Staff Counsel – eDiscovery Review Manager

Freeman Mathis and Gary, LLP•Plano, TX

About The Position

The Staff Counsel - eDiscovery Review Manager provides project management and consultation on document review projects for FMG attorneys and clients. The Staff Counsel - eDiscovery Review Manager must have a strong understanding of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model and a high level of proficiency with the technologies used to increase efficiencies, drive down costs, and deliver exceptional service to our clients. The Staff Counsel - eDiscovery Review Manager must be able to effectively maintain a caseload including multiple active projects, as well as serve as the primary contact for Document Review Attorneys. The Staff Counsel - eDiscovery Review Manager will also act as a liaison between FMG and outside discovery vendors as necessary. The Staff Counsel - eDiscovery Review Manager will exhibit exemplary professional behavior while providing the appropriate level of consultation and expertise. The Staff Counsel - eDiscovery Review Manager role demonstrates a blend of technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills as well as empathy and compassion, creating a positive culture and work environment for their team, including as it relates to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Requirements

Juris Doctorate (JD) degree and valid/active state bar association admission in any US jurisdiction.
3-5 years of experience in a document review or document review management role in a law firm or managed review vendor company.
Understanding of concepts, principles, management, processing, review, analysis and production of electronically stored information (ESI) as they relate to legal matters.
Extensive experience with the administration of document review databases, including Relativity.
Familiarity with concepts and application of statistical sampling, email threading, near duplicate identification, clustering, and predictive coding.
Experienced in implementing analytics-driven methodologies, including, but not limited to, standard active learning and continuous active learning.
Experienced in leveraging structured and conceptual analytics to search, prioritize, and organize data.
Proficient with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and the use of formulas, pivot tables, and basic formatting.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including experience leading conference calls and meetings with colleagues and clients.
Excellent issue spotting and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Willingness to go above and beyond client expectations.

Responsibilities

Serve as primary point of contact for document review projects.
Conduct project design meetings and consult with attorneys on the development and implementation of efficient and effective workflows.
Determine and manage expectations regarding deliverables and timeframes.
Draft workflow protocols and substantive training guidelines in partnership with case team.
Implement workflows within various document review platforms, including the creation of batch sets, fields, choices, layouts, views, rules, security, persistent highlighting sets, and search term reports.
Leverage the appropriate technology to improve productivity and accuracy, including the use of structured and conceptual analytics such as email threading, near-duplicate identification, and clustering.
Consult on application of artificial intelligence to identify documents for review and managing review teams whose review will be used to build algorithms and models.
Execute quality control and quality assurance best practices
Communicate and document substantive issues to the case team as they arise.
Monitor and report on overall progress, productivity, and accuracy of the project
Lead and motivate review teams, including lawyers and non-lawyers.
Train users on the use of document review platforms, including best practices for compliant productions.
Coordinate case team quality control with review teams and clients.
Generate and deliver additional deliverables such as privilege logs.
Assist Document Review attorneys with review as needed.