eDiscovery Project Manager

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The eDiscovery Project Manager is assigned to litigation matters and is responsible for oversight of the eDiscovery process within each assignment. This individual collaborates regularly with attorneys, paralegals, clients, eDiscovery vendors, and other members of the firm across offices to manage work on multiple matters simultaneously.

The eDiscovery Project Manager will maintain a billable hours target of 1,000 hours.

What You Will Do:

Under the direction and supervision of the firm’s eDiscovery Partner, Counsel and Director, the eDiscovery Project Manager will:

• Collaborate with case team to evaluate eDiscovery project needs and develop a comprehensive eDiscovery project plan.

• Monitor project progress and advise on adjustments to eDiscovery project plan to ensure project milestones are met.

• Identify potential risks to project success and mitigate those risks.

• Leverage technology to create efficiencies and cost savings on each matter.

• Maintain project tracker and ensure all steps in the eDiscovery process are documented.

• Use RelativityOne to process, analyze, search, thread, batch, review and produce documents.

• Provide guidance and training to case teams on eDiscovery software.

• Analyze and report on all incoming data from client and external parties.

• Review and edit document review protocols to ensure compliance with Goodwin’s eDiscovery best practices.

• Monitor document review progress and assess potential issues with cost or quality of the document review.

• Assist in the creation of privilege logs.

• Serve as primary liaison between case team and eDiscovery vendor.

• Work with vendors to obtain eDiscovery project bids.

• Work with case teams to evaluate vendor bids and select the best vendor for each project.

• Lead matter kickoff call with case team and vendor and participate in all vendor meetings thereafter.

• Perform detailed quality control checks on all vendor work, including all searches and document productions.

• Monitor eDiscovery spend versus budget and regularly communicate with case teams regarding any anticipated budget overages.

• Timely escalate project management issues and proactively implement steps to mitigate project delays.

• At the end of each matter, assist case team in evaluating database decommissions options and ensure database is properly decommissioned in accordance with Goodwin’s eDiscovery Playbook.

• Advise on improvements to Goodwin’s eDiscovery playbook.

• Maintain knowledge of various litigation support and document review tools/updates.

• Maintain current knowledge of industry standards and procedures.

Who You Are:

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Over 5 years of experience in eDiscovery.

• Prior eDiscovery role in an AmLaw 100 law firm is preferred.

Technical Skills:

• Thorough understanding of the electronic discovery process.

• Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA) certification required; Relativity Analytics Specialist certification is a plus.

• Brainspace Analyst Certification required; additional Brainspace certifications are preferred.

• Familiarity with other eDiscovery applications like Nuix, Reveal, DISCO, etc. is preferred.

• Advanced skills in database searching, data analytics, and technology-assisted review (TAR).

• Proficiency in Adobe and Excel.

Experience:

• Proven experience working with eDiscovery vendors on pricing, budgets, and project management.

• Experience designing workflows to facilitate ESI review.

• Proficiency in processing, searching, threading, reviewing, and producing data in RelativityOne.

• Experience handling large cases, including docume