Legal Conflicts Specialist
Pathways Personnel - Sonoma
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Overview
Our client is a boutique, trial powerhouse law firm. They have a unique culture that embodies accountability, flexibility, collaboration, and diversity. The firm really must be seen and experienced to understand what an amazing place it is to work.
Job Summary:
The Conflicts Analyst will do intake and processing conflict checks, advising of potential conflicts of interest, opening new matters in Conflicts, Records and accounting databases, producing various reports and providing support to additional admin groups as needed.
Responsibilities :
- Reviewing conflict reports, identify potential conflicts issues and summarizing the conflicts results in writing.
- Monitoring and responding to Conflicts requests in a timely fashion.
- Examining search results with guidance from a Senior Conflicts Analyst.
- Conducting accurate research relating to the identification of possible conflicts issues, including determining if relevant matters have been closed, ascertaining the nature of the entity’s role in a matter, retrieving any existing waivers and identifying affiliate relationships of corporate entities.
- Perform conflicts checks for new business, new hires, laterals, and temporary employees. Communicate with candidates to clarify and confirm work and employment information provided is accurate.
- Performing data entry and maintenance of data in databases for new matters. Includes creation of ethical walls and publication of new matters.
- Reviewing new business paperwork, retainers, waivers and Outside Counsel Guidelines for the required components, dissemination of the same, and creation of reminders for follow up where required.
- Close cases in database as requested and notify appropriate administrative departments of closures.
Requirements :
- 1+ year of legal conflicts experience.
- Undergraduate degree preferred.
- Ability to collaborate with solid interpersonal, communication and writing skills
- Strong analytical and organizational skills required.
- Knowledge of basic legal concepts and familiarity with litigation documents.
- Able to work overtime, as needed.
Salary: Up to 75K. Maybe flexible depending on years of experience.