eDiscovery Attorney

Socket.dev; New York, Washington (NY, District of Columbia); On-site; USD 220,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking a US-qualified attorney to lead eDiscovery matters in litigation, investigations and regulatory work. You will sign off on privilege, disclosures and risk, and collaborate closely with the eDiscovery team to align legal input with strategy and vendor management.

The role requires deep knowledge of the eDiscovery lifecycle and strong stakeholder management, with experience across preservation, collection, review and production workflows.

Qualifications

• US-qualified lawyer with at least ten years of post-qualification experience.
• Experience advising on eDiscovery, reviews, productions and investigations.
• Strong understanding of the eDiscovery lifecycle (preservation, collection, review, production).
• Familiarity with Relativity or similar platforms.
• Experience with cross-border matters and data privacy is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide US-qualified legal advice and sign-off on privilege, disclosure obligations and legal risk within eDiscovery strategy for litigation matters, investigations, and regulatory cases.
• Coordinate with the eDiscovery team to integrate legal input into the team’s strategy and vendor-management functions.
• Support planning and execution of document preservation, collection, processing, review, analysis and production workflows.
• Provide legal sign-off ensuring review and production strategies are proportionate, cost-effective and compliant with legal requirements.
• Liaise with partners, associates, clients, vendors, forensic specialists and review teams to coordinate reviews and productions.
• Provide legal review and sign-off on document review and production protocols and training.
• Advise on the defensibility of review tools and technology-assisted review and other eDiscovery technologies.
• Assist matter teams with review planning, training, escalation routes, quality control and consistency checks.
• Prepare matter updates, status reports and metrics for internal teams and clients.
• Advise on legal and regulatory compliance considerations in external provider and client relationships managed by the eDiscovery team.
• Provide input into internal best practices, playbooks, templates and training on document review, production and eDiscovery processes.
• Monitor legal, procedural and technological developments relevant to eDiscovery and share practical insights with teams.

Skills

US lawyer

Project management

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Cross-border

Legal advisory

Education

JD (US)

Tools

Relativity

Job description

Key responsibilities

• Provide US-qualified legal advice and sign-off on privilege, disclosure obligations and legal risk within eDiscovery strategy for litigation matters, investigations, and regulatory cases, working with the eDiscovery team on the operational strategy itself.
• Coordinate closely with the eDiscovery team to ensure legal input is integrated into the eDiscovery team's existing strategy, best-practice and vendor-management functions.
• Support the matter team with respect to the planning and execution of document preservation, collection, processing, review, analysis and production workflows.
• Provide legal sign-off confirming that review and production strategies developed with the eDiscovery team are proportionate, cost-effective and aligned with relevant legal and procedural requirements.
• Liaise with partners, associates, clients, vendors, forensic specialists and review teams to coordinate reviews and productions.
• Provide legal review and sign-off on document review and production protocols and associated training prepared by the eDiscovery team.
• Advise on the legal defensibility of review tools, analytics, technology-assisted review and other eDiscovery technologies selected and operated by the eDiscovery team.
• Assist matter teams with review planning, including reviewer training, escalation routes, quality control and consistency checks.
• Prepare matter updates, status reports and metrics for internal teams and clients.
• Advise on legal and regulatory compliance considerations in external provider and client relationships managed by the eDiscovery team.
• Provide legal input into internal best practices, playbooks, templates and training on document review, production and eDiscovery processes owned by the eDiscovery team.
• Monitor legal, procedural and technological developments relevant to eDiscovery and share practical insights with teams.

Qualifications & Experience

• Self-starter, keen to take ownership of the role and develop it within the context of the service required.
• High degree of initiative
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Good interpersonal skills with the confidence to deal with all levels of staff
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills and able to demonstrate a pragmatic approach
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines and stakeholders.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• High attention to detail and a practical, solution-focused approach.
• Confidence working with legal teams, clients, data specialists and external vendors.
• US qualified lawyer with a minimum of ten years post qualification experience
• Experience advising on eDiscovery, reviews and productions and investigations
• Good understanding of the e-discovery lifecycle, including preservation, collection, review and production.
• Familiarity with relevant rules, practice directions and disclosure obligations in applicable jurisdictions.
• Extensive experience using leading eDiscovery platforms such as Relativity or similar tools.
• Understanding of analytics, email threading, deduplication, predictive coding and technology-assisted review.
• Experience with cross-border matters, data privacy issues and regulatory investigations would be an advantage.

The base salary range offered for this role will be between $220,000 and $260,000 and represents the firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent upon a number of factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant experience, performance, qualifications, degrees and location, as well as the needs of the firm. The total compensation package for this position may include overtime pay, discretionary bonuses and other benefits.

Technical Skills:

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.