Lawyers on Demand, a Consilio Company, is urgently seeking contract paralegals for a hybrid assignment in Armonk, NY.
Start: ASAP
Duration: 3-6 months
Location: hybrid on-site in Armonk, NY
Pay Rate: $45/hour
Scope of Work
The paralegals will provide hands‑on litigation support with a specific focus on data inventory, organization, preservation, and collection working under the direction of a senior eDiscovery project manager leading the effort.
Key responsibilities will include:
Physical Data Cleanup
- Inventory, label, and organize physical files and storage boxes.
- Assist with reconciling physical records against existing matter files and retention requirements.
- Coordinate with legal team on disposition, retention, or transfer decisions.
- Perform light lifting of file boxes, as required.
Digital Data Cleanup and Inventorying
- Review and catalog digital data sources associated with current matters.
- Create and maintain structured data inventories that include tracking location, custodian, matter association, and preservation status.
- Identify duplicative, obsolete, or misfiled materials for remediation or escalation.
Data Preservation and Collection Support
- Support preservation efforts by tracking custodians and data sources for active matters.
- Work with paralegal team and case managers to assist with digital data holds and collections for review
Reporting and Documentation
- Maintain detailed logs, trackers, and summary reports.
- Use Excel‑based tools to track progress, volumes, and exceptions.
- Flag risks, gaps, or inconsistencies requiring legal or operational escalation.
Required Skill Set and Experience:
- Prior experience as a litigation paralegal or litigation support professional.
- Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to work accurately with large volumes of physical and digital data.
- Strong and quick Excel skills
- Experience managing data inventories, trackers, or similar structured datasets.
- Familiarity with litigation preservation and collection concepts.
- Ability to comply with handling requirements for confidential and sensitive data.
- Willingness and ability to perform light physical lifting associated with file box handling.
LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion is a core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including people with disability, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.
