality of client matters.
Maintain current and accurate time entry records.
Maintain knowledge of and adherence to the Firm’s policies and procedures, including established best practices.