Archive for March 3rd, 2010
Paper Printing from Ringtail
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Does anyone else out there still get asked to print to paper?
I have a personal limit of 10 documents or 100 pages.
Whichever comes first.
For everything else it's electronic (PDF or Tiff etc)
I think I shocked a Lawyer today.
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Paper Printing from Ringtail
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Does anyone else out there still get asked to print to paper?
I have a personal limit of 10 documents or 100 pages.
Whichever comes first.
For everything else it's electronic (PDF or Tiff etc)
I think I shocked a Lawyer today.
Read Main Topic
Litigation Technologist – DC – Washington
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010The Washington office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP seeks a Litigation Technologist to join its Discovery and Litigation Technology Department.
The Litigation Technologist works under the direction of the Litigation Technology Supervisor and in conjunction with firm staff attorneys and associates to provide support for the office at large in case management and litigation support. The technologist is assigned to work 7 hours per day, 35 hours per week, with one hour each day for lunch. Core business hours are 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. but assigned shift may vary depending upon the needs of the office. Technologist must be flexible to work a reasonable amount of overtime to accommodate the requirements of the litigation or second request. Regular and timely attendance during the designed shift schedule of the technologist is required.
Primary Duties/Responsibilities:
- Providing user support on litigation support software and hardware. This includes the ability to recommend, develop, maintain and troubleshoot databases and image collections. Coordinates with Litigation Technology Supervisor all aspects of technical support for litigation.
- Providing support for product filings by consulting with attorneys on dataset, preparing production copies of data on selected media, providing instruction to recipient on how to view data
- Overseeing and monitoring vendor projects for quality control
- Training attorneys and paralegals on automated litigation support services
- Researching new approaches for best practices for litigation technology requests
Minimum Qualifications:
- Two years experience in multi-party litigation
- Strong oral and written communication skills, diplomacy and customer service, and the ability to work well under pressure
- Working knowledge of litigation support technology including database management
- Experience with Concordance, Summation, Access, JFS Litigator's Notebook, imaging, and OCR
- Paralegal background and experience with vendor-hosted review platforms, Trial Director, and LiveNote a plus
- Flexibility to work overtime as needed
To be considered for this position, candidates must submit both a cover letter and a resume. Application materials may be sent via e-mail to dc-officerecruiting@cgsh.com, by fax to 202 974 1999, or by mail to: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Attn: Human Resources Department, 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20006. No phone calls, please.
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