We are working with an elite, national law firm seeking a Senior Staff Attorney to join its litigation team. The Senior Staff Attorney will provide strategic design, consultation, and management of projects involving large scale discovery and fact development, including, but not limited to the following: document collection, review, and production with an emphasis on electronically stored information issues. The Senior Staff Attorney will use technological acumen and expertise in major industry tools to perform skilled fact investigations, conduct discovery, and aid trial preparation. This individual will also exercise decisiveness and judgment to lead on strategic issues and resolve inevitable crises. The successful candidate will, in addition, bring to bear upon the analysis of documents for responsiveness, privilege designations, and confidentiality designations a wealth of experience with protocols and workflow. The Senior Staff Attorney may be expected to participate on trial teams.
Salary is expected to be within the $176,000-$230,000 range. The position is available remotely in Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Washington, DC. A California license is required; Benefits information is available from the employer.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Note: This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work to be performed by the attorney hired for this job. It is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for this job classification.
- Manage large case organization, as well as early case assessment strategy and plan.
- Create, track and report on cost estimates and case budget.
- Assist case team with legal hold/preservation issues, the meet and confer process, and protective orders.
- Design and implement the document collection and review plan.
- Design and implement document production planning, including the form of production.
- Lead review and production teams.
- Design and lead privilege processes, including review, logs, and claw backs.
- Collaborate and assist the case team with pleadings, motions, and written discovery.
- Lead the deposition and witness preparation support process.
- Lead the fact development and trial preparation support processes.
- Lead trial support and compliance support teams.
- Respond to work requests from LPS management on a variety of issues and special projects, including training and professional development, staff performance, prompt and complete timekeeping, and program improvements.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- J.D. degree from a major, accredited law school
- Admission to the California Bar in active status and in good standing is required.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Relativity, Case Dynamics, CaseMap, and Case Notebook
- Flexibility to work long hours and travel on short notice on behalf of the firm
- A minimum of 10 years of complex litigation experience in a law firm, from case inception through trial, or the equivalent, with an emphasis on discovery project management
- Ability to manage a project team to achieve objectives
- Strong organizational, reasoning, and research skills; creativity; attention to detail; and initiative
- Ability to articulate case (project) goals, objectives, deliverables, costs, and deadlines, as well as to identify tasks and resources and make the schedule needed to achieve objectives
- Ability successfully to manage, organize, and prioritize multiple projects, using judgment and stakeholder input to meet time-sensitive deadlines
- Ability to delegate work and monitor its execution by other independent individuals assigned to the same case or project, over whom no formal authority exists
- Ability to interact effectively and professionally with all levels of the organization as well as external stakeholders such as vendors and clients
- Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism, composure, and leadership in challenging circumstances
- High level of expertise in privilege practices and process
- High level of expertise in major industry tools such as Relativity
- Proficient with fact investigations, knowledge management, and trial preparation tools
WORKING CONDITIONS
- The job demands writing, typing, reading, speaking, hearing, seeing, sitting, bending, reaching, and lifting up to twenty-five (25) lbs. The attorney hired will be seated the majority of the time.
- The firm offers a quiet office environment in a high-rise building.
ABOUT THE FIRM
The firm has been consistently ranked on The American Lawyer’s A-List since its inception in 2004, taking the top spot for nine years. The firm strives to hire only the most qualified and creative lawyers. Its leadership believes that judicial clerkships provide valuable experience. About eighty percent (80%) of the firm’s attorneys served as law clerks to federal or state court judges; and sixteen attorneys were clerks to U.S. Supreme Court Justices. The firm recruits and retains the best professional talent to support its attorneys, stressing service and excellence. The firm has a full spectrum of functional positions including positions in Information Technology, Information Security, Accounting, Human Resources, Legal Support, and Marketing.
The firm is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles (for example, braids, locks, and twists), color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, marital or domestic partner status, parental or family care status, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, disability or medical condition, genetic characteristic, political affiliation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. The firm categorically prohibits discrimination, unlawful harassment (including sexual harassment), and retaliation.
APPLYING FOR THE JOB
Candidates may apply to this position on LinkedIn, on the Hire Counsel website, or by direct e-mail to dadler@hirecounsel.com. We at Hire Counsel cannot promise that a particular candidate will get the job or an interview, but we can promise that we will review all submitted resumes.
About Hire Counsel
Hire Counsel is an agile legal talent agency. We build connections between legal professionals and our clients, some of the nation's largest law firms and legal departments (and some of the smallest). By connecting good lawyers with our clients, we help attorneys find a permanent home. We also provide individuals with the option to work on contract (temporary) assignments to aid their stability as they proceed with their job searches. Hire Counsel holds all resumes in the strictest confidence.
