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Staff Attorney – Project Manager
| Company | Munger, Tolles, & Olsen |
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| Location | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $130000 – $160000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | JD |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- J.D. degree from a major, accredited law school.
- Admitted to the CA bar, active and in good standing.
- A minimum of 5 years of complex litigation experience in a law firm, or equivalent emphasizing discovery project management.
- Experience in discovery project design, implementation, supervision, budgeting and quality control.
- Substantial experience in all aspects of litigation project management including litigation holds, early fact development and case assessment, collection, processing, culling strategies, document review, production and privilege logging.
- Ability to articulate case (project) goals, objectives, deliverables, costs and deadlines; identify tasks, resources and schedule need to achieve objectives.
- Fluency in the technical language of desktop and enterprise business information systems.
- Strong organizational, reasoning and research skills; creativity; strong written and verbal communication abilities; good judgment; attention to detail; and initiative.
- Flexibility, composure and the ability to prioritize and handle many urgent tasks and requests simultaneously with a high level of competence and accuracy; the ability to remain composed and professional under stressful circumstances; sensitivity to ethical and confidentiality requirements; strong customer service skills.
- Team work, team-building and leadership experience.
- Ability to work with little supervision, demonstrating initiative and sound judgment in seeking work, managing work load and in formulating and recommending projects or alternative ways to complete projects that will benefit the case/client.
Responsibilities
- Select and implement strategy and design discovery solutions for firm matters.
- Manage projects, track and report on costs and progress.
- Assist case team with custodian interviews.
- Interact with and manage outside vendors.
- Lead teams of MTO and leased reviewers as necessary.
- Mastery and implementation of MTO’s best discovery practices.
- 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.
- Lead trial preparation support processes.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
