Senior Staff Attorney

Job Description

Position Type : Full time

Exempt

Offsite

Location : Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington D.C.

Salary Range : $176,000 - $230,000 / year*

The salary range is the one that Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP reasonably expects to pay for this position. The salary range does not guarantee, obligate, nor set expectations of an applicant's wage in the event of hire.

The posted range is only one component of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP's Total Rewards package.

JOB SUMMARY :

The Senior Staff Attorney provides strategic design, consultation and management of projects involving large scale discovery and fact development projects including, but not limited to, document collection, review and production with an emphasis on issues associated with electronically stored information.

The Senior Staff Attorney uses technological acumen and expertise in major industry tools to perform skilled fact investigations, discovery and trial preparation.

The Senior Staff Attorney leads, with decisiveness and judgment regarding strategy and inevitable crises. The Senior Staff Attorney uses a wealth of experience with protocols and workflow for document analysis for responsiveness, privilege and confidentiality designations.

The Senior Staff Attorney may be expected to participate on trial teams.

JOB FUNCTIONS

• Responsible for large case organization, early case assessment strategy and plan.
• Create, track and report on cost estimates and case budget.
• Assist case team with legal hold / preservation issues, the meet & confer process and protective orders.
• Design and implement document collection and review plan.
• Design and implement document production planning, including form of production.
• Lead review and production teams.
• Design and lead privilege processes, including review, logs and claw backs.
• Collaborate and assist case team with pleadings, motions and written discovery.
• Lead deposition and witness preparation support process.
• Lead fact development and trial preparation support processes.
• Lead trial support and compliance support teams.
• Respond to work requests from LPS management on a variety of issues and special projects, including training and professional development, staff performance, prompt and complete timekeeping and program improvements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

TOOLS

Microsoft Office, Relativity, Case Dynamics, CaseMap, Case Notebook

MINIMUM JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• J.D. degree from a major, accredited law school.
• Admitted to the CA bar, active and in good standing.
• Flexibility to work long hours and travel on short notice on behalf of the Firm.
• A minimum of 10 years of complex litigation experience in a law firm from case inception through trial, or equivalent emphasizing discovery project management.
• Ability to manage a project team to achieve objectives.
• Strong organizational, reasoning and research skills, creativity, attention to detail and initiative.
• Ability to articulate case (project) goals, objectives, deliverables, costs, and deadlines; identify tasks, resources, and schedule needed to achieve objectives.
• Ability to successfully manage, organize and prioritize multiple projects, using judgment and stakeholder input to meet time-sensitive deadlines.
• Ability to delegate work and monitor its execution by other independent individuals assigned to the same case or project, over whom no formal authority exists.
• Ability to interact effectively and professionally with all levels of the organization as well as external stakeholders such as vendors and clients.
• Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism, composure and leadership in challenging circumstances.
• High level of expertise in privilege practices and process.
• High level of expertise in major industry tools such as Relativity.
• Proficient with fact investigations, knowledge management, and trial preparation tools.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Writing, typing, reading, speaking, hearing, seeing, sitting, bending, reaching, lifting up to 25 lbs

WORKING CONDITIONS

Quiet office environment in a high-rise building, seated the majority of the time

DIRECT REPORTS

None

About Munger, Tolles & Olson

Munger, Tolles & Olson has been consistently ranked on The American Lawyer's A-List since its inception in 2004, including nine years in the top spot.

We strive to hire only the most qualified and creative lawyers. We believe that clerkships provide valuable experience. In this regard, about 80% of our attorneys served as law clerks to federal or state judges and sixteen attorneys were clerks to U.

S. Supreme Court Justices. We recruit and retain the best professional talent to support our Attorneys with a focus on service and excellence.

We have a full spectrum of functional positions including Information Technology, Information Security, Accounting, Human Resources, Legal Support, and Marketing.

MTO is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles (for example, braids, locks, and twists), color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, marital or domestic partner status, parental or family care status, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, disability or medical condition, genetic characteristic, political affiliation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

It is the policy of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP to prohibit discrimination, unlawful harassment (including sexual harassment), and retaliation.

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