ALS Lab Manager

Cgsfederal; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Job summary

Contact Government Services, LLC seeks an automated Litigation Support Lab Manager to lead the client-site eDiscovery lab, delivering data processing services on time and in accordance with ESI specifications.

You will supervise a team of eDiscovery professionals, coordinate with attorneys and staff, advise on EDRM stages, and ensure high-quality deliverables with robust QC and reporting.

Qualifications

• Extensive Relativity experience required.
• Relativity certifications including RCA and/or Analytics Specialist strongly preferred.
• Eight+ years in eDiscovery roles including file processing, conversion, data culling, QA, loads/retrieval, and analysis.
• Five+ years in management/supervisory roles.
• Thorough knowledge of litigation discovery and EDRM workflow.
• Experience with iConect, Relativity, Venio or similar tools.
• Undergraduate degree in computing-related field; waiver requires contracting officer approval.

Responsibilities

• Lead lab data processing delivery and ensure timely completion.
• Analyze, develop and implement processing approaches for electronic files per ESI specs.
• Consult with attorneys on ESI best practices and participate in teleconferences as needed.
• Ensure productions comply with ESI specs and notify attorneys of deficiencies.
• Keep clients informed on lab activities, deadlines, and resources.
• Provide webhosting support for cases managed by the lab.
• Manage a team of eDiscovery professionals: scheduling, assignments, progress reports, and QC.
• Advise on all EDRM phases: data collection through production.

Skills

Leadership

eDiscovery

Client communication

Quality control

Education

Undergraduate degree in CS or related field

Tools

Relativity

iConect

Venio

Concordance

LiveNote

MS Office Suite

Job description

Automated Litigation Support Lab Manager

Employment Type: Full-Time, Experienced

Department: Finance

Responsibilities

• Serves as the lead manager responsible for delivery of lab data processing services.
• Primarily ensures timely and accurate completion of tasks. Performs analysis, development and implementation of processing approaches for electronic files and related services pursuant to applicable ESI specifications.
• Consults with attorneys and support staff on best practices for conforming to ESI specifications and, as required, participates in teleconferences with co-counsel, client agencies, and opposing counsel upon attorney request.
• Responsible for ensuring that incoming productions are made pursuant to the applicable ESI specifications and when deficiencies are found, provides case attorney with detailed notice of deficiencies.
• Responsible for keeping the client informed on activities in the Lab, e.g. deadlines, technical challenges, and availability of resources to complete work.
• Responsible for webhosting support for unsupported cases managed by the lab.
• Manages a team of eDiscovery professionals situated in a client‑site eDiscovery laboratory, including: scheduling, requirements assessments, assigning work and ensuring deadlines are met, creating progress reports, and Quality Control (QC) of deliverables.
• Advises client attorneys, paralegals, and case managers on all phases of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM); especially: Data Collection, Processing, Hosting, Review, Analytics, and Production.

Qualifications

• Extensive Relativity experience required.
• Relativity certifications including Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA) and/or Relativity Analytics Specialist strongly preferred.
• At least eight years of experience performing eDiscovery roles including but not limited to electronic files processing (EFP), image and data file conversion, data culling using review tools, quality assurance, database loads and retrieval, and data analysis and review.
• At least five years of experience at the management/supervisory level.
• Requires thorough knowledge of the litigation discovery process, and the EDRM workflow.
• Working knowledge and certifications of document review software such as iConect, Relativity, Venio or similar tools.
• Undergraduate degree required, preferably in computer science or related field. Only the Contracting Officer can approve a waiver of the degree requirement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with litigation support tools such as LAW, IPRO, Concordance, MS Office Suite, and LiveNote highly valued.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.