Primary Purpose:
Working within the Legal group, manages the company's e-discovery program, including the identification, preservation, collection, processing, review and production of documents, data and other information. Acts as a liaison between Legal and IT to ensure an effective e-discovery process. Maintains systems in support of document preservation and e-discovery storage and retrieval.
Duties and Responsibilities:
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Legal Hold Responsibilities
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Implement and maintain legal hold system.
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Manage issuance and compliance with legal holds, including assisting custodians.
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Maintain auditable record of legal holds.
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Continually identify, assess and implement ways to streamline and improve effectiveness of legal hold system.
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E-Discovery Functional responsibilities
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Day-to-day management of e-discovery tasks, coordinate with Law Department personnel, IT and business units as needed.
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Assist in-house and outside counsel with developing e-discovery plans.
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Assist in-house and outside counsel with document collection, preservation, processing, review, and production, including determination of most cost-effective means of accomplishing the various activities.
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Develop project budgets, set and manage expectations with Law Department personnel, outside counsel and vendors.
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Maintain project documentation.
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E-Discovery Planning and Management responsibilities
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Assess, coordinate, and make recommendations regarding the company's in-house e-discovery strategy, practices, technology and resources.
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Set priorities, develop protocols, and track progress against objectives.
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Manage and coordinate e-discovery activities performed by Law Department support staff and by other departments, including IT.
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Identify potential e-discovery vendors; negotiate contracts, oversee, and coordinate relationships with e-discovery vendors.
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Conduct training for attorneys and paralegals regarding company resources for litigation support and e-discovery best practices.
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Establish reporting mechanism to measure and report the volume and costs associated with e-discovery being managed in support of the company.
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Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree required.
- 3-5 years experience in managing electronic discovery projects.
- Paralegal experience or certificate a plus.
- Experience with an enterprise electronic discovery platform.
- Experience with data storage technologies and techniques.
- CED or other e-discovery certification a plus.
- Proficiency in litigation applications such as Relativity, Concordance, LiveNote, Trial Director, etc.
Sempra Energy
101 Ash St
San Diego
California United States
www.sempra.com
