Conflicts Analyst
20 Church St Hartford, CT 06103 US
Job Description
Position responsibilities:
- Perform corporate research using certain online database, along with general web searches, to determine corporate parents, affiliations, or other important relationships.
- Use proper search strategies in our firm’s internal database to conduct conflicts searches for new business, and possibly lateral, matters.
- Analyze and communicate conflicts search results to requesting attorneys, identifying any potential conflicts and business issues in a concise and comprehensive summary.
- Throughout running conflicts searches, assist with the ongoing maintenance of the firm’s database.
- Ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with the Director of Conflicts, other Conflicts team members, General Counsel, and firm attorneys.
- Provide information and answer general questions concerning the conflicts process from staff and attorneys.
- Assist with other assigned or required duties.
Skills and experience required:
- Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred, with knowledge and experience with conflicts resolution.
- 2 years or more of experience in a law firm conflicts or business intake department.
- Experience using Intapp strongly preferred, or another conflicts software.
- Knowledge of professional responsibility and legal ethics rules.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and also effectively in a team environment.
- Strong written and verbal communication.
- Excellent customer service skills.