Senior Associate​/eDiscovery; Forensic Services practice

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.

CRA’s Forensic Services practice supports companies’ commitment to integrity by assisting them and their counsel in independently responding to allegations of fraud, waste, abuse, misconduct, and non‑compliance. We are noted for deploying cross‑trained teams of forensic professionals to assist our clients in gaining deeper insights and greater value more quickly. Our commitment to our clients is to help them better anticipate, manage, and become more resilient as a result of, challenging events.

We seek a Senior Associate to join our Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, or New York office. As a Senior Associate, 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 and data analytics;
• 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.

• 5-8 years conducting eDiscovery activities in large and complex environments.
• Deep and broad technical knowledge of current eDiscovery tools and technologies (Relativity, Brainspace, Nuix, etc).
• Experience processing electronic data in an industry-standard tool such as Nuix, Relativity, etc., with a strong preference for Nuix.
• Multiple industry-standard certifications are preferred, with a preference for candidates holding Relativity certifications
• Demonstrated and sound working knowledge of a broad range of current IT platforms, technologies and operating systems.
• Experience utilizing enterprise forensic collection and examination applications (EnCase, FTK, Nuix etc) preferred, but not required;
• Strong policy, process and project management experience, with emphasis on assisting senior consultants with day‑to‑day management tasks;
• Excellent analytical, decision making and problem solving skills.
• Ability to influence colleagues and implement initiatives across functions;
• Demonstrates integrity, initiative and commitment in all interactions with colleagues and clients.

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