Document Review Team Lead — Washington, DC
Lead a calibrated review team on complex matters — second requests, investigations, breach, and foreign-language reviews. Hybrid; two days on-site at our DC center.
About the role.
Team leads are the link between the review floor and the delivery lead. You run the day-to-day: workflow, protocol questions, QC, and the call on edge cases before they reach the client. You work hand in glove with a senior delivery lead on engagements from second requests to breach and foreign-language reviews, and you set the team’s quality bar.
What you’ll do.
- Lead a review team of 8–25 attorneys through the full lifecycle — kickoff, ramp, steady state, closeout.
- Own protocol integrity — coding, privilege, redaction, edge cases — and escalate cleanly when needed.
- Coordinate with the delivery lead on staffing, throughput, and quality; flag risks before they become deadline problems.
- Run QC passes — sample, validate, coach reviewers, and feed trends back into protocol.
- Communicate with the client in writing and on calls when delegated — clearly, in their vernacular.
- Onboard and offboard reviewers as the matter ramps.
What you bring.
- 1+ year as a team lead on document-review matters.
- Working command of e-discovery and the major platforms — Relativity, Reveal, or DISCO.
- A track record on prior engagements, with references we can speak to.
- Calm under deadline, direct in writing, comfortable in front of senior counsel.
- JD preferred; bar admission a plus, especially DC, MD, or VA.
How we hire.
- Apply through Mplace — submit your résumé and a short note on relevant experience.
- Phone screen with a recruiting lead (30 min).
- Skills conversation with a senior delivery lead (45 min) — protocol scenarios, references.
- Offer & placement — typically within 5 business days of the screen.
Applications run through Mplace, where we track your background and calibration and match you to the right matter. Apply once; we route you as projects open.
Why team leads stay.
We retain and re-deploy proven people. Clear scopes, fair rates, professional delivery leads, and matters that come back — many of our reviewers and leads have stayed with us across 50+ projects.
Ready to apply?
Send your résumé and a short note about your most recent engagement. We respond within two business days.