Conflicts Attorney- 3657133

Job Title: Conflicts Attorney

Location: Fully Remote – 10019

Salary/Payrate: $175K-$215K annually plus a performance-based
bonus and AWESOME benefits!!!

Work Environment: Fully Remote

Term: Permanent / Fulltime

Bachelor’s degree required: Yes

Referral Fee: AMS will pay $1,000 should the person you refer
gets hired

Job Description:

Our client, an international AmLaw 100 firm, is looking to hire a
Conflicts Attorney on a FULLY REMOTE basis. Our client will
consider candidates located in the NYC Metro Area (NY, NJ, CT),
Texas, California, Washington, DC Metro Area (DC, VA, MD), and
Delaware. This role will pay an annual base salary of $175K to
$215K (dependent on experience) plus a performance-based bonus
and competitive benefits package.

The Conflicts Attorney plays a key role in supporting our
client’s risk management and professional responsibility
functions by analyzing complex conflicts of interest issues,
advising lawyers on conflicts and professional responsibility
matters, and facilitating the clearance of new clients and
matters. The role enables informed business decisions while
helping ensure compliance with applicable rules of professional
conduct and firm policies. Working closely with partners,
lawyers, and Business Professionals across the firm’s global
platform, the Conflicts Attorney serves as a subject matter
resource on conflicts, ethics, and risk management matters.

Responsibilities:

* Analyze complex, high-risk, and novel conflicts of interest
issues arising from proposed new client engagements, new matters,
attorney mobility, strategic business initiatives, and other firm
activities, and recommend appropriate resolution strategies.
* Advise partners, lawyers, and business professionals regarding
conflicts of interest, professional responsibility obligations,
and risk management considerations under applicable ethics rules
and firm policies.
* Review and evaluate conflicts reports, due diligence findings,
and other related information, providing legal analysis and
guidance regarding potential conflicts and appropriate next
steps.
* Serve as a primary escalation resource for complex conflicts
and intake matters, exercising sound legal and business judgment
in evaluating potential courses of action.
* Draft, review, and negotiate conflict waivers, engagement
letter provisions, consent requests, and other conflicts-related
documentation.
* Evaluate proposed representations involving concurrent
conflicts, former client conflicts, positional conflicts, issue
conflicts, business conflicts, and other matters presenting
heightened legal, ethical, or reputational risk.
* Advise on the implementation of ethical screens and other risk
mitigation measures designed to address conflicts and
professional responsibility concerns.
* Review and advise on conflicts-related provisions contained in
outside counsel guidelines, engagement terms, and other
client-imposed requirements.
* Partner with members of the Professional Responsibility
Department and firm leadership to identify and address conflicts,
ethics, and risk management issues affecting the firm and its
clients.
* Develop and maintain subject matter expertise regarding
conflicts of interest, professional responsibility obligations,
and emerging legal developments affecting law firm risk
management.
* Provide training, mentoring, and guidance to members of the
Conflicts and New Business Intake team regarding conflicts
analysis, professional responsibility principles, and firm
policies and procedures.
* Participate in departmental initiatives, policy development,
process improvements, technology enhancements, and special
projects related to conflicts and new business intake.
* Provide after-hours conflicts and new business intake support
on a rotating basis, as needed.
* Other projects as needed.

Required skills:

* Juris Doctor (J.D.) required.
* Admission to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
required.
* At least three (3) years of experience in a law firm conflicts,
new business intake, professional responsibility, risk
management, new business intake, or related legal function.
* Demonstrated knowledge of conflicts of interest principles and
applicable rules of professional responsibility.
* Strong analytical skills and sound legal judgment, with the
ability to evaluate complex legal and factual relationships and
develop practical, risk-based solutions.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the
ability to clearly and concisely explain conflicts issues, legal
relationships, and recommended courses of action.
* Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the
ability to manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced,
deadline-driven environment.
* Strong aptitude for learning new technologies and contributing
to enhancements of conflicts and intake systems and processes.
* Demonstrated success in working independently while exercising
initiative and sound judgment, as well as collaboratively with
lawyers and business professionals at all levels of a global law
firm.