Litigation Staff Attorney

Job Summary & Objectives

The Litigation Staff Attorney will assist Associates, Counsel, and Partners in various matters, including litigation and internal & government investigations. 

Essential Responsibilities:

• Review of documents in electronic platforms, including Relativity, for responsiveness, privilege, and issue coding

• Creating searches to identify documents on electronic review platforms

• Preparing fact summaries and chronologies

• Communicating with supervising attorneys and colleagues regarding review findings and questions and issues with review

• Assisting with deposition preparation, including analysis and selection of documents to be utilized in deposition preparation sessions

• Assisting with preparation for witness interviews including identifying relevant documents

• Other tasks as needed

EDUCATION 
REQUIRED
•     Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED

• Admission to bar of local office jurisdiction

• Strong technical and computer skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Familiarity with the litigation process, specifically the discovery process and related documents

• Thorough understanding of privilege law and issues

• Strong attention to detail

Preferred

• Prior experience with electronic document review platforms, including Relativity

• Prior experience preparing privilege logs

PHYSICAL DEMANDS (REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS)

Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

• Sitting: Remaining in the seated position, particularly for sustained periods of time

• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps using feet and legs or hands and arms

• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally

• Carrying: Transporting an object, usually holding it in the hands or arms, or on the shoulder

• Pulling/Pushing: Using upper extremities to exert steady force upon an object so that the object moves toward or away from the force

• Bending/Stooping/Kneeling/Crouching: Bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine, or by bending legs at knees

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions as in typical office or administrative work (normal light, air and space in the work environment)

Salary Information

NY Only: The estimated base salary range for this position is $120,000 to $140,000 at the time of posting.

The actual salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job. This role is exempt meaning it is not overtime pay eligible.

Simpson Thacher will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.

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