What are the responsibilities and job description for the eDiscovery and Litigation Technology Coordinator position at Tennessee Attorney General's Office?
eDiscovery and Litigation Technology Coordinator
The Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter represents all state officials, employees, agencies, departments, boards, and commissions in matters arising from their public duties. Such representation includes litigation, transactional assistance, and general legal advice to a wide variety of state entities. The Attorney General’s Office employs approximately 200 attorneys, organized into 17 divisions within 5 sections.
About the eDiscovery and Litigation Technology Team:
Our eDiscovery and Litigation Technology team combines technical expertise with legal knowledge to implement and manage eDiscovery platforms, develop workflows for efficient document review, provide technical support during hearings and trials, and train legal professionals on emerging legal technology.
Job Overview:
• Provide technical litigation support services to attorneys and clients
• Perform administrative functions associated with the day-to-day use of litigation support software eDiscovery databases, including but not limited to: database creation and maintenance; importing images, data and transcripts; searching and exporting data; document scanning, OCR and coding; and document productions
• Assist in the preparation of documents and exhibits for trial
• Receive and log incoming discovery materials; maintains chain of custody and other tracking documentation for media and data, both received and produced
• Contribute to internal process development, preparing workflows and other documentation
• Reports to Manager of Litigation Support
Minimum Qualifications:
• 3-5 years of experience in a litigation support or legal technology
• Strong understanding of the EDRM (Electronic Discovery Reference Model)
• Proficiency with eDiscovery platforms (Relativity, Everlaw, etc.), with preference for Everlaw
• Experience with providing end-user support on all Litigation Support applications
Desired Skills and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field
• Understanding of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure relevant to eDiscovery
• Knowledge of legal holds and preservation procedures
• Experience providing courtroom technology support
• Experience with:
o text editing tools such as Ultraedit or TextPad;
o advanced Adobe Pro capabilities such as bookmarking and document merging/splitting, and OCR;
o CaseMap, TimeMap, Sanction, and MS Office suite, including Outlook and Excel;
o handling data transfers; and
o data encryption using Bitlocker or other encryption tools
To apply:
Applications can be submitted via our online application portal:
https://agtnprod.powerappsportals.us/ApplicantSubmission/
Please direct questions to hrteam@ag.tn.gov.
Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws. Offers for this position may be contingent on a satisfactory criminal history check.