Alston Discovery Staff Attorney/Discovery & Analytics Counsel
Company: USA Alston & Bird
Location: Atlanta
Posted on: October 8, 2024
Job Description:
Alston Discovery Staff Attorney/Discovery & Analytics CounselTHE
FIRMAt Alston & Bird, an international law firm, we take pride in
our work through impactful communication, collaboration, and
community involvement. Our company culture has been recognized for
Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" for 25 years in
a row. This accolade, along with many others, fosters a continuous
drive for innovation and professional development amongst our
employees. Here at Alston & Bird, we have built a foundation of
trust, consistency, and humanity that contributes to our overall
success.JOB DESCRIPTIONAn Alston Discovery Staff Attorney/Discovery
& Analytics Counsel ("Staff Attorney") is a hybrid full time
salaried position with certain HR benefits. Staff Attorneys assist
in the management and supervision of eDiscovery matters, privilege
reviews and privilege logs, transactional due diligence projects,
research projects, lease or contract reviews, and other work as
assigned. They will be responsible for team building, knowledge
sharing, and cross-training with our current project attorneys,
staff attorneys, and technology professionals to enable them to
function at a higher level. Additional information about Staff
Attorney duties is set forth below.Candidates must be licensed
attorneys in good standing in the State of Georgia and must live
and work in the State of Georgia. In evaluating candidates,
consideration will be given to (1) technical expertise with
eDiscovery review platforms, advanced analytics and technology
assisted review (TAR), contract analysis platforms, Excel
spreadsheets and other technology tools; (2) the demonstration of,
or potential for, excellent leadership, management and supervisory
skills and experience; (3) depth of experience with eDiscovery,
analytics, and other developing AI tools generally; (4) in depth
knowledge of and experience with privilege reviews and privilege
logs; and (5) the 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. The billable hours expectation for this
position will be 1,800.ESSENTIAL DUTIESThe essential duties of a
Staff Attorney may include, but are not limited to:
- 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.
- Assist in the development of protocols and workflows for the
analysis of electronic data.
- 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 (Intapp) records.
- Maintain knowledge of and adherence to the Firm's policies and
procedures, including established best practices.SKILLS NEEDED TO
BE SUCCESSFULThe skills needed to be successful will vary with the
particular matter to which a Staff Attorney is assigned but may
include:
- 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.EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Juris Doctorate degree.
- Licensed to practice law and in good standing in the State of
Georgia.EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERAlston & Bird LLP is an Equal
Opportunity Employer does not discriminate on the bases of any
status protected under federal, state, or local law. Applicants
will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion,
color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental
disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of
cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic
information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender
identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other
protected category under the law on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or
expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in
relation to our recruiting, hiring, and promoting practices.The
statements contained in this position description are not
necessarily all-inclusive, additional duties and responsibilities
may be assigned and requirements may vary from time to
time.Professional business references and a background check will
be required for all final applicants selected for a position.If you
need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability you may
contact us at trevor.barker@alston.com.
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