Conflicts Analyst

At MoFo, we couldn’t write our own success story without yours. Ready to write your story? Join MoFo as a CONFLICTS ANALYST on our Conflicts/New Business team! This role can be based in San Francisco, Seattle, San Diego, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, Austin, or New York. https://www.mofo.com/offices

About the Role

• The Conflicts Analyst applies detailed knowledge of professional methods to produce, review and analyze conflict of interest reports and to perform government sanctions screenings.
• Ensures client service and satisfaction are attained in all areas of position.
• Produce and review conflict reports and identify potential conflicts of interest and sanctions issues using the Firm’s conflicts software.
• Conduct factual research on client and parties to Firm matters using corporate structure and government sanctions lists external databases to identify corporate relationships and government sanctions status.
• Conduct factual research relating to the identification of potential conflicts issues, including determining if relevant matters have been closed, ascertaining the nature of an entity’s role in a particular matter, retrieving any existing waivers and identifying affiliate relationships of corporate entities using external databases.
• Review new requests and return results using the Firm’s in-house developed workflow system.
• Independently analyze the report with limited guidance from Conflicts Coordinators.
• Apply the Firm’s filtering and report summary application and submit the conflicts analysis results in Word to attorneys and secretaries via the electronic workflow system.
• Request the creation of ethical walls upon request as appropriate.
• Research and update corporate family trees.
• Retrieve and send waiver letters to attorneys upon request.
• Consistently promote and model the Firm's Client Service Principles in leadership.

Requirements

• Minimum one year of conflicts or legal assistant experience (or similar law firm experience in a decision-making capacity) required.
• Intapp Conflicts experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft applications required.
• Ability to respond to requests with appropriate sense of urgency based on business needs.
• Knowledge of conflicts of interest issues, laws and procedures.
• Ability to work overtime, as