Senior Conflicts Attorney

We strive to be enterprising, respectful, inclusive, insightful, and tenacious in every aspect of our business, including our interactions with clients, colleagues, and the communities where we have a presence. We rely on these core values to serve clients in key practice areas and industries – the pillars of Brown Rudnick: crisis management, which includes restructuring, investigations, and special situations; global litigation; life sciences; technology; and brand and reputation protection. As a member of the Intake and Conflicts Department, the Senior Conflicts Attorney will have two main functions: 1) resolve escalated conflicts issues; and 2) clear conflicts for and assist recruiting department with onboarding partner laterals. Responsibilities Resolution of Escalated Conflicts Issues Work with Director and Administrative Partner to resolve complex conflict issues, escalate business and ethical concerns, as necessary, and work with firm attorneys to understand all details of client and matter engagements. Understand, review, and provide guidance on conflicts of interest rules, including ABA Model Rules 1.7, 1.9. 1.10. and 1.18, and the state-level rules for each jurisdiction where the Firm has an office. Understand, or show a willingness to learn, UK SRA Rules around conflicts of interest. Draft, edit, and negotiate engagement letters. Review Outside Counsel Guidelines and work with firm attorneys and other internal stakeholders to obtain approvals. Liaise with firm attorneys and Legal Executive Assistants to understand conflicts needs and provide excellent customer service. Search, analyze, and understand client engagement terms, providing analyses where needed. Provide expertise to Firm attorneys and management in the conflict check process. Provide ongoing, hands-on training to Conflicts Analysts, Intake Specialists, and Lateral Supervisor, and answer questions about conflicts rules. Clearing and Onboarding Lateral Partners Research, analyze, and help resolve conflicts for new legal hires, with a focus on lateral partner candidates. Provide excellent and time-sensitive customer service throughout partner onboarding, performing conflicts and intake tasks as needed, with goal of efficient and seamless onboarding of new clients and matters. Determine and decide, in consultation with firm attorneys and candidates, whether waivers, screens, or other measures may need to be taken before a candidate can join the firm. Assist in all other aspects of lateral clearances, including data entry of lateral former matter information. Assist Lateral Supervisor (responsible for all non-partner laterals) in liaising with recruiting department and understand pipeline of incoming non-partner laterals. Work with Lateral Supervisor to allocate work and meet deadlines. Other duties including but not limited to: Research, identify, and resolve conflicts of interest for new clients and matters, when Conflicts Analysts need additional support. Assist in conflict searching for marketing purposes or other requests, as assigned. Perform client and matter maintenance, work with teammates to update database regularly and ensure database integrity. Understand Intapp workflow and firm-specific processes and procedures, be able to guide Conflict Analysts through difficult intake situations, requiring deep knowledge of approval processes and other workflow triggers. Other related tasks as required. Opportunities for growth in other areas of ethics, risk, and compliance related to the role. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree/JD required. Active licensed attorney. Five (5) years of legal intake and conflicts experience highly preferred in a high volume, automated environment. Proficiency with legal technology, including accounting/billing systems such as Aderant, web-based conflict research tools (e.g., Orbis, Dow Jones), database platforms, and accurate typing. Strong working knowledge of professional conduct rules as they relate to conflicts of interest. Responsive, solutions-oriented service mindset and the ability to build effective working relationships with individuals at all levels of the firm. Ability to communicate clearly and professionally in both written and verbal formats. Manage multiple competing priorities with precise attention to detail, while triaging and shifting between assignments as needed. Able to adapt to short-term workload spikes, including working extended hours when necessary to meet urgent deadlines. Team player. Intapp experience preferred. Who We Are Brown Rudnick is a leading international law firm that provides exceptional, client-driven service in global litigation, crisis management (restructuring, investigations and special situations), brand and reputation management, life sciences and technology. We advise on high-profile cross-border matters while providing the kind of personal attention to clients that is typically found at boutiques. Our enterprising and tenacious lawyers serve our clients around the globe from offices in key financial centers in the U.S. and the U.K., and have been recognized by, among others, Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation and Law360 for excellence in their fields. Salary range based on experience level and location is estimated to be in the range of $180,000 - $200,000. Brown Rudnick LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to recruiting, developing, and advancing talented professionals from all backgrounds across the spectrum of diversity. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws, without regard to race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, or another protected characteristic, all as defined by applicable laws. Brown Rudnick does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiting agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of Brown Rudnick without having a Brown Rudnick placement agreement in place will be considered unsolicited and property of Brown Rudnick.