What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Attorney position at Strategic Employment?
Staff Attorney
A well-established law firm is looking for licensed attorneys to join their team supporting complex commercial litigation matters. This is a remote full time Staff Attorney role, Texas or Illinois bar/license required.
What you'll do:
- Conduct first- and second-level review of ESI for responsiveness, relevance, privilege, confidentiality, and key issues
- Apply review protocols and coding guidelines consistently across large document sets
- Identify key facts, themes, custodians, and timelines relevant to case strategy
- Escalate privileged, sensitive, or case-critical documents to supervising attorneys
- Perform QC/QA on coding decisions and support privilege log creation
- Support deposition, motion, and trial preparation through targeted document analysis
- Work within Relativity and other leading e-discovery platforms, including TAR, CAL, and AI-assisted review tools
- Participate in reviewer training and calibration sessions
- Prepare document summaries, chronologies, and factual memoranda
- Assist with first-pass discovery requests/responses and firm knowledge research as needed
What you'll need:
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing (Texas preferred; Illinois also considered)
- Experience with complex commercial litigation
- Strong familiarity with e-discovery platforms and review workflows
- Excellent analytical thinking, written communication, and attention to detail