CONTRACT LITIGATION SUPPORT PROJECT MANAGER (DC)
Lucas Group is seeking a qualified contract Litigation Support Project Manager for a contract assignment with its law firm client. The Litigation Support Project Manager will assist and support a litigation practice and the firm's in-house Relativity instance.
Responsibilities:
- Assist with the collection, processing, hosting, review, and production of data.
- Plan and oversee quality testing of data deliverables including fielded data, metadata conversions and images
- Manage the timeliness of vendor services (if necessary) and monitor negotiated schedules and budgets
- Coordinate the set up and maintenance of in-house processing and review projects
- Coordinate or perform in-house data management activities such as data processing, loading into database applications, image loading into imaging viewing applications, building production subsets, and other database maintenance; assist with analyzing and testing new versions of litigation support software; troubleshoot litigation support applications and databases if necessary
- Communicate project status and operations to key personnel
- Independently plan and manage other projects as assigned
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience is required
- Two years of project management experience in a litigation support environment preferred
- Experience with Relativity, technology assisted review tools, electronic discovery processing systems, ECA tools, TextMap, CaseMap, and MS Access preferred
- Experience with forensic data collection best practices and tools is a plus
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to advise all levels of personnel on complex technical issues
- Strong organizational skills
- Effective interpersonal skills to work with all levels of personnel
- Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team and have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment working under strict deadlines
WHY WORK FOR LUCAS GROUP?
Lucas Group is a leading national executive recruitment firm, ranked #3 on Forbes’ list of Best Professional Recruiting Firms in 2018.?We offer varied types of opportunities (law firm and in-house), competitive hourly wages, benefits, earned PTO, weekly payroll, and more.
