Specialist: Information Governance

About the role

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do. We are a collegial, collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm. If you thrive in a collaborative environment that values exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, we invite you to consider joining our Information Governance department in our Washington, D.C., New York or Chicago office as a Specialist: Information Governance.

The Specialist: Information Governance (IG) actively contributes to the strategy, planning and execution of the firm’s IG Program, helping ensure compliance with privacy, confidentiality, and information security laws and regulations, client requirements, and firm policies. This role requires strong knowledge of electronic legal records, document management systems, legal technology solutions and project coordination. The individual in this position plays an important role in supporting and advancing IG initiatives while collaborating cross-functionally with teams across Information Security, Legal Risk Management, and Business Services. The Specialist provides expertise in managing electronic data throughout its lifecycle, including data remediation, migration, storage, retention, and disposition. This individual also assists in identifying, prioritizing, and addressing IG risks and contributes to both regional and global initiatives. In addition, the Specialist advises lawyers, paralegals, IT, and Business Services staff on IG best practices, data privacy considerations, security, and risk management related to firm information assets.

Responsibilities

• Performs electronic matter mobility and client file transfer activities, including coordinating with lawyers, IG leads, IT staff, and external parties to securely transfer files related to lateral arrivals, departures, and client requests, as assigned
• Supports the implementation of records retention and disposition activities in accordance with the Global Records Management Policy for legal and business services matters
• Advises on aspects of the departure process, including task assignment, quality control, records maintenance and risk mitigation
• Conducts data analysis, proposes solutions for remediating unstructured data by client matter and migrates data as needed
• Provides guidance and support for data retention projects relating to client and