Freeman Mathis & Gary is a dynamic and growing 350+ lawyer national litigation firm, with thirty-seven offices in twenty-one states. We are seeking an eDiscovery Attorney to join our growing Atlanta, Georgia office.
The eDiscovery Attorney assumes 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, training and supervision of our current e-discovery technicians, and technology professionals to enable them to function at a higher level. They will be responsible for maximizing revenue from the eDiscovery Function. They will also be responsible for training of other legal professionals in the firm on eDiscovery subjects.
The following set of success factors describe the characteristics of those who are successful in our Firm:
• Helpful, Congenial, Personable, Positive
• Unpretentious, Approachable, Respectful, Team Oriented
• Accountable, Takes Ownership, Corrects Mistakes
• Organized, Timely, Confidential, Responsive (within 24 hours)
Essential Job Functions:
- Team building, knowledge sharing, and training and supervision of our current e-discovery technicians, and technology professionals.
- Work with Finance and Accounting to maximize billing and profit of the firm’s eDiscovery function.
- Training of other legal professionals on e-discovery related subjects.
- Coordinate with 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.
- 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.
- Assists with special projects and additional duties as assigned.
Education, Experience, and Skills:
- Juris Doctorate degree.
- Licensed to practice law and in good standing.
- Skilled in software tools, such as Excel, iManage 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 legal professionals in discovery and production of documents and data in general commercial and financial litigation, insurance matters, product liability litigation, health care matters.
- Ability to track, evaluate, and provide feedback designed to improve performance of e-discovery professionals.
- 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 effectively express yourself, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to establish effective working relationships throughout the Firm and with the Firm’s clients.
What we offer you
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision
- HSA and FSA plans available for employees and dependents
- Work-life balance
- 401K plan
- Firm paid life insurance and long-term disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- Year-end bonuses and referral fee programs
EEO Statement
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP (FMG) is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees by maintaining a workplace free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or other protected group status as provided by law. FMG complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Employment dependent on successful completion of a background check and drug screen.
