Conflicts Attorney

Source Pro Search has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Conflicts Attorney with our top rated law firm client in their New York office.

• In consultation with and under the supervision and direction of the Conflicts Counsel, the Conflicts Attorney, on a Firmwide basis, is primarily responsible for substantively reviewing and identifying and resolving all potential/actual conflicts associated with new client mandates, new matters for existing clients, prospective/preliminary conflicts search requests and lateral hire submissions.
• Additionally, the Conflicts Attorney will be required to assist, on a routine basis, in the substantive review of generated due diligence reports on new client parties with respect to new client engagements or co-client parties pertaining to new retentions for existing clients.
• In conjunction with the above-mentioned responsibilities, and, on an as needed and/or requested basis by the Conflict Counsel or the Firm’s General Counsel, the Conflicts Attorney will be expected to assist with the drafting of conflict waivers, informational walls and/or engagement letters. Similarly, and upon request from the Conflict Counsel or General Counsel, the Conflicts Attorney will also be expected to assist with the substantive review of other client engagement terms as found in Outside Counsel Guidelines/Policies, Master Service Agreements, RFPs and the like.
• Substantively review and analyze conflicts of interest (“COI”) reports generated by the Conflicts Analyst(s) within Upfront (a conflicts of interest management system/platform in the Fulcrum GT™ business management system) pertaining/annexed to new client/matter submissions or with respect to those generated as part of preliminary conflicts checks by either the Conflicts Analyst(s) or the Word Processing department.
• Identify potentially conflicting engagements within COI reports attached to electronic submissions in Upfront, assist requesting attorneys/partners in addressing and resolving any such technical and/or business conflicts and ultimately sign off on/approve these submissions on conflicts in Upfront
• Draft, if necessary, synopses outlining the potential conflicts and/or client-relations issues associated with preliminary conflicts checks and either follow up with affected partners to assist in resolving the flagged issues or otherwise advise the requesting attorneys as to which affected lawyers/partners they need to contact to sort out these potential conflicts.
• Review new business intake forms and, in particular, flag and resolve any conflicts-related errors/omissions, including, but not limited to, missing party information, misclassified party roles/relationships, missing documentation (e.g. engagement letters, waivers, associated/corresponding preliminary checks etc.) and incomplete matter names/matter descriptions.
• Review client name change requests, reopening of closed matter requests and other electronic submissions that may require substantive review and clearance of conflicts. Draft waivers and/or screens, as needed, to address and cure technical conflicts and/or ensure compliance with informational wall/restriction to file access requirements.
• Perform corporate family tree research (via internal electronic corporate research tools such as D&B and Lexis Nexis and/or publicly available print or online information/resources) as is necessary to analyze and clear any potential conflicts associated with organizational clients and/or adverse entities.
• Research various other print and online resources to help identify and resolve potential conflicts.
• Assist in reviewing and analyzing lateral hire questionnaires (relating to partner, counsel associate and/or non-lawyer candidates), including corresponding COI reports on the conflict and adverse party information related to the candidate’s prior, portable or prospective engagements, and identifying and clearing all potential conflicts (including with waivers and/or screens as may be appropriate) associated therewith prior to the onboarding of lateral candidates.
• Substantively review and analyze flagged issues/hits within due diligence reports (on new…