Senior Counsel - Litigation - Assistant Vice President
On-siteNewark, Delaware, United States
Job Summary
Conduct end-to-end eDiscovery operations by managing the identification, preservation, collection, and production of data across electronic, voice, and structured sources. Coordinate the discovery lifecycle among internal attorneys, outside counsel, vendors, and IT partners while overseeing project milestones, budgets, and custodian scoping. Act as a liaison between the eDiscovery team and global data centers to fulfill requests with appropriate chain-of-custody documentation. Facilitate document flow through workstreams and support continuous improvement of operational processes. Draft process management documentation and utilize data-driven problem solving to escalate delivery impediments. Manage multiple workstreams with shifting priorities in a secure environment handling sensitive data.
Required Qualifications
- Law School Graduate / J.D. from an accredited law school
- Attorney must be licensed to practice law and a member in good standing in the state/jurisdiction in which the position is based or otherwise in compliance with the in-house counsel registration rules of that state/jurisdiction
- Minimum 5+ years of discovery experience at a financial services provider, consulting firm, discovery vendor, or top-tier law firm, with cross-EDRM hands-on and advisory experience
- Understanding of firm change management processes and procedures (SDLC, etc.) and experience working in a secure environment with sensitive data, including PII
- Familiarity with Electronically Stored Information ESI investigation procedures, preservation, disposition, recovery, and analysis of data from a variety of electronic communication, voice, and unstructured systems (e.g., M365 Purview, MS Exchange, Connected Archive, Lotus Notes, Robocopy, OnTrack, Hard Drives, Ascent, Digital Safe, NICE, Cisco, SharePoint), backup tape infrastructure (ArcServe, TSM, TDP, NetBackup), structured data systems, databases and/or EDRM (eDiscovery Reference Model),...
- Project Management, ITIL, ACEDS, PMP background
- Familiarity with, knowledge of, or understanding of legal chain-of-custody requirements, regulatory processes, and basic Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- Self-motivated, highly flexible, organized, and team-oriented, with the ability to track multiple workstreams and manage confidential and/or sensitive, time-critical, and competing priorities and projects. Comfortable responding to shifting priorities and working independently with minimal supervision
- All candidates for roles in the Legal department must successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment
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