E-Discovery Advisor
Posted on: 16 Feb 2021
San Diego, CA
Job Description
Primary Purpose:
&xa;Working within the Legal group, manages the company&x27;s e-discovery program, including the identification, preservation, collection, processing, review and production of documents, data and other information. Acts as a liaison between Legal and IT to ensure an effective e-discovery process. Maintains systems in support of document preservation and e-discovery storage and retrieval.
Duties and Responsibilities:
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Legal Hold Responsibilities
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Implement and maintain legal hold system. *
Manage issuance and compliance with legal holds, including assisting custodians. *
Maintain auditable record of legal holds. *
Continually identify, assess and implement ways to streamline and improve effectiveness of legal hold system. *
E-Discovery Functional responsibilities
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Day-to-day management of e-discovery tasks, coordinate with Law Department personnel, IT and business units as needed. *
Assist in-house and outside counsel with developing e-discovery plans. *
Assist in-house and outside counsel with document collection, preservation, processing, review, and production, including determination of most cost-effective means of accomplishing the various activities. *
Develop project budgets, set and manage expectations with Law Department personnel, outside counsel and vendors. *
Maintain project documentation. *
E-Discovery Planning and Management responsibilities
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Assess, coordinate, and make recommendations regarding the company&x27;s in-house e-discovery strategy, practices, technology and resources. *
Set priorities, develop protocols, and track progress against objectives. *
Manage and coordinate e-discovery activities performed by Law Department support staff and by other departments, including IT. *
Identify potential e-discovery vendors&x3b; negotiate contracts, oversee, and coordinate relationships with e-discovery vendors. *
Conduct training for attorneys and paralegals regarding company resources for litigation support and e-discovery best practices. *
Establish reporting mechanism to measure and report the volume and costs associated with e-discovery being managed in support of the company. *
Performs other duties as assigned &x28;no more than 5&x25; of duties&x29;.
Sempra Energy
San Diego, CA
Sempra Energy, together with its subsidiaries, invests in, develops, and operates energy infrastructure, as well as provides electric and gas services in the United States and internationally. The company’s San Diego Gas & Electric Company segment generates, transmits, and distributes electricity; and supplies natural gas. It provides electric services to a population of approximately 3.7 million and natural gas services to approximately 3.4 million of that population, covering a 4,100 square mile service territory in Southern California. Its Southern California Gas Company segment owns and operates a natural gas distribution, transmission, and storage system that supplies natural gas to a population of approximately 21.9 million, covering a 24,000 square mile service territory that encompasses Southern California and portions of central California. The company’s Sempra Texas Utility segment is involved in the regulated transmission and distribution of electricity serving approximately 3.6 million homes and businesses, and operating approximately 137,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines.
As of December 31, 2018, its transmission system included 16,000 circuit miles of transmission lines, 306 transmission stations, and 740 distribution substations; and distribution system consisted of 121,000 miles of overhead conductors and underground conductors. Sempra Energy’s Sempra Mexico segment develops, owns and operates, or holds interests in natural gas, electric, LNG, LPG, ethane, and liquid fuels infrastructure; and engages in the purchase of LNG, and purchase and sale of natural gas.
This segment operates a natural-gas-fired combined-cycle plant and two wind power generation facilities. Its assets/facilities consisted of 1,353 miles of natural gas transmission pipelines, 12 compressor stations, 139 miles of ethane pipelines, 118 miles of LPG pipelines, and 1 LPG storage terminal. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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IndustryEnergy/Utilities
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No. of Employees16,823
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Website
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