Paralegal

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Responsibilities

• Data Collection: Manage data collection and coordination between legal team and third-party service providers. Perform collection and exports from Google Vault, including Gmail, Google Docs, and other Google Workspace products. Collect data from other sources such as Slack, Confluence, and Jira. Utilize Python or other scripting languages to perform automated tasks.

• Collaborate with other internal departments to collect data from proprietary tools.

• Implement a data tracking system to ensure completeness and accuracy of data collections.

• Matter Management: Initiate new matters internally or externally.

• Understand various user roles and permissions when creating user accounts.

• Configure data to adhere parameters set forth by ESI protocols, such as time zone and deduplication settings.

• Manage legal billing software:

• Create new matters, close old matters, and onboard vendors to X’s legal billing platform

• Work with the finance team to track and analyze matter and law firm spend

• Archive or delete data associated with matters that have been concluded in accordance with retention policies and various regulatory entities both nationally and internationally.

• Perform complex data searching within Logikcull or Relativity utilizing knowledge of Boolean, dtSearch, and other index syntax.

• Possess knowledge of document production protocol and formats. Create document productions in Logikcull utilizing quality control measures surrounding responsiveness, privilege, and confidentiality.

• Analyze and prepare outside productions for review in Logikcull with the ability to assess various document formats and compatibility with in-house tools.

• Assess the needs for each matter and promote the use of technology assisted review where appropriate.

• Regularly attend status meetings with in-house and outside counsel, serving as a liaison between each party.

• Provide and monitor matter metrics regarding budget, data volume, culling, and review status. Implement cost, time, and risk-reducing strategies. Utilize billing software to sync matters for ease of tracking and cost management.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of legal processes relating to document preservation, collection, review, and production.

• Comprehension of data integrity and the concept of spoliation, as well as expertise with various data structures.

• Experience with programming languages as well as the ability to utilize regular expressions or macros.

• Document processing experience with the combined knowledge of various data formats and output.

• Familiarity with Relativity and similar review platforms and the ability to manage large scale document reviews.

• Ability to communicate regarding complex, technical issues and resolve unforeseen issues.