Litigation Support Manager for National Law Firm

Title:  Litigation Support Manager

Job Purpose:

The Litigation Support Manager collaborates with supervising attorneys and support personnel to develop sophisticated and comprehensive courtroom presentations and implement the Firm’s vision and corresponding strategies for technology.  This position relies on extensive experience and sound judgment to plan and accomplish goals, perform a variety of tasks, and assist with the work of team members.  A wide degree of creativity is required.   

Duties:

· Perform a minimum of 1600 billable hours per year.

·  Collaborate with the trial team on case design and strategy, and guide case automation through trial.

· Prepare exhibits for testimony consistent with the message and theme developed by lead counsel. 

· Listen, envision and decipher ideas as directed by the litigation attorney and create corresponding electronic demonstratives.

· Manage online documents by establishing an internally controlled secure extranet to post drafts of exhibits as they are created so members of the trial team and experts can access the work product and make substantive and aesthetic suggestions.

· Manage conversion of e-mails and native files to .tif, .jpg, .pdf and text data.

· Create and troubleshoot full text search databases in a variety of formats.

· Manage electronic depositions so that they can be incorporated into database/trial software, synchronized to video transcripts and presented in court without loss of quality.

· Supervise trial automation strategies and illustrate electronic demonstratives for successful case resolution.

· Identify, analyze and recommend cost saving opportunities.

· Maintain a thorough knowledge, on both user and administrative functions, for all litigation software applications that are used in the Firm on active litigation matters.  Applications may include but are not limited to: Sanction II, Concordance, Ribstone, Livenote, Netdocs, IPRO, Summation, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat (Reader/Writer), Adobe Photoshop, Smart Draw, Visio, Omni Page and internet resources.

· Train, mentor and foster growth within the Litigation Support team.

Routine Responsibilities:

· Respond to calls requiring technical assistance for all Litigation Support and Trial Support software.

· Troubleshoot computer hardware systems and software.

· Provide training and MCLE’s to staff and attorneys on all litigation support software.

· Collaborate with attorneys and paralegals to select proper vendors to outsource needed items such as time stamped video, voluminous document populations, etc.

· Cut and refine videotape.

· Negotiate agreements with vendors and manage their performance to ensure proper level of service for cost expended.

· All other duties assigned as a Paralegal.

 

Skills/Qualifications:

Minimum of 5 years experience including expertise needed to manage litigation support systems and services in a large multi-office setting.  Paralegal Certificate/Degree required.  Certification in Concordance preferred.  Ability to multi-task a wide variety of duties and complete them in a timely fashion.  Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management, clients, and customers.  Prior management experience is also required.

 Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP is a national law firm with more than 600 attorneys in offices located in Atlanta, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Lafayette, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Orange County, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, Tampa and Tucson.  The firm was ranked by the National Law Journal as on of the Top 100 largest law firms in the nation.