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Ediscovery Counsel - Litigation Services (Hybrid)

Latham & Watkins, LLP | Menlo Park, CA, United States

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Posted Date 2/19/2025
Description

Description:

About Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.

About the role:
The eDiscovery Counsel – Litigation Services is an integral part of Latham's Litigation Services team and will be responsible for applying advanced knowledge of technical and legal eDiscovery strategies directly to case teams and firm clients throughout all stages of the discovery process, while using research platforms (including generative AI) to provide high-level legal research on procedural and eDiscovery-related issues across various jurisdictions. This role will be located in either our New York, San Francisco, or Silicon Valley office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities & Qualifications
Other key responsibilities include:
  • Serving as a resource for internal and client-facing strategic legal analysis relating to general litigation procedure and eDiscovery, while staying abreast of legal trends
  • Preparing, presenting, and moderating client-facing Continuing Legal Education sessions focused on firm innovation and strategy in the eDiscovery field, while designing and developing client-facing materials, such as eDiscovery playbooks and bulletins
  • Developing and maintaining firm-wide eDiscovery best practices in conjunction with the eDiscovery Solutions Counsel and Practice Support Services team, including compiling and updating templates and educational manuals
  • Attending conferences, seminars, and Continuing Legal Education courses to remain current in case law and industry developments
  • Educating attorneys and staff on effective eDiscovery strategies and publicizing significant changes in the law as developments arise
  • Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

We'd love to hear from you if you:
  • Demonstrate excellent leadership skills (e.g., organizing, planning, problem solving, decision-making, and commitment to diversity)
  • Possess a well-developed understanding of electronic discovery law and practice
  • Exhibit the ability to articulate complex rules and protocol in a comprehensible, accurate, confident, and concise manner

And have:
  • A JD or equivalent
  • Admission to the relevant state bar
  • A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in litigation or related practice
  • A minimum of three (3) years of experience in managing large electronic document reviews and productions, preferably
  • Experience with litigation response and electronic discovery or records management issues and client-facing experience
  • White collar investigation and regulatory experience

Benefits & Additional Information
Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham's comprehensive benefit program which includes:
  • 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
  • And more!

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

Please click here (https://www.lw.com/admin/upload/SiteAttachments/e-Discovery-Counsel-Litigation-Services.pdf) to view the full job description for this role.

Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Please click the link below to review the Ordinance.

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Pay Range
USD $255,000.00 - USD $285,000.00 /Yr.
Salary285,000.00 Annual
Title
Counsel
Years of Experience
5-7 | 7+

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