Discovery Attorney

Williams & Connolly LLP is accepting applications for full-time Discovery Attorneys. While document review and quality control are core competencies of this position, Discovery Attorneys are required to master numerous more complex skills. Discovery Attorneys become the factual experts on their matters and use that expertise to assist with preparing for depositions, hearings, motions and trials. They create written work product organizing and describing important factual issues in their cases and make oral presentations on key issues. Supervision of teams of document reviewers (either onsite or remotely) is often required. As an integral part of case teams, Discovery Attorneys have significant responsibility for crucial issues in complex litigations.

This position has an introductory period during which a discovery attorney must be in the office at least four days each week. After that period, a discovery attorney may choose to continue with that schedule or switch to a hoteling option that permits remote work up to four days each week if that is consistent with the case demands.

At a minimum, qualified candidates should have significant document review experience including the following tasks, examples of which must be specifically noted on your resume and detailed in your cover letter:

• Privilege log drafting and creation;
• Second level quality control review of work done by others; and
• Advanced database search experience, which includes:

o Searching for and selecting documents for depositions;
o Assisting in developing a complex factual chronology;
o Developing an understanding of an event using targeted searches; and
o Constructing complex searches to efficiently identify significant documents.

Team leadership experience is a significant plus. Any such experience should be specifically noted both on your resume and in your cover letter and should include the size of the teams you supervised, the duration of the supervision and a general description of your philosophy of team leadership.

Foreign language skills, supported by existing ALTA scores and past review experience in the language, is a significant plus and should be specifically identified on both your resume and cover letter.

Strong Relativity skills are essential and experience with other review platforms is helpful. Successful candidates will demonstrate both the ability to work well in teams as well the ability to support associates and partners alone in a fast-paced and often demanding environment.

This position requires the ability to interact with firm management, partners, associates and employees in a professional manner and the ability to manage and prioritize a large volume of work assignments, meeting all deadlines. We are looking for people with a 'can do' attitude that work well under pressure and deliver work product of the highest quality at every opportunity. This requires at least:

• Strong legal reasoning and analytical skills;
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills;
• Attention to detail and the ability to work carefully to produce consistent and accurate work product;
• The ability to work independently with minimal supervision; and
• The ability to manage deadlines and meet them consistently.

Candidates must hold a J.D. and must be a current, active member in good standing of the DC Bar. Please include your DC Bar number on your resume. The ability to carry up to 20 pounds is also required.

APPLICATION PROCESS:
Applications must be submitted online at https://www.wc.com/Careers. There are three essential elements to an application. The application process works best by submitting a single document containing all three of the necessary elements. We will only consider applications that include all of the following:

1. A current resume, including your DC Bar number;
2. A cover letter that highlights any experience you have working on matters for Williams & Connolly LLP in the past, details your most significant work experience and explains what sets you apart from other potential applicants; and
3. A writing sample that demonstrates your ability to explain in writing something complicated that you understand well. The sample should be no more than two paragraphs and does not need to be on a legal subject. You should create this sample specifically for this application rather than using something you have written previously.