Kirkland & Ellis · 5 months ago
Litigation & Practice Technology Project Manager
Houston, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$150K/yr - $180K/yr
6+ years expKirkland & Ellis is a leading law firm that emphasizes teamwork and innovative solutions in tackling complex legal challenges. They are seeking a Litigation & Practice Technology Project Manager to manage eDiscovery technical requirements, coordinate with case teams, and provide project management and consulting services related to litigation technology.
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Responsibilities
Provide hands-on support in Relativity, Brainspace and other litigation technology toolsets for a variety of requests, including: case creation; field and coding layout creation; strategic application of TAR and other analytics; advanced search design, implementation and validation; creation and support of document review and production workflows; privilege log design and management; complaint data and exhibit management
Advise on and coordinate development of key specifications (e.g., data processing and exception handling) with case teams and internal LPT Operations team. Assess and address any issues found in reporting related to data processing, exception handling or completeness of data collection
Coordinate (or perform if necessary) in-house data management activities such as data processing, loading into database applications, imaging and building production subsets
Perform final quality control and assurance on deliverables to case teams, clients and third parties
Consult with case team members on the use of customized litigation support apps and tools
Assist with analyzing and testing new versions of software
Trouble shoot escalated issues
Support the execution of special projects
Apply firm standards in both technology and practices as identified by Firm leadership and guided by an Associate Director
Support assessment and selection of eDiscovery and Managed Review providers
Assist with the management of external service providers and any required problem-solving or troubleshooting. Help identify opportunities for improved use of technology or process to gain efficiencies and meet best practices
Coordinate communications and document decisions related to technical work-streams including running project meetings, determining requirements, schedules, deliverables and quality standards
Coordinate and QC completion of work requests between case teams and Operations teams
Identify and implement process, reporting and documentation enhancements to improve service quality. Enhancements could include tracking systems, reporting templates, review workflows and development of use cases for the utilization of advanced analytics and AI
Consult on and document data identification, preservation and collection procedures
Consult on and implement the use of TAR, advance analytics and review/quality control workflow design
Assists case teams in the analysis and presentation of data trends and patterns using TAR and other advanced analytics
Contribute to departmental publications, presentations and documentation creation
Deliver training to case teams and department as required
Provide briefings to the Associate Director and Director of Litigation & Practice Technology as requested
Qualification
Required
A minimum of 3 years of hands on experience with leading eDiscovery review platforms (Relativity, DISCO, Recommind) with an emphasis on database setup, complex search construction and results validation, design of optimized review workflows including document batching
A minimum of 1 year of hands on experience with the use of TAR and other analytics (BrainSpace, NexLP) with an emphasis on the use of CAL/CMML and other techniques for deduplication, email threading, review prioritization, sampling, production quality control, privilege identification and other predictive models
A minimum of 1 year of experience supporting early case assessment steps to defensibly cull document volumes and identify potential gaps in data collections or incoming productions
General knowledge of industry standard data processing specifications, exception handling and other data assessment techniques
Advanced knowledge of Excel and other data management tools
Thorough knowledge of the litigation lifecycle and eDiscovery processes
A minimum of 3 years of experience managing multiple projects and priorities in a timely fashion, simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy, professionalism and client-service orientation
Ability to express thoughts, ideas and information in a clear and compelling manner by highlighting critical points, adjusting messaging to suit the audience, addressing questions and points from others with appropriate responses
Ability to identify problems by detecting patterns or connections, researching and analyze problems, determining alternative solutions and creating action steps to solve the problem
Ability to think and act quickly, effectively, and appropriately in a variety of situations, solving problems while balancing time, quality, cost and risk
Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-office team, building relationships, delegating working and escalating risk appropriately
'Can Do' attitude. Ability to proactively manage case team expectations, recognize needs and adapt plans accordingly
Willingness and ability to identify gaps, propose solutions and take ownership of projects
Preferred
Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA); BrainSpace Analyst Certification
Thorough understanding of the metrics and terminology used to support and explain TAR; basic knowledge of analytics related statistics measures
Experience assessing and summarizing service providers RFP responses, including pricing models
Experience consulting case teams and clients on best practices related to data identification, preservation and collection
Experience training case teams on analytics use and best practices
PMP Certification
Bachelor's Degree preferred, though a combination of associate's degree and commensurate experience will be considered
Flexibility to accommodate overtime is required at times
Benefits
Comprehensive healthcare
Paid time off
Retirement
Personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities
Company
Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis is a law firm that offers a wide range of legal assistance in labor, government, and intellectual property litigation.
5001-10000 employees
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