Job Description
eDiscovery & Information Governance Counsel fully remote role for prominent law firm client. Ideal candidates have a minimum of five years of experience leading eDiscovery workstreams in complex litigation and investigations in a client facing role.
Duties: Manage discovery-focused workstreams, draft sophisticated written work product, and help teams execute efficient, defensible solutions. Draft and review discovery and governance work product, including legal memoranda, correspondence, protective orders, ESI agreements, motions, playbook components, and defensibility memoranda. Prepare outlines and talking points for client meetings, custodian interviews, meet-and-confers, and motion hearings. Coordinate with merits counsel, co-counsel, and experts; support expert task/matter management and preparation for oral testimony as needed. Coach and mentor junior team members.
Position Requirements: J.D. and current/active U.S. bar admission. Must have a least five years of experience managing eDiscovery in complex litigation and investigations. Excellent legal writing and research skills. Experience drafting complex discovery documents and memoranda. Project management and client-facing experience. Experience with litigation support tools. Flexibility for international travel. Experience advising on information governance and/or data privacy issues in the litigation/investigation context is ideal. Salary Range-$232k to $285k.