Litigation Technology Senior Specialist

Washington, DC

A premier, global law firm is seeking a Litigation Technology Senior Specialist for their Washington, DC office. This position is responsible for providing high-level practice technology support to the litigation group in the DC office, with an expectation to support other practices and offices as needed. The successful candidate must be able to manage the full life cycle of electronic discovery and litigation support projects, including data collection, data processing and analysis, document review, production, and trial/arbitration support.

• Communicate project status to relevant parties, monitor deadlines, assist in the allocation of resources, and preemptively identify potential issues.
• Provide user support to case teams with items such as search, retrieval, and litigation support database assistance.
• Provide training to attorneys and legal assistants on litigation support systems and electronic discovery best practices.
• Adhere to department best practices regarding data processing, loading, review, and production.
• Create and design databases for attorneys. Load electronic documents (images, metadata, native files, transcripts, videos, etc.) into databases for attorney review using systems including Relativity, Relativity One, and Case Notebook.
• Create and manipulate various load file types and reports using MS Access and other database tools. Create and modify complex queries and modules (Visual Basic, SQL, etc.). Experience with Command Prompt (cmd).
• Customize document review designation panes, views, and workflows for attorneys. Perform complex database searches and reports. Prepare, create, and manage electronic document productions in Relativity or Relativity One. Perform comprehensive review designation checks for potential conflicts. Quality check productions and ensure required specifications are met.
• Serve as the Litigation Technology main point of contact on assigned matters and manage the full litigation support and electronic discovery lifecycle, including ESI preservation, collection, processing and analysis, review, production, and trial support.
• Manage large and complex eDiscovery matters requiring advanced project management experience and technical expertise. Counsel attorneys on litigation support and electronic discovery best practices.
• Coordinate with external electronic discovery service providers. Develop project plans and cost estimates for attorneys and clients. Adhere to vendor engagement, SOW, and invoice protocols.
• Actively partner with attorneys, legal assistants, case managers, and other personnel to support matters.
• Troubleshoot litigation technology systems and databases. Provide assistance with complex database searches and queries, print projects, and reports. Coordinate system upgrades and server migrations with IT. Maintain media inventory database (chain of custody). Create and copy media. Set up department laptops and install and configure applications as needed.
• Process ESI using in-house processing tools such as Relativity and Relativity One, including de-duplication, culling and filtering, text and metadata extraction, OCRing non-searchable files, tiff conversion, error and exception handling, and quality control.
• Assist with the development of department documentation and presentations. Assist with the enhancement of guidelines and procedures to ensure efficient workflow while maintaining high quality control standards.
• Provide technology support at depositions and trials (set up Real-Time Connections, trial war rooms, presentation systems, etc.). Coordinate Litigation Technology equipment setups, systems, and logistics for trials.
• Assist in mentoring analysts to ensure comprehensive knowledge across all roles within the department.
• Other responsibilities as assigned from time to time.

• Bachelors degree required.
• At least 10 years of law firm or litigation support service provider experience required.
• Relativity Expertise
  - Extensive, hands-on experience administering, customizing, optimizing, and troubleshooting Relativity work spaces, including advanced analytics, dt Search, structured analytics, productions, and workspace governance.
• Relativity Processing
  - Extensive knowledge of configuring, executing, monitoring, and troubleshooting Relativity Processing workflows, including ingestion settings, error resolution, exception handling, metadata validation, and ensuring defensible, complete processing of diverse data types.
• Relativity Production Management
  - Ability to oversee all production workflows in Relativity, ensuring accuracy, completeness, metadata integrity, and compliance with specifications.
• Relativity Analytics
  - Ability to deploy and manage analytics tools (email threading, clustering, near-duplicates, active learning/TAR) to accelerate review and reduce costs.
• AI Awareness
  - Strong understanding of current AI offerings used by top law firms, including generative AI, semantic search, predictive analytics, and AI-assisted review…