Conflicts Assistant (Specialized Conflicts)

Cooley LLP•Washington, DC

1d•$25 - $37•Onsite

About The Position

Cooley is seeking a Conflicts Assistant (Specialized Conflicts) to join the Business Intake and Conflicts team. The business intake and conflicts function is essential to the Firm’s compliance with ethical obligations and Risk Management policies, avoidance of malpractice claims and ethical violations, and ability to process all attorney lateral hire, paralegal and staff conflict submissions in a timely fashion. The BIC Conflicts Assistant (Specialized) will focus on day-to-day operations for processing all lateral intake and conflicts and will create comprehensive conflicts reports for analysis, working under the supervision of the BIC Supervisor (Specialized Conflicts) and Associate Director of Conflicts (Specialized Conflicts). The reports that the Conflicts Assistants create are key in identifying conflicts and are an important tool for the Conflicts Analysts, Conflict Staff Attorneys and Department leadership when resolving and clearing all candidates.

Requirements

After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications
Advanced Excel skills
Available to work overtime, as required
An overall understanding of a corporate law practice

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree
Prior experience in a Conflicts Department
IntApp Open or comparable conflicts checking software experience
Prior conflicts experience, including knowledge of conflicts and understanding presenting database reports

Responsibilities

Process all attorney lateral, paralegal and staff candidate submission forms for completeness and accuracy
Responsible for responding to applicant inquiries/questions sent to Lateral Conflicts Support when submitted during scheduled work hours
Responsible for keeping an up-to-date log of all candidates in the queue
Organize information submitted by candidates to create appropriate documentation and materials in order to execute an accurate and complete set of conflict reports
Create and enter broad search terms for all parties and information contained in submission documents into the conflicts database
Review database results, remove extraneous information and create accurate, concise and complete conflicts reports in IntApp Open for analytical review
Ensure that firm-wide administrative filing is up to date and complete.
Work with department resources to make sure filing assignments are up to date
Processing other conflict searches as requested
All other duties as assigned or required