Senior Director, eDiscovery

Practice Overview

Bright Labs, a part of Ankura, is at the forefront of the eDiscovery industry, having contributed to some of the most significant and globally recognized eDiscovery investigations and litigations. Our eDiscovery team is renowned for its deep expertise and innovative approach, leveraging data, technology, and analytical thought to address complex client issues. We pride ourselves on a unique combination of technical skills, subject‑matter expertise, and litigation technology experience, enabling us to deliver comprehensive, creative, and insightful solutions that guide our clients through the intricacies of eDiscovery challenges.

We are seeking an eDiscovery Senior Director to join our dynamic team. This role will serve as the client’s point of contact and Bright Labs’ day‑to‑day leader in the management and execution of projects and work streams involving the identification, collection, processing, review, and production of electronic data relevant to litigation or regulatory investigations. The role is located in New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Dallas, and will be a hybrid schedule within one of these locations.

• Assist clients with finding, documenting, and preventing deletion of data potentially relevant to litigation, regulatory matters, or critical business operations.
• Develop solutions and strategies to collect data with special considerations for the unique environment and project‑specific complexities of an engagement.
• Coordinate forensic collections with client and Bright Labs’ forensics team and conduct quality review of collections documentation supplied by the forensics team.
• Create and recommend pre‑processing strategy to client.
• Coordinate forensic pre‑processing work (deNIST, file filters, etc.) with Bright Labs’ forensics team, including documenting pre‑processing workflow.

• Advise client on data reduction strategies including deNISTing, file extension filtering, date culling, and search term filtering.
• Coordinate processing work with Bright Labs’ processing team, providing instruction and obtaining status reports.
• Analyze exception reports, develop recommendations for handling each type of exception, and communicate plan to client.

• Assist clients with the selection of the appropriate technology to meet specific project objectives.
• Assist with development of efficient work streams, batching strategy, and technology configuration for 1st, 2nd, 3rd tier review; as well as witness review, exhibit designation, and trial preparation.
• Conduct customized Relativity training sessions for clients, emphasizing appropriate add‑on features as necessary.
• Advise clients regarding the efficient use of concept clustering, near duplicate identification, e‑mail threading, and assisted review (predictive coding) within the Relativity tool.
• Design customized reports for clients.
• Troubleshoot Relativity issues and coordinate custom Relativity development work, as necessary.
• Coordinate data loads to the review tool with the Bright Labs’ processing team.
• Demonstrate proficiency with eDiscovery analytics platforms and AI‑assisted review tools, including hands‑on experience designing, executing, and overseeing end‑to‑end analytics workflows spanning technology‑assisted review, predictive coding model training and validation, quality control protocols, and defensible methodology documentation in support of complex litigation and regulatory matters.

• Assist with written collateral to support production process, such as motions, orders, or proposals to courts and opposing counsel regarding the form of production.
• Provide proactive guidance regarding format, strategy, and timelines for production of electronic data.
• Work with clients to develop production identification strategy.

• Assist in the management of finances of each engagement including developing, documenting, and tracking project budgets, adjusting budgets as appropriate, communicating changes in budgets internally and to the client, and managing the revenue forecasting and invoicing process.
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