Legal Review Attorney

The Opportunity

Contract Type     Permanent, Exempt

Practice Group    Digital Legal Delivery ('Digital')

Reporting to        Senior Manager

Location(s)          New York

About Digital    

Herbert Smith Freehills' pioneering global Digital business harnesses the firm's key legal and technology expertise to offer cost-efficient legal products and technology services to clients. A global team of over 400 lawyers, legal analysts and technologists works seamlessly and 24/7 from offices in New York, Belfast, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. Digital is a market leader in the use of technology assisted review. Our clients benefit from the enhanced quality and time-saving that leading technology and innovation in delivery can provide, while also saving money.

About Digital Disputes

We are experienced in complex large scale document review, sensitive and time critical investigations and regulatory and consumer claims assessment. Our teams work closely with and provide support to other Herbert Smith Freehills practice groups, and we are continually expanding our service offerings. We are experts in complex review elements including legal privilege, commercial sensitivity and data protection working across all industry sectors including financial services, energy, retail, TMT and construction. Our New York office opened in 2012 and currently focuses on disputes work, including financial services litigation, complex commercial litigation, investigations and international arbitration.

The Role           

Legal Review Attorneys are part of our New York legal team, working closely with Senior Managers, Managers, eDiscovery teams, and instructing case teams.   The primary responsibility of Legal Review Attorneys will be performing document review in connection with discovery, investigations (internal and regulatory), and in preparation for depositions and trial. Note that limited travel, to other Herbert Smith Freehills offices or to clients, may be required from time to time.

Key Responsibilities    

•           Conducting document review, due diligence or other practice area-specific fee-earning work (there will be target average daily chargeable hours).

•           Undertake Quality Control and, as necessary, provide constructive feedback to reviewers to ensure that output is consistent with HSF quality standards.

•           On appropriate projects, as required, working directly with other HSF practice groups in our global network to deliver high quality support to clients and HSF legal teams.

•           Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of areas of law relevant to the practice.

•           Ensuring compliance with financial disciplines on matters (e.g. daily time recording).

•           Providing any other assistance to the business on client matters and related tasks as required.

The responsibilities outlined above cannot totally encompass or define all tasks that may be required of the post-holder.  The outline of responsibilities given above may, therefore, vary from time to time without materially changing either the character or level of responsibility.

Qualifications, skills and experience               

Essential

•           JD, LLM or LLB from an accredited institution is required.

•           Admission to and good standing with the Bar of the State of New York.

•           A minimum of 3-5 years post graduate experience in related substantive litigation or investigative matters.

•           Experience working in a commercial legal environment, ideally a private practice law firm.

•           Demonstrated ability to make correct decisions regarding application of relevant legal privileges and protections.

•           Demonstrated ability to utilize standard document review software, e.g. Relativity.

Desirable

•           Demonstrated fluency in both written and spoken Spanish, including formal business language, is preferred.

Salary

Expected salary for this role is $115,000 - $135,000, commensurate with experience, training, skills, qualifications, and other market factors. The maximum will only be considered for more experienced, fluent candidates.

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