Litigation Support Analyst

About the role

Harris Beach Murtha is seeking a Litigation Support Analyst to support attorneys, IT, and external vendors in defensible handling of client data and efficient execution of litigation support workflows. Ideal candidates have 2-5+ years of experience in litigation support, eDiscovery, or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Cook up and execute data collections from various sources, including email, network shares, cloud repositories, and local devices
• Set up and maintain defensible preservation practices, including tracking custodians, data sources, and chain of custody
• Process client data using industry-standard tools, preparing data for ingestion into Relativity or LAW
• Manage and maintain workspaces within Relativity, including folder structures, fields, layouts, and permissions
• Tackle processing errors and manage exception handling during ingestion workflows
• Support document review teams by creating batches, running searches, and managing data organization
• Assist with analytics workflows, including keyword searching, filtering, and deduplication as applicable
• Prepare document productions, including native and image formats, load files, and metadata deliverables
• Communicate with internal stakeholders and external clients regarding project status, requirements, and timelines
• Aid in onboarding new matters, including workspace setup and data intake
• Collaborate with IT, Records, and vendors to ensure seamless workflow execution
• Ensure proper and timely billing entries of Litigation Support activities

Requirements

• 2-5+ years of experience in litigation support, eDiscovery, or related experience
• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Information Technology, Legal Studies, or related field
• Experience with SQL, LAW, and Relativity
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to multi-task
• Excellent communication and client service skills

Qualifications

• Flexible to work varying hours each week (will include some nights)
• Comfortable working in the office on a hybrid schedule or fully remote

Skills

• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent communication and client service skills
• Ability to multi-task

Benefits

• Forward-thinking and innovative partnership with the benefit of more than 250 years of combined history
• Global reach with clients including Fortune 100 corporations, privately held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, tax-exempt organizations and individuals
• Practice areas and industries served span appellate law, business litigation, commercial real estate, construction, corporate, environmental, energy, financial institutions, financial restructuring, government compliance and investigations, health care, immigration, intellectual property, labor and employment, mass torts, medical and life sciences, political law, product liability, public finance, tax, and trusts and estates

Pay

• Salary information will vary depending upon relevant experience for the position, geographic locations and weekly hours schedule
• Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Rochester and Syracuse, NY: $28.85 - $38.47/hour

Schedule

• The anticipated weekly schedule for the Litigation Support Analyst is 40 hours per week