About this role
Job title: Legal Specialist III
About the Role Reporting to the Senior Litigation Director, this role is responsible for supporting litigation matters, including legal hold processes, litigation budget forecasting, and eDiscovery vendor processing. The role assists in managing litigation obligations and assessing legal risk in the deployment, application, and management of enterprise legal technology. This individual will actively collaborate with members of the global Legal, IT, and HR organizations to build litigation risk prevention solutions that identify and preserve data required for litigation discovery. The role will also regularly partner with business organizations and legal functional areas, including the Senior Managing Counsel, Information Technology, Global Supply Management, and Global Information Security, in support of litigation risk management activities. This role requires an in-depth understanding of the litigation lifecycle, litigation technology, eDiscovery best practices, legal hold, and eDiscovery vendor management. The individual should also be prepared to perform independent enterprise IT data analysis for legal hold audit and compliance purposes.
What You'll Do
- Support litigation matters, including legal hold processes, litigation budget forecasting, and eDiscovery vendor processing.
- Assist in managing litigation obligations and assessing legal risk in the deployment, application, and management of enterprise legal technology.
- Collaborate with members of the global Legal, IT, and HR organizations to build litigation risk prevention solutions and identify and preserve data required for litigation discovery.
- Partner with business organizations and legal functional areas, including Information Technology, Global Supply Management, and Global Information Security, for litigation risk management activities.
- Perform independent enterprise IT data analysis for legal hold audit and compliance purposes.
- Provide consultation, advice, and recommendations on litigation eDiscovery best practices by managing eDiscovery workflow design and documenting business processes as they relate to legal technology solutions.
- Consult on legal hold, data preservation, data collection, data culling, eDiscovery technology, and litigation risk mitigation best practices.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of experience in a paralegal function, including eDiscovery, contract management, and litigation support.
- In-depth understanding of the litigation lifecycle, litigation technology, eDiscovery best practices, legal hold, and eDiscovery vendor management.
- Experience managing eDiscovery workflow design and advising on data preservation, collection, and culling.
- Ability to perform independent enterprise IT data analysis for legal hold audit and compliance.
- Strong collaboration with global Legal, IT, and HR organizations and cross-functional partners.
- Excellent consultation and advisory skills for litigation eDiscovery practices.