Hybrid Information Governance Attorney

at Latham & Watkins

• Job title: Information Governance Attorney
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: $200,000 - $230,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Los Angeles, United States

About the role

• Information Governance Attorney at Latham & Watkins ensuring legal compliance on information governance and privacy issues. Involves managing electronic discovery and handling sensitive information in legal contexts.

Responsibilities

• Advising on information governance issues to ensure the firm’s management of information meets applicable legal, ethical, security, and privacy requirements across all jurisdictions in which the firm operates
• Managing the preservation, collection, and review of documents and electronically stored information
• Developing procedures and technologies for a streamlined, cost ‑ effective electronic discovery and disclosure programme for matters involving the firm as a party or custodian
• Overseeing the daily operation and maintenance of the firm’s internal legal holds and the collection and preservation of documents
• Working with client‑facing attorneys to review confidentiality and security obligations in client agreements and outside counsel guidelines to ensure compliance with applicable terms
• Providing internal pre‑litigation data management support and coordinating the collection, release, and destruction of information in response to discovery requests, protective orders, agreements, and applicable retention periods
• Advising on security, privacy, and artificial intelligence (AI) issues, including assisting with the evaluation of new applications and services and reviewing vendor contractual terms
• Developing internal policies, procedures, guidelines, and best practices relating to information governance, including security, privacy, and artificial intelligence issues
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Requirements

• A university degree in law, with additional coursework in a technology‑related field, preferably A Juris Doctor (J.D.) or Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from an American Bar Association (ABA)‑accredited law school, preferably
• Qualification or licensure to practise law in the jurisdiction in which the candidate resides, or in a jurisdiction where Latham has an office
• A minimum of two (2) years of relevant professional experience, preferably
• Experience with electronic discovery or disclosure, due diligence, or records management, preferably
• Admission to at least one United States state bar

Benefits

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff