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Alston & Bird · 5 months ago

Alston Discovery Staff Attorney/Discovery & Analytics Consultant

Atlanta

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$0/yr - $200K/yr

Alston & Bird is a leading international law firm dedicated to excellence through impactful communication and collaboration. The Staff Attorney/Discovery & Analytics Consultant will manage eDiscovery matters, conduct privilege reviews, and supervise various legal projects while fostering teamwork and knowledge sharing within the firm.

LegalProfessional Services

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Assume primary attorney responsibility (“ownership”) for Alston Discovery projects

Create and revise project estimates

Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with associates and partners on a consistent basis

Participate in Alston Discovery business development and marketing efforts

Regularly and consistently have meaningful involvement in client conferences and meet and confers

Create, revise and implement best practices guidelines, protocols, workflows and templates for the analysis and production of electronic data

Work with case teams and clients on drafting and implementation of legal hold memos and ESI orders

Lead Relativity trainings for project attorneys, staff attorneys and other firm lawyers

Draft, create and report defensibility memorandum and after-action reports, and de-briefings with case team and technology professionals

Team building, knowledge sharing, and cross-training of project attorneys, other staff attorneys, technology professionals, and client teams

Coordinate with Alston Discovery leadership and with internal and external client teams

Manage and supervise complex document reviews, contract analysis, analytics projects, and other projects

Develop and maintain primary responsibility with case teams for non-review special projects (such as research, surveys and contract analysis) that demonstrates in-depth substantive knowledge in a specific legal area or client business

Oversee and work collaboratively with our Legal Technology & Consulting Services team on design and implementation of Alston Analytics projects

Perform 2nd tier review or quality control on a document review

Perform and supervise privilege reviews

Assist client teams in the development of witness files, timelines, chronologies, deposition and trial outlines and memoranda

Create, revise and update document decision and privilege logs

Preserve confidentiality of client matters

Maintain current and accurate time entry records

Maintain knowledge of and adherence to the Firm’s policies and procedures, including established best practices

Qualification

EDiscovery review platformsAI toolsAdvanced analyticsContract analysisRelativity certificationsLegal analysisProject management toolsSupervisory skillsTeam buildingCommunication skillsFlexibility

Required

Candidates must be licensed attorneys in good standing in the state in which they live and work

Technical expertise with eDiscovery review platforms, AI tools, advanced analytics and technology assisted review (TAR), contract analysis platforms, Excel spreadsheets and other technology tools

Demonstration of, or potential for, excellent leadership, management and supervisory skills and experience

Depth of experience with eDiscovery, analytics, and other developing AI tools generally

In depth knowledge of and experience with privilege reviews and privilege logs

Ability to effectively work and interact with lawyers at the Firm and our clients and serve as a representative of the Firm's legal team

Juris Doctorate degree

Licensed to practice law and in good standing in the state in which they live and work

Preferred

Advanced Relativity certifications

Skilled in software tools, such as Heretic, Excel, etc

Superior legal analysis skills

Significant experience applying state-of-the-art litigation technology, advanced analytics, and project management tools

Ability to effectively supervise and manage numerous attorneys in discovery and production of documents and data in general commercial and financial litigation, insurance matters, product liability litigation, health care matters, IP litigation, and government investigations

Ability to track, evaluate, and provide feedback designed to improve performance of project attorneys and staff attorneys

Ability to manage e-discovery requests in response to subpoenas, requests for production of documents, and all other forms of discovery

Ability to train new attorneys on privilege, confidentiality, and e-discovery policies and procedures

Ability to supervise and manage foreign language document reviews on behalf of various clients in Europe and Asia

Ability to effectively express yourself, both orally and in writing

Ability to establish effective working relationships throughout the Firm and with the Firm's clients

Ability to be responsive and flexible to the immediate requests for assistance that are inherent in the nature of Alston Discovery

Company

Alston & Bird

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Alston & Bird LLP is a law firm providing legal services in Intellectual property issues, and most prominently patent rights.

Founded in 1893

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.alston.com/

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