Alston Discovery Staff Attorney/Discovery & Analytics Counsel

USA Alston & Bird; United States; Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Alston & Bird LLP seeks an experienced staff attorney to lead discovery and analytics efforts. The role includes supervising complex data reviews, analytics projects, and privilege work, with cross-functional collaboration across client teams and technology professionals.

The candidate should bring deep eDiscovery experience, TAR expertise, and strong leadership skills to drive efficient workflows and training within the firm. Hybrid work model in Georgia is available.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate and Georgia bar in good standing.
• Demonstrated leadership and supervisory experience in discovery teams.
• Deep experience with eDiscovery, analytics, and TAR tools.
• Familiarity with privilege reviews and logs.

Responsibilities

• Lead team building and cross-training of project and staff attorneys.
• Coordinate with discovery leadership and client teams on workflows.
• Develop protocols for electronic data analysis.
• Oversee complex document reviews and analytics projects.
• Maintain primary responsibility for non-review projects with substantive knowledge.
• Collaborate with Legal Technology & Consulting Services on analytics projects.

Skills

eDiscovery leadership

Advanced analytics

Project management

Superior legal analysis

Mentoring staff attorneys

Supervision of teams

Foreign language document reviews

Excellent written/spoken communication

Education

Juris Doctorate degree

Tools

Relativity certifications

Excel

Job description

THE FIRM As a leading international law firm, we are dedicated to excellence through impactful communication, collaboration, and community involvement. Our company culture has earned us one of the \"100 Best Companies to Work For\" for 27 consecutive years. This honor, along with many others, highlights our commitment to innovation and professional development. At Alston & Bird LLP, our foundation is made of trust, reliability, and compassion.

JOB DESCRIPTION An Alston Discovery Staff Attorney/Discovery & Analytics Counsel (\"Staff Attorney\") is a hybrid full time salaried position with certain HR benefits. Staff Attorneys assist in the management and supervision of eDiscovery matters, privilege reviews and privilege logs, transactional due diligence projects, research projects, lease or contract reviews, and other work as assigned. They will be responsible for team building, knowledge sharing, and cross-training with our current project attorneys, staff attorneys, and technology professionals to enable them to function at a higher level. Additional information about Staff Attorney duties is set forth below. Candidates must be licensed attorneys in good standing in the State of Georgia and must live and work in the State of Georgia. In evaluating candidates, consideration will be given to (1) technical expertise with eDiscovery review platforms, advanced analytics and technology assisted review (TAR), contract analysis platforms, Excel spreadsheets and other technology tools; (2) the demonstration of, or potential for, excellent leadership, management and supervisory skills and experience; (3) depth of experience with eDiscovery, analytics, and other developing AI tools generally; (4) in depth knowledge of and experience with privilege reviews and privilege logs; and (5) the ability to effectively work and interact with lawyers at the Firm and our clients and serve as a representative of the Firm’s legal team. The billable hours expectation for this position will be 1,800.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Team building, knowledge sharing, and cross-training of project attorneys, other staff attorneys, technology professionals, and client teams.
• Coordinate with Alston Discovery leadership and with internal and external Client Teams.
• Assist in the development of protocols and workflows for the analysis of electronic data.
• Manage and supervise complex document reviews, contract analysis, analytics projects, and other projects.
• Develop and maintain primary responsibility with case teams for non-review special projects (such as research, surveys and contract analysis) that demonstrates in-depth substantive knowledge in a specific legal area or client business.
• Oversee and work collaboratively with our Legal Technology & Consulting Services team on design and implementation of Alston Analytics projects.
• Perform 2nd tier review or quality control on a document review.
• Perform and supervise privilege reviews.
• Assist client teams in the development of witness files, timelines, chronologies, deposition and trial outlines and memoranda.
• Create, revise and update document decision and privilege logs.
• Preserve confidentiality of client matters.
• Maintain current and accurate time entry records.
• Maintain knowledge of and adherence to the Firm’s policies and procedures, including established best practices.

SKILLS NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• Advanced Relativity certifications.
• Skilled in software tools, such as Heretic, Excel, etc.
• Superior legal analysis skills.
• Significant experience applying state-of-the-art litigation technology, advanced analytics, and project management tools.
• Ability to effectively supervise and manage numerous attorneys in discovery and production of documents and data in general commercial and financial litigation, insurance matters, product liability litigation, health care matters, IP litigation, and government investigations.
• Ability to track, evaluate, and provide feedback designed to improve performance of Project Attorneys and Staff Attorneys.
• 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.
• Ability to supervise and manage foreign language document reviews on behalf of various clients in Europe and Asia.
• Ability to effectively express yourself, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships throughout the Firm and with the Firm’s clients.
• Ability to be responsive and flexible to the immediate requests for assistance that are inherent in the nature of Alston Discovery.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Juris Doctorate degree. Licensed to practice law and in good standing in the State of Georgia.

SALARY Up to $155,000 with an opportunity to earn a bonus of up to $30,750

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Alston & Bird LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer does not discriminate on the bases of any status protected under federal, state, or local law. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, national origin, veteran status or disability in relation to our recruiting, hiring, and promoting practices.

The statements contained in this position description are not necessarily all-inclusive, additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned, and requirements may vary from time to time.

Professional business references and a background screening will be required for all final applicants selected for a position.

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