eDiscovery Project Coordinator Bethesda, MD (HYBRID)

At GEICO we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities.

Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose.

When you join our company we want you to feel valued supported and proud to work here. Thats why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company Great Culture Great Rewards and Great Careers.

Primary Position Objective:

GEICO is seeking an experienced eDiscovery Project Coordinator to support the day-to-day management of electronic discovery matters within our Legal Operations team. You will serve as a hands-on project driver across the EDRM lifecycle from legal hold issuance through collection processing review and production working closely with attorneys paralegals outside counsel and our Legal Technology team.

As member of our collaborative eDiscovery team you will bring operational discipline vendor coordination skills and a strong command of eDiscovery platforms and processes to help us scale our in-house capabilities and deliver consistent defensible results.

Basic Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in eDiscovery litigation support or legal operations with direct hands-on involvement across the EDRM lifecycle
• Working knowledge of eDiscovery platforms (e.g. Everlaw DISCO Relativity etc.) and standard litigation support workflows
• Familiarity with legal hold management tools and defensible collection methodologies
• Solid understanding of processing culling and production specifications (load files image formats metadata fields privilege logging)
• Strong grasp of how data sources including Microsoft 365 cloud storage and enterprise applications interact with eDiscovery workflows
• Excellent organizational and communication skills; comfortable interfacing with attorneys paralegals Legal Ops IT and vendors
• Ability to manage multiple active matters simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• BA Degree preferred

Primary Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end eDiscovery project workflows across active matters ensuring deadlines are met and stakeholders are kept informed
• Issue track and manage legal holds in coordination with legal department personnel and cross-functional colleagues; follow up on custodian acknowledgments and escalate non-responses
• Assist with scoping and executing data collections from custodians and enterprise data sources
• Support review project setup and configuration including coding panels search term development and reviewer guidance materials
• Coordinate production preparation and delivery including specification review QC of production sets and logging of outgoing productions
• Maintain matter-level project documentation including status trackers collection logs processing reports production logs and privilege logs
• Monitor and report on matter metrics platform usage and project costs; assist with vendor invoice review
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of SOPs templates and playbooks for repeatable eDiscovery workflows
• Partner with the Legal Technology team on enhancements new tool evaluations and integration initiatives as they affect eDiscovery operations

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Annual Salary

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include but are not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the role the selected candidates work experience education and training the work location as well as market and business considerations.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company:At GEICO we help our customers through lifes twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and were constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

Were an iconic brand that thrives on innovation exceeding our customers expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one youll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on peoples lives.

Great Careers:We offer a career where you can learn grow and thrive through personalized development programs created with your career and your potential in mind. Youll have access to industry leading training certification assistance career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture:We foster an inclusive culture of shared success rooted in integrity a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values we have an an established culture of caring inclusion and belonging that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards:We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being mental and emotional health and financial future.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your familys overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race color religious creed national origin ancestry age gender pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity marital status familial status disability or genetic information in compliance with applicable federal state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.