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Legal Staff Paralegal in New York City, NY

Epiq Systems, Inc. Jan 26,2018 Jan 09,2018 Location USA New York City NY
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In-House

Legal Staff

Litigation - eDiscovery

Min 2 yrs required

Profile

Project Manager The candidate serves as the primary liaison with key client representatives with the goal of owning the service delivery relationship. Drives overall client satisfaction through effective coordination and communication of client deliverables. Effectively executes project forecasts and work schedules implemented by the Sr. Project Manager or Client Services Director. Ensures client and project requirements are being met with the highest quality and accuracy through verification and communicating routinely with both the client and internal partners. Consistently delivers proactive communication with clients and when client issues arises addresses those issues or expeditiously escalates to the Sr. Project Manager of Client Services Director. Ensures that an update to date record is maintained with regard to the status of all projects being worked on. Demonstrates leadership to both the client and internal partners, delivering project objectives professionally and with high quality. Instills confidence with the client and serves as a primary public face of firm’s high-quality service delivery offering. Engages with the clients, both internal and external, and their needs as a primary focus; builds a sustaining collaborative and productive relationship with clients; seeks to understand client situations, issues, expectations, etc.; takes appropriate action to meet client needs and address concerns; implements or utilizes methods to monitor and evaluate client feedback; appropriately meets client needs without jeopardizing business outcomes or results. Expresses thoughts, ideas and information in a clear and compelling manner; organizes thoughts logically and highlights the critical points; adjusts messaging appropriately to suit the audience; ensures understanding through active listening and seeking input from the audience; addresses and interprets questions and points from others with appropriate responses. Develops plans and goals that align with and support business strategies; translates objectives into action plans; identifies tasks critical to business success and allocates resources accordingly; effectively manages time to achieve success; handles multiple demands and competing priorities successfully; delegates appropriately. Identifies problems by detecting patterns or connections; researches and analyzes problems; determines alternative solutions and creates action steps to solve the problem; thinks and acts quickly and effectively in a variety of situations; solves the problem while maintaining a balance between the time invested, the amount of information needed and the magnitude of the problem; evaluates both the short- and long- term consequences of decisions.

Qualification and Experience

The candidate must have bachelor’s degree. Should preferably have graduate degree such as a Juris Doctorate degree or Masters Business Administration (MBA) degree. Must have 2+ years consulting, litigation support, paralegal or attorney experience in a law firm, corporate legal departments or eDiscovery service providers. Solid understanding of eDiscovery and the litigation support industry which is typically a result of 2 years of experience in project management positions with law firms, corporate legal departments or eDiscovery service providers is required. Oral and written communication skills which provide a strong and confident leadership presence is needed. Solid understanding of database design and management, data processing activities and legal document review requirements is must.

Additional info

Ref: R0002494

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