Cultivating the E-Discovery Unicorn: Advanced Project Management for Litigation Leaders

Litigation partner Jeff Jacobson participated in a webinar for ACEDS titled “Cultivating the E-Discovery Unicorn: Advanced Project Management for Litigation Leaders.”

The webinar panelists discussed how as the demands of e-discovery continue to expand, litigation teams seek a special kind of project manager—an “e-discovery unicorn” who seamlessly combines technical expertise, leadership, and an ability to communicate complex processes in an accessible way.

In an article recapping the webinar, Jacobson noted time, budgets, and human resources are finite, so effective e-discovery project managers must operate within the constraints of any given matter. “You can’t break the laws of physics, and sometimes project management is just math; you have a certain amount of people, a certain number of tasks, and a certain amount of time, and understanding that calculation is an important part of the process,” he explained.