Director, eDiscovery

Practice Overview

Bright Labs, proudly 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.

The role is located in New York City or Washington D.C. and will be a hybrid schedule within one of these locations.

We are seeking an eDiscovery 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.

Functional Discovery Tasks:

• Collections / Pre‑Processing
  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 clients and Bright Labs’ forensics team and create and recommend pre‑processing strategy to client. Document pre‑processing workflow.
• Processing
  Advise clients on data reduction strategies including deNISTing, file‑extension filtering, date culling, and search‑term filtering. Coordinate processing work with Bright Labs’ processing team, analyze exception reports, develop recommendations for handling each type of exception, and communicate plan to client. Perform quality review of search‑hit reports prior to sending to client.
• Review
  Assist clients with the selection of the appropriate technology to meet specific project objectives. Develop efficient work‑streams, batching strategy, and technology configuration for 1st, 2nd, 3rd tier review, witness review, exhibit designation, and trial preparation. Conduct customized Relativity training sessions, advise on concept clustering, near‑duplicate identification, e‑mail threading, and assisted review. Design customized reports, troubleshoot Relativity issues with kCura, and coordinate data loads to the review tool with the Bright Labs’ processing team.
• Production
  Assist with written collateral to support the production process (motions, orders, proposals to courts and opposing counsel regarding the form of production). Provide proactive guidance regarding format, strategy, and timelines for the production of electronic data. Work with the client to develop production identification strategy.

• Assist in the management of finances for 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.
• Review and discuss expectations, anticipated scope of work, and project timeline with client and Bright Labs’ team.
• Manage the project close‑out process, including data return and database archival, ensuring that clients understand the implications of ongoing data retention relative to their company’s policies.
• Provide clients and Managing Directors and Senior Managing Directors with periodic status updates, reports, etc. throughout the engagement.
• Generate consistent and thorough documentation to support processes executed throughout the project lifecycle, including interview notes, emails, memoranda, or reports that demonstrate specific processes followed.
• Mentor, lead, and delegate tasks to junior grade colleagues to support their training and professional development.
• Assist in the recruiting process by screening resumes and…