CONTRACT Review Manager

About the role

TruLegal is representing a highly regarded and specialized law firm seeking an experienced Review Manager on a contract basis to oversee a team of up to 25 document review attorneys. This hands-on role offers the opportunity to oversee day-to-day review workflows, drive quality and productivity, manage team performance, and serve as the primary liaison between the review team and firm counsel on sophisticated, deadline-driven matters.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate contract attorney teams of up to 25 reviewers in high-volume, deadline-driven matters.
• Proactively identify top performers and underperformers, with prompt escalation and corrective action as needed.
• Oversee privilege review and privilege log preparation, including familiarity with privilege calls, redactions, and log QC.
• Adopt a hands-on, do-whatever-it-takes approach to meeting production deadlines and matter milestones.
• Serve as the primary communication channel between the review team and Counsel, providing regular progress reporting and flagging issues in real time.

Requirements

• Significant experience managing high-volume document reviews.
• Strong expertise in privilege review and privilege log preparation.
• Proactive management style with the ability to quickly identify and address performance or workflow issues.
• Fluency in Relativity.
• Licensed attorney in good standing.
• Antitrust or regulatory review experience preferred (e.g., DOJ, FTC, or similar government investigations).
• Prior experience in law firm settings preferred; candidates with combined law firm and vendor/ALSP backgrounds also acceptable.

Schedule

Initial contract duration is approximately 3 months, subject to extension.