Senior Litigation Case Manager

Senior Litigation Case Manager

Senior Litigation Case Manager

Category

Paralegals

Location

Employment Type

Salary

$130000 - $150000



Job Description:

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Serving as the principal point of contact for logistical, operational, and case

management aspects of assigned matters

• Developing and maintaining detailed action plans, tracking systems, and deadlines across multiple workflows, including:

o Court filings and briefings

o eDiscovery (collection, review, production, and tracking)

o Accuracy and timeliness of information in case management platforms

o Witness preparation

o Status reports for clients

• Anticipating and resolving delays and risks; coordinating activities across jurisdictions and teams to ensure consistency, accuracy, and value

• Assessing and improving processes to optimize resource allocation, drive efficiency, and align with client cost expectations without compromising quality, including by:

o Employing technology

o Leveraging work to lowest capable bill rate

• Mentoring and developing junior lawyers and support staff

• Managing vendor relationships, including coordination of work, performance, and cost control


Job Requirements:

Requirements:

We seek a candidate who functions as a strategic project manager. The ideal team member

is someone who takes ownership of outcomes, brings structure to ambiguity, can operate

with independence in a high-stakes and fast-moving environment, is comfortable engaging

directly with senior stakeholders, can make judgment calls on processes, and ensures large

teams remain focused and efficient.

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in litigation case management, eDiscovery, or a closely related function within a law firm or legal services environment

• Experience managing large, multi-jurisdictional litigation matters with numerous active workstreams and frequent deadlines

• Ability to lead within large teams, including influencing without formal authority and developing junior team members

• Professional level expertise with litigation software (e.g., Relativity, Opus 2) and document review workflows, including analytics and technology-assisted review