Conflicts Attorney

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$220,000.00 / yr - $240,000.00 / yr

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Our client, a leading global law firm, is seeking a Conflicts Attorney to be based in their Los Angeles, New York or DC office. This can be a hybrid or remote position. The Conflicts Attorney will be responsible for assisting with all aspects of conflicts clearance for new clients, matters, and lateral candidates. They will also be responsible for daily review and analysis of conflicts and other issues related to the Firm’s acceptance of new clients, new matters and lateral attorneys and will interface with the Firm's partners regarding approval of new matters and lateral attorney hiring requests. The Conflicts Attorney will handle additional assignments from the Firm's General Counsel and Legal Operations team, as needed.

The annual compensation range for this position is $220-$240k. The salary offered within this range will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations. Benefits offered for this position include health care; retirement benefits; paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time; parental leave; basic life insurance; Flexible Spending Accounts; as well as discretionary, performance-based bonuses.

Responsibilities :

• Analyzing conflict of interest reports for all new firm representations and lateral attorney hires to identify potential conflict problems to ensure new matters and attorney hires are compliant with the Firm’s conflict and risk management policies and procedures.
• Resolving conflict of interest issues (to include obtaining necessary waivers and drafting ethics wall memos) related to the firm's clearance of new clients, new matters and lateral attorneys.
• Analyzing information provided with new matter requests for compliance with firm policies and applicable rules of professional responsibility, and reviewing and editing draft engagement letters for compliance with same.
• Supervising Resolution Analysts’ clearance efforts and processes.
• Proactively communicating with partners and management regarding complex conflicts issues.
• Reviewing client outside counsel guidelines and assist with assessment of firm's ability to comply.
• Conducting orientation of staff and attorneys regarding new matter approval process.
• Consulting with partners, professional responsibility committee and information governance to create and maintain effective screening restrictions.
• Maintaining thorough and accurate records of all conflicts resolutions and related communications.
• Developing expertise on conflicts rules and approaches in specific practice areas and formulate templates and frameworks of analysis for conflicts issues in such areas.
• Performing corporate research as required.

Qualifications :

Experience :

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Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Legal

Industries

Legal Services

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Medical insurance

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401(k)

Paid maternity leave

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