Conflicts Attorney

Key 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.
• Advisory 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.

Pay

Salary: $175,000 - $215,000 (exempt).

Organization

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Work Locations

1285 Avenue of Americas, New York, NY 10019-6064