Practice Support Project Manager
Los Angeles, New York, United States of America
Full Time
2 weeks ago
$120,000 - $160,000 USD
No Visa Sponsorship
Key skills
AnalyticsProject Management
About this role
Role Overview
- Assisting attorneys and paralegals with search queries, email threading, document review database analytics, creation of custom tags, review batches, batch-printing, reports, exhibit/case management, productions, depositions, and trial presentations
- Monitoring and managing the team's email inbox, ensuring that all incoming communications are reviewed promptly and providing timely and professional responses to internal and external stakeholders
- Crafting clear, concise, and professional emails that effectively convey complex information, ensuring mutual understanding and alignment with project objectives
- Collaborating with the team to define project timelines and project milestones within the litigation lifecycle
- Maintaining comprehensive project documentation such as chain of custody and project trackers
- Supporting the development of best practices and tools for project execution and management
- Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains
Requirements
- Display a strong understanding of e-discovery and the e-discovery reference model (EDRM)
- Demonstrate strong project management skills, with an emphasis on directly supporting teams of attorneys and support staff
- Possess the ability to quickly learn new skills
- An associate’s degree; a minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
- A minimum of five (5) years of technical experience in a legal environment or at a vendor specializing in providing legal technology processing services
Benefits
- Healthcare, life and disability insurance
- A generous 401k plan
- At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
- Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
- Professional development programs
- Employee discounts
- Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff