eDiscovery Counsel

Overview

This role partners with a large law firm with a strong footprint in eDiscovery, information governance, and data-related legal matters. The organization is seeking an eDiscovery Counsel to lead discovery workstreams involving complex litigation and investigations.

The position is client-facing and involves developing practical and defensible discovery strategies, drafting sophisticated work product (including ESI agreements, protective orders, motions, memoranda, and other defensibility materials), and collaborating directly with clients, merits counsel, co-counsel, experts, and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead eDiscovery and information-governance workstreams in complex litigation and investigations.
• Draft and review discovery and governance work product, including legal memoranda, correspondence, protective orders, ESI agreements, motions, playbook components, and defensibility memoranda.
• Prepare outlines and talking points for client meetings, custodian interviews, meet-and-confers, and motion hearings.
• Coordinate with merits counsel, co-counsel, and experts; support expert task/matter management and preparation for oral testimony as needed.
• Provide practical legal advice to firm teams; monitor emerging law and support training/policy development.
• Coach and mentor junior team members; contribute to cohesive, high-performing teams.
• Support thought leadership and practice development initiatives; identify opportunities to expand client relationships.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) and active U.S. bar admission (additional admissions obtained as needed).
• Demonstrated experience managing eDiscovery in complex litigation and investigations.
• Excellent legal writing and research skills; proven ability to draft complex discovery documents and memoranda.
• Strong project leadership and client-facing communication skills; comfort working directly with merits counsel and co-counsel.
• Technology-forward mindset and proficiency with Microsoft Office; ability to quickly learn and leverage litigation support tools.
• Willingness to travel as needed (including international travel depending on assignment).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience advising on information governance and/or data privacy issues in the litigation/investigation context.
• Experience developing defensibility positions or playbooks; participation in industry organizations and thought leadership.

Compensation & Benefits

Expected salary for this role is $232,500 - 285,000, commensurate with experience, training, skills, qualifications, and other market factors.

Location

Fully remote U.S. position with occasional travel.