About Charles River Associates

Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that provides economic, financial, and business management expertise to major law firms, corporations and governments around the world. CRA advises clients on economic and financial matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its combination of industry experience and rigorous, fact-based analysis that provide clients with clear, implementable solutions to complex business concerns.

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Job Overview

Experts in CRA’s Forensic Services practice provide independent forensic expertise and data analytics capabilities in complex litigation, cyber security incident response, internal and compliance investigations, and white-collar defense matters. Companies and their legal counsel routinely call upon us to investigate a broad range of allegations, including cybercrime, financial fraud, theft of a trade secret, employee misconduct, and non-compliance. Our teams integrate expertise in data analytics, problem solving, technology, and business intelligence. They possess the skills required to ensure our work will withstand aggressive, adversarial, and/or regulatory scrutiny.

We are seeking an Associate Principal to join our Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington DC office. As an Associate Principal, you will leverage CRA’s eDiscovery technology suite to process, organize, analyze, and deliver data-driven insights, while having frequent contact with senior leadership and project teams as a resource. Your responsibilities may include (but are not limited to):

Executing on projects involving the identification, collection, processing, review, and production of data relevant to litigation or regulatory investigations;
Supporting engagement planning - participating in project team execution, analysis, and work product;
Interfacing with client personnel and implementing client discovery strategies;
Preparing client communications/reports for project milestones and senior leadership;
Implementing client data processing projects, including planning of processing specifications, search parameters, etc.;
Implementing client data review within Relativity, including the use of technology assisted review, data analytics, and generative AI;
Preparing and delivering data productions;
Managing risk by implementing quality control measures and documentation;
Participating in team recruiting and retention efforts and managing team morale. Manage the growth and professional development of junior staff members;
Assisting in business development efforts by drafting proposals and coordinating with other practice areas within the firm.

Qualifications

8-11 years conducting eDiscovery activities in large and complex environments;
Deep and broad technical knowledge of current eDiscovery tools and technologies (Relativity, Nuix, etc.);
Demonstrated experience managing a matter through the complete Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) lifecycle, including but not limited to collection, processing, document reviews, production, privilege logs, and matter close-outs;
Strong proficiency in processing, analyzing, and producing data within Relativity;
Demonstrated proficiency of analytical e-discovery processes and tools such as conceptual searching, generative AI, use and validation of technology-assisted review, e-mail threading, and textual near duplicate analysis;
Demonstrated expertise in industry-standard platforms with achievement of industry certifications. Multiple Relativity certifications preferred.
Ability to effectively lead teams, prioritize multiple projects, design workflows, and meet timely deadlines;
Strong policy, process and project management experience, including management of multiple simultaneous workflows and team members;
Excellent analytical, decision making and problem-solving skills;