Senior Advisor, Digital Collections

Job Description

We are a global law firm with a powerful strategic focus and real momentum. Our industry-focused strategy is seeing us take on pioneering work in places that others have yet to reach. Our shared values define our culture and our workplace. You will find us to be unusually collegial, team-oriented, and ready to innovate. We work seamlessly across practices, offices and around the world. This elimination of boundaries has allowed us to evolve into a law firm that works as hard for its culture as it does for its clients.

As an early adopter of advanced eDiscovery technology and methodologies, the Firm's Global eDiscovery Services group provides strategic services to our disputes lawyers and clients. Working alongside other talented professionals, you'll be surrounded by an open and collaborative culture that embraces recognition and professional development.

Recognizing the impact of the emerging cloud-based data sources on discovery, the NRF eDiscovery team is early to build on a position dedicated to the preservation, collection and protection of digital evidence in connection to litigation and regulatory matters. In coordination with eDiscovery Services leadership, the Senior Advisor will be pivotal in implementing and actioning strategic and defensible preservation and collection plans for all eDiscovery projects.

As a Senior Advisor, your role will be central to evaluating client IT environments and offering recommendations on the technical measures required to preserve and collect digital information in connection to discovery obligations. This involves engaging with clients, client IT and retained vendors, and collaborating closely with senior managers and NRF lawyers. The Senior Advisor will play a pivotal role in ensuring sound digital collections from both cloud and on-premise sources, overseeing evidence intake and upholding the security of original client evidence.

This position is full-time remote and can therefore be located in any city where we have a US office. Flexibility to come to the office for trainings or meetings is required.

• Lead client-facing IT interviews to document client IT infrastructure, identify preservation requirements and design defensible collection strategies
• Serve as an advisor to case teams, clients, and vendors on best practices for digital evidence preservation and collections
• Oversee and manage forensic vendors to ensure industry-standard methodologies for acquiring, recovering, and preserving evidence from endpoints, servers, cloud services, and mobile devices.
• Collaborate with clients and case teams to apply legal holds and execute and guide collections from enterprise systems such as M365 Purview, Google Vault/Workspace, Slack, and other collaboration and document management platforms
• Provide consultative guidance to case teams to advise on client in-house eDiscovery capabilities, search construction and preservation and collection approaches
• Maintain meticulous documentation of evidence handling, including chain of custody forms, intake records and collection notes
• Coordinate and manage secure intake of physical media and digital collections
• Partner with leadership to refine preservation and collection playbooks, workflows, and best practices as data sources and cloud applications evolve
• Remain current with emerging data sources, forensic tools, and evolving preservation and collection trends
• Contribute to project management tasks, including reporting, workflow improvement, and cross-team collaboration

• Continue to grow and refine the department's preservation and data collection service model
• Work directly with industry leaders and lawyers in the Firm's Information Governance, Cyber and eDiscovery practices
• Participate in SMART goal initiatives focused on professional development and achieving career objectives

Please note this job description does not cover or contain all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field (computer science, information systems, engineering or related discipline)
• Minimum of 7+ years of experience in litigation support, eDiscovery, forensic technology or IT systems administration with a focus on collections and preservation
• Deep knowledge of computer operating systems, (Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix) and enterprise IT environments
• Strong knowledge of IT systems, including hardware and networking concepts, architecture and protocols
• Proficiency with enterprise eDiscovery and compliance tools (M365 Purview eDiscovery Standard/Premium, Google Vault/Workspace, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to consult with clients, IT stakeholders, and legal teams on defensible preservation and collection strategies
• Proven expertise with (or exposure to) emerging data sources (e.g., Slack, Teams, ephemeral messaging, SaaS, IoT), with the ability to adapt preservation and collection techniques to evolving platforms
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; able to interface with all levels of the organization and external clients
• Ability to manage multiple projects, attention to detail and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work efficiently under rigorous deadlines in high-pressure situations
• Excellent analytical and problem identification and resolution skills
• Flexible, proactive, resilient, and adaptable in a fast-paced environment. Flexibility for occasional travel

• Experience overseeing or working with an eDiscovery and forensic vendors
• Experience in Microsoft 365 Purview including components of eDiscovery licensing
• Familiarity with scripting/automation (PowerShell, SQL, Python) and databases
• Knowledge of Microsoft Purview for application of data retention policies
• Strong knowledge of performing content search, data governance, and defensible collection workflows
• Technical understanding of the EDRM and forensic collection best practices
• Experience with digital forensic and collection tools, such as FEC, FTK, Cellebrite, Magnet Axiom, EnCase, etc.)
• Industry certifications (MCSE, MCSA, CEDS, GFCE, EnCE, CISSP, RCA, etc)

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is committed to providing employees with a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that supports you, your health, and your family. Benefit packages include access to three medical plans, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. Employees can also access pre-tax benefits such as health savings and flexible spending accounts. Norton Rose Fulbright helps provide financial security by allowing employees to participate in a 401(k) savings plan and profit-sharing plans if eligible. Full- time employees are eligible to access fertility benefits designed to support fertility and family-forming journeys.

In addition to the Firm's health and welfare benefits above, we offer a competitive paid time off plan, which provides a minimum of 20 days off based on your role and tenure with the firm. The firm offers a generous paid parental leave benefit allowing parents to take a minimum of 14 weeks of paid leave to bond with your newborn, or adopted child(ren). Employees are also entitled to 11 Firm holidays.

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal laws and their implementing regulations that require the collection and recording of certain data and information. The information we receive will not be used to make any decision regarding employment and will be kept separate from your application. Similarly, self-identification information is kept confidential and used only in accordance with applicable federal laws and regulations. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.Norton Rose Fulbright is committed to providing reasonable accommodation as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation to complete your application, please contact us.hr@nortonrosefulbright.com. Please provide your contact information and a description of your accessibility issue. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

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