Ediscovery Case Manager

**We are looking for an eDiscovery Case Manager to join our firm in any of our offices. This role has the opportunity to be fully remote**
The eDiscovery Case Manager is a key team member, responsible for assisting the lawyers in their assigned practice groups to manage national assignments that relate to electronic management of cases. Ensures that priorities are identified, deadlines are met and files are continuously and consistently moving forward. They adhere to internal policies and procedures relating to eDiscovery and follow the best practices methodology set forth by the firm. An individual who is responsive, intelligent, resourceful, and possesses a professional attitude with great client service skills is key to this role and paramount to the firm achieving success for its clients.
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Case Management_
- Manages multiple, simultaneous cases nationally from initiation through to completion using state of the art technology and techniques.
- Ability to work on national cases and ensures consistency between various cases by following internal best practices.
- Participate regularly in departmental meetings and training sessions.
- Provide regular status reports to legal team, eDiscovery team members and manager.
- Ensure budget compliance in accordance with internal pricing and external vendor quotes.
- Case Intake and Technical Requirements_
- Works closely with lawyers to determine the parameters of the discovery work to be performed relevant to the matter.
- Supports eDiscovery projects of varying size at times with guidance or assistance.
- Ability to assist with litigation hold procedures, custodian identification.
- Ability to assist in client data collection matters with guidance from manager.
- Case summary record keeping for all electronic files.
- Provide objective coding for document production.
- Tag palette customization and various category tagging of electronic documents.
- Set-up or coordinate the set-up of internal FTP sites for transfer of data.
- eDiscovery document management, including but not limited to organizing client documents as received, as well as preparation of electronic production of documents.
- Copy data received from various sources to our internal staging area and provide instructions as to the needs of processing the electronic evidence.
- Review and summarize various electronic productions received from clients, opposing counsel and external parties.
- Creation of complex Boolean searches.
- Perform electronic redactions, highlights and annotations.
- Provide guidance and assistance with discovery or review plans, with help from manager, as needed.
- Review examination for discovery transcripts and summarize undertakings in electronic format.
- Provide instructions and guidance regarding scanning client records utilizing appropriate litigation support software and methodology.
- Provide instructions and guidance for electronic document exchange protocols.
- Preparing and Assembling Electronic Documents_
- Prepare and assemble various electronic briefs and other materials required for case conferences, hearings, arbitrations and trials for all levels of Court.
- Prepare electronic undertakings and respective charts in accordance with lawyer instruction.
- Prepare electronic Joint Book of Documents or Exhibit Binders.
- Attending on site at case conferences, hearings, arbitrations and trials as requested by the team.
- Ensure compliance with litigation technology and eDiscovery best practices, including quality control measures, following best practice protocols and quality assurance checks.
- Liaising & Communicating_
- Liaise with clients, opposing counsel and external parties as required.
- Communicate potential issues to the attention of the manager or legal team.
- Working with the case lawyer and clients to provide assistance in implementing litigation holds and in gathering information regarding electronic and paper documents to ensure it is received in accordance with current best practices.
- Assist with or administer Custodian Questionnaires and reporting back to legal team.
- Liaise with manager, eDiscovery Analysts and other eDiscovery Case Managers in relation to various needs of the case.
- Miscellaneous_
If internal resources, eDiscovery Analysts, have limited capacity or unavailable for the purposes of business and service continuity, team members will be required from time to time:

- Copy and process electronic evidence provided by clients (CD’s flash drives, hard drives, etc.) while maintaining chain of custody
- Import data, transcripts and images received from other parties into databases
- Assist and troubleshoot problem load files
- De-duplicate, tiff (imaging) and convert images, including performing image manipulation (endorsement, OCR).

**What you'll bring**:

- Law Clerk Diploma and/or Paralegal Licence/Diploma
- In process of obtaining or willingness to obtain CEDS Certification or similar certification(s)
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