In “10 Steps to Manage E-Discovery Projects,” Steven C. Bennett and Marla S.K. Bergman of Jones Day suggest that “lawyers involved in e-discovery must become project managers.” I don’t quite agree. Lawyers are better suited as “process managers,” dictating the vision and goals of the project. Lawyers should not be the “project managers” who focus on the minutiae of the day-to-day e-discovery tasks.
If anything, the lawyer is often a de facto or “accidental” project manager, because the law firm may refuse to admit they need another individual to manage the e-discovery project for them, and someone needs to step into the fray to keep discovery aligned with the court’s expectations.
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