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The role of Litigation Support Analyst is to act as the liaison between the legal … Operating as the in-house consultant on automated litigation support, the Litigation Support Analyst communicates with clients, and legal staff to …

Original post by unknown and software by Elliott Back

Thank you for letting all of us get to know you a little better. The following 6 questions are designed to give the audience

1. What is your current position?

Associate Director of Legal Business Technologies (which translates into leading the Project managent, Application Development, and Practice Technologies a/k/a Litigation Support teams)

2. What in your background led you to where you are today?

A (somewhat scary) ability to think like a computer and a very benevolent first employer who gave me my first role many years ago in application support/training.

3. Why did you make the transition to litigation support?

I recognized it as an area where technology can provide great value to the attorneys. I’m not a gadget-girl at all. I get a giggle out of applying technology as a genuine solution to a business need. When you can point to a six figure savings and tie it back to technology, it’s ok to brag.

4. How do you stay current?

ILTA, Legal Technology News, InfoWorld, KMWorld, and many hours invested in talking with my brilliant colleagues and vendors.

5. Any predictions for the industy?

Statistical sampling will be the next trend. It will add credibility to the automated searching and categorization tools that will be used to cull non-relevant documents from those documents to be reviewed by counsel.

6. If the job of a Senator is to become a President, what is a Litigation Support professional’s job?

I’m not so sure that the job of a Senator is to become President. Sometimes a Senator should just be a Senator. In the end, each person should find whatever role makes him or her satisfied. Ideally, we find a place that aligns with who we are naturally, add a dose of knowledge and experience and perform exceptionally. We don’t need to become attorneys (or COO, or anything else for that matter) to be valuable or valued. Law firms are all a bit unique, which makes it possible for roles and assignments to be crafted creatively to meet individual needs. That’s management. Fitting people into pre-designed org charts and job descriptions can be done by a machine.

Deena,

Thank you for your time and answers.

Mark Lieb