Senior Conflicts Attorney

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips • Chicago, IL • 7h ago

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13467290

With 500+ professionals and 350+ business professionals, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (www.manatt.com), is a multidisciplinary, integrated national professional services firm known for quality and an extraordinary commitment to clients. The Firms groundbreaking approachbringing together legal services, advocacy and business strategydifferentiates Manatt from its competitors and positions the Firm to provide a distinct and compelling value proposition.

Opportunity

The Senior Conflicts Attorney will serve as a key member of the Firms Legal and Risk Management team, working in close collaboration with the Conflicts team to proactively identify, research, and resolve potential conflicts of interest and risk management issues. This non-billing, business professional role is central to supporting the firms risk management and client intake processes. The Senior Conflicts Attorney will lead complex conflict-of-interest analyses, provide expert guidance to partners and firm leadership regarding ethical compliance, and help develop and implement best practices to protect the firm across a wide variety of matters and jurisdictions. This position offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced conflicts attorney who excels in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and possesses the sound judgment required to address sophisticated legal and business challenges, especially for lateral conflicts clearances. This role will not be a billing professional but will be a Business Professional role and sit within the Legal and Risk Management department.

Key Responsibilities

Review, identify and advise Firm attorneys, staff, and incoming

professionals on conflicts of interest issues and appropriate resolutions; and possess and maintain knowledge of the Rules of Professional Conduct in the US generally and California specifically.

Handle lateral conflicts clearances, including identifying and

appropriately resolving all conflicts issues, assisting with onboarding new hires, working with candidates to obtain additional information as needed, and communicating with appropriate department chairs and the General Counsels office regarding appropriate resolutions.

Serve as a point of contact in handling the resolution of escalated

conflicts and intake issues.

Assist with training other members of the Conflicts Department,

including assisting with creating written training materials, developing best practices and procedures, and ensuring standardized results across the Department.

Assist with the formulation, documentation, and execution of

strategic plans and procedures related to business intake and conflict-of-interest analysis/resolution to ensure proper conflict management.

Work with Firm professionals and the General Counsels office to

review, draft, negotiate, and ultimately finalize waiver letters, disclosures, and engagement agreements and termination letters on matter-by-matter basis.

Communicate with and advise professionals, secretaries and other

Firm personnel on established Firm policies and Procedures related to conflicts.

Consult on procedural issues concerning Firm policies that affect

the Conflicts Department.

Propose conflicts and other relevant language for RFP responses.

Review and revise outside counsel guidelines and similar policies

and contracts received from Firm clients, and provide direction and options regarding items of concern, including working with Firm attorneys regarding compliance with such terms.

Confirm need for and create ethical walls to screen individuals from

particular clients and matters as part of conflictclearing process.

Conduct advanced level research projects on corporate affiliations

and corporate relatedness

Prioritize requests and coordinate with other team members as

appropriate to maintain appropriate flow of priority requests.

Handle special projects, including research projects, at the

direction of the General Counsels office.

All other duties as assigned or required.

Qualifications

JD degree required

Must be currently licensed in good standing in a firm-approved U.S. state.

Member of state bar in the corresponding state in which work is performed.

Minimum of five (5) years law firm experience at an AmLaw 100 firm clearing and resolving new business conflict issues required, with a minimum of four (4) years experience handling lateral conflicts clearances

Effective and succinct oral communication and clear and concise written communication.

Effective analytical, logical reasoning, and problem-solving abilities.

Experience with legal ethics and privilege issues.

Strong organizational sk

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