Practice Support Project Manager

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.  

The Practice Support Project Manager is an integral part of Latham’s Practice Support Services team and will be responsible for executing casework as required and coordinating with colleagues within the Practice Support Center to support various client-matter projects, while providing guidance to case teams regarding the best practices for handling clients’ electronically stored information (ESI) and how best to use technology to support their matters, including data collection, data processing, and document production. Please note that the standard working hours for this role are 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm PT, with potential flexibility. This role is primarily remote, with one in-person day shift at our Global Services Office in downtown Los Angeles required quarterly. Additionally, a week of in-person day-shift onboarding and training is expected at the start of the role.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Assisting attorneys and paralegals with search queries, email threading, document review database analytics, creation of custom tags, review batches, batch-printing, reports, exhibit/case management, productions, depositions, and trial presentations
• Monitoring and managing the team's email inbox, ensuring that all incoming communications are reviewed promptly and providing timely and professional responses to internal and external stakeholders
• Crafting clear, concise, and professional emails that effectively convey complex information, ensuring mutual understanding and alignment with project objectives
• Collaborating with the team to define project timelines and project milestones within the litigation lifecycle
• Maintaining comprehensive project documentation such as chain of custody and project trackers
• 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:

• Display a strong understanding of e-discovery and the e-discovery reference model (EDRM)
• Possess expert level knowledge of databases and document review platforms such as Reveal, Relativity, Nuix Discover and/or other tools used for document review and production
• Exhibit operational knowledge with at least one e-discovery (EDD) processing tool, such as eCapture, Nuix Workstation, Relativity Processing, etc.
• Demonstrate strong project management skills, with an emphasis on directly supporting teams of attorneys and support staff
• Possess the ability to quickly learn new skills

And have:

• An associate’s degree or a minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• A minimum of five (5) years of technical experience in a legal environment or at a vendor specializing in providing legal technology processing services

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.

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.

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