Staff Attorneys - For very busy and highly regarded global law firm in Washington DC.
Staff Attorneys work on teams in document review/production projects. Must be currently DC barred and have strong document review experience (at least 1 year) including QC and priv experience.
Duties: Review/analyze/categorize, and annotate and/or redact documents and other informational materials in document review database systems, or hard-copy document collections. Assist in preparation of privilege and redaction logs. As needed draft outlines/memoranda relating to fact discovery issues and findings. Assist with the review quality control and review metrics reporting processes as needed. Work with the Firm’s litigation support staff and e-discovery vendors to resolve any operational issues with the document collections, databases and review systems in use.
Position requirements:
At least one year of document review experience for an AMLAW 100 or 200 firm working on large litigation, investigation, or arbitration matters. Current good standing with the DC Bar. Excellent organizational, interpersonal skills, and a strong service orientation; excellent oral and written communication skills. Strong working knowledge of a discovery document review projects’ purpose and typical work-flows, and a thorough understanding of the rules and application of attorney-client and work product privilege. Significant experience with on-line document review systems such as Relativity, Documatrix, FTI’s Ringtail, or other similar modern document review software tools. Flexibility to work overtime as necessary.
Salary 80k plus paid OT and benefits.