Practice Support Supervisor, Internal Matters & eDiscovery

Latham & Watkins LLP; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare, life and disability

401k plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Well-being programs

Professional development

Employee discounts

Affinity groups

Job summary

Latham & Watkins seeks a Practice Support Supervisor – Internal Matters to lead the Internal Matters team and drive ongoing delivery improvements. The role oversees project managers and specialists, coordinating across Information Governance, General Counsel, and data privacy groups, with offices in New York or Los Angeles and a potential hybrid schedule.

The role requires strong leadership, expert project management, and deep knowledge of the legal process, EDRM, and eDiscovery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; five years of directly relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Six years of combined paralegal or legal technology and project management experience.
• Advanced proficiency with Relativity, Nuix Discover, Investigate, or comparable tools.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior liaison among Information Governance, the Office of General Counsel, Data Privacy, case teams, the Practice Support Center, and other stakeholders; ensure scope, objectives, responsibilities, risks, and decisions are documented and communicated.
• Establish clear expectations, provide timely feedback, support professional development, and promote consistent service delivery.
• Oversee the portfolio of internal matter projects and coordinate daily workflow, staffing, priorities, and coverage to ensure confidential and time-sensitive work is completed accurately, responsively, and within deadlines.
• Provide escalation support and executive-level project oversight for complex or sensitive matters, including investigations, litigation, regulatory responses, data privacy matters, and cross-border projects.
• Review and approve project plans, processing and production specs, database designs, review workflows, search strategies, analytics approaches, quality-control plans, and data disposition plans.
• Guide attorneys, paralegals, and staff on defensible and efficient eDiscovery, disclosure, investigation, document review, contract analysis, and data management practices; translate technical concepts into actionable recommendations.
• Protect and maintain highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and proprietary information.

Skills

People leadership

Project management

Coaching

Delegation

Planning

Decision-making

Change management

eDiscovery knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Paralegal/Legal tech experience

Tools

Relativity

Nuix Discover

Investigate

Job description

Latham & Watkins seeks a Practice Support Supervisor – Internal Matters to lead the Internal Matters team and drive ongoing delivery improvements. The role oversees project managers and specialists, coordinating across Information Governance, General Counsel, and data privacy groups, with offices in New York or Los Angeles and a potential hybrid schedule.

The role requires strong leadership, expert project management, and deep knowledge of the legal process, EDRM, and eDiscovery.