Overview
A global intellectual property law firm is seeking a Conflicts Manager or Managing Conflicts Counsel (if licensed attorney) to join their fast-paced Risk Management Department. This is a remote-first position with a current focus on candidates located in Minnesota, Texas, Georgia, and Illinois. The role involves managing conflicts searching, identification, and resolution related to new business and lateral intake, ensuring the integrity of the firm's conflicts data.
Responsibilities
- Manage all conflicts searching, identification, and resolution of potential ethical, business, and subject matter conflicts related to new business and lateral intake.
- Maintain the integrity of the firm's conflicts data.
- Carry out managerial responsibilities including interviewing, hiring, training, monitoring, planning, assigning, and directing work of conflicts staff.
- Appraise performance and handle personnel-related issues, address complaints, and resolve problems.
- Serve as a role model and mentor, providing superior service to attorneys, management, and employees.
- Coach team members to meet business goals and support their development through training, coaching, and performance evaluations.
- Involve team members in collaborative or team-empowered decisions as applicable.
- Develop, recommend, and implement new business and lateral intake and conflicts checking processes, procedures, systems, and application updates/modifications.
- Work with firm management including General Counsel and the Intake Committee to standardize, implement, and enforce firm policies and practices.
- Analyze and resolve complex conflict issues regarding new business and lateral onboarding.
- Manage ongoing maintenance of conflicts data, monitor conflicts forums and annotations, and ensure receipt of client waivers and other required conflict information.
- Prepare for, host, and document Intake Committee conference calls and provide assistance to committee members and General Counsel.
- Provide orientation and training for new attorneys and professional staff on new business conflicts and lateral hire procedures.
- Document procedures in written and online manuals related to new business intake, lateral clearance conflict identification, resolution, and other department processes.
Requirements
- For Conflicts Manager: Bachelor's degree required.
- For Managing Conflicts Counsel: Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree and active licensure in good standing in the practicing state.
- Minimum 7 years of experience in conflicts or new business intake within a law firm, with expertise in identifying, analyzing, and resolving conflicts of interest including ethical, subject matter, and business conflicts.
- At least 5 years of supervisory or management experience in conflicts or new business intake.
- Working knowledge of automated conflicts databases (e.g., InTapp).
- Demonstrated proficiency in supervising and training attorneys and professional staff at various levels.
- Excellent investigative, analytical, written, and oral communication skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Ability to work independently, identify issues, recommend, and implement solutions.
- Capability to oversee team members in various positions and geographic locations.
- Strong leadership skills including critical thinking, risk-taking, and creativity.
- Managerial skills to interact and communicate effectively with team members, provide instruction, determine work priorities, and coordinate team activities.
- Ability to delegate and manage resources effectively.
- Highly effective communication skills to conduct meetings and correspond with firm principals, attorneys, and leadership on complex issues.
- Adaptability to changing responsibilities and circumstances.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary range: $134,000 - $200,000 per year, based on education, experience, skills, and qualifications.
- Discretionary bonus opportunities.
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage.
- Generous paid time off.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Award-winning retirement and profit sharing plans with employer contributions.
- Family-friendly benefits including back-up child care.
- Health and wellness initiatives.
Location
Remote-first position with a focus on candidates located in Minnesota, Texas, Georgia, and Illinois.