What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Counsel – eDiscovery position at Freeman, Mathis & Gary Law?
Job Summary:
FMG seeks review attorneys for its internal document review team. We are looking for candidates with significant recent electronic document review experience including second level and privilege review; prior experience in Relativity review platform is required. Interested candidates should be proficient with the Microsoft Office suite, including Outlook, Word, and have familiarity with Excel. Candidates should also have excellent communication skills, familiarity with the litigation process and legal documents, strong attention to detail, the ability to complete tasks without significant supervision, and the ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure while remaining collegial and collaborative.
Responsibilities of this role include efficient review of documents in electronic platforms, including Relativity, for responsiveness, privilege, confidentiality and issue coding, communication with review managers and case teams regarding questions or issues with review, summarizing relevant or notable documents, and collaboration with respect to deposition preparation and fact investigation, including analysis and selection of documents to be utilized in deposition preparation.
Essential Job Functions:
- Assist with establishing review workflows and to maximize efficiency
- Review and analyze documents in response to litigation requests, internal investigations, and cyber incident response
- Perform first level, second level, and privilege reviews
- Prepare privilege logs as needed
- Identify and redact confidential, privacy, and health related data
- Identify and flag relevant information for legal proceedings
- Organize and categorize documents for easy retrieval
- Collaborate with legal teams to provide document-related insights and recommendations
- Utilize document review platform to streamline review process
- Assist client teams in the development of witness files, timelines, chronologies, deposition and trial outlines and memoranda.
- Assists with special projects and additional duties as assigned.
Education, Experience, and Skills:
- Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school
- Active license to practice law in any jurisdiction
- 3 years of dedicated document review experience
- Skilled in document review platforms such as Relativity, Epiq, Disco, etc.
- Advanced Excel skills
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Effective time management and organizational abilities
- Ability to work collaboratively with numerous legal professionals in general commercial and financial litigation, insurance matters, product liability litigation, health care matters.
- Ability to manage e-discovery requests in response to subpoenas, requests for production of documents, and all other forms of discovery.
- Ability to train new attorneys on privilege, confidentiality, and e-discovery policies and procedures.
What we offer you
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision
- HSA and FSA plans available for employees and dependents
- Work-life balance
- 401K plan
- Firm paid life insurance and long-term disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- Year-end bonuses and referral fee programs
EEO Statement
Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP (FMG) is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees by maintaining a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected status as provided by law. FMG complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. This position is subject to our drug‑free workplace policy, which includes the ability to pass a pre‑employment drug screen. Employees may be subject to reasonable‑suspicion drug testing in accordance with Firm policies outlined in the Employee Handbook.