Business Intake & Conflicts Specialist (Laterals)

Min 3 yrs required

Full-time

No

Law Firm Seeking Business Intake & Conflicts Specialist (Laterals) with 3+ Years of Experience

Position Summary: The Law Firm is seeking a Business Intake & Conflicts Specialist (Laterals) to join their Business Intake & Conflicts team. This role is essential in ensuring the Firm's compliance with ethical obligations, risk management policies, and timely onboarding of new business.

Key Responsibilities:

- Review incoming conflict check submissions for firm-wide attorneys, paralegals, and staff
- Create folders and update spreadsheets for lateral candidates
- Communicate with recruiting/HR, attorneys, and other department members regarding lateral intake
- Monitor the BIC inbox and respond to inquiries regarding the status of requests
- Process and quality control intake review queues
- Assist with review and filing of waiver and engagement letters
- Provide training to new hires on various systems and tasks
- Understand and conduct research on conflicts of interest and corporate affiliations
- Assist with ethical screen database clean-up
- Other duties as assigned or required.

Skills and Experience:

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, iManage, and other firm applications
- 3+ years of direct applicable experience (. BIC department, legal secretary, paralegal, or executive assistant)
- Strong computer skills
- Bachelor's degree and/or paralegal certificate preferred
- Experience in a law firm or professional services environment preferred.

Competencies:

- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks
- Punctual and reliable
- Ability to work in a fast-paced and challenging environment.

Salary Information:

- Expected hourly pay range:
- Final offer amount dependent on geographic location, applicable experience, and skillset of candidate.

Benefits:

- Competitive compensation and excellent benefits package
- Fair and equitable employment practices
- Medical, dental, vision, and flexible spending accounts
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Life insurance, AD&D, and long-term care coverage
- Generous parental leave and fertility benefits
- 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) and 10 paid holidays annually.

H1: Business Intake & Conflicts Specialist (Laterals) at Law Firm with Competitive Salary and Excellent Benefits Package

H2: Join Our Team as a Business Intake & Conflicts Specialist (Laterals) at Law Firm

Summary:

The Law Firm is seeking a Business Intake & Conflicts Specialist (Laterals) with 3+ years of experience to join their team. This role is essential in ensuring the Firm's compliance with ethical obligations, risk management policies, and timely onboarding of new business. The ideal candidate will have strong computer skills and previous experience in a law firm or professional services environment. The expected hourly pay range is with additional benefits such as medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, and generous parental leave and fertility benefits. Join our team and grow your career at our reputable Law Firm.

Not specified.

Medical, health savings account, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care, parental support benefits, paid time off, holidays, parental leave, fertility benefits.

Not specified.

Microsoft Office suite, iManage, organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to work independently, ability to prioritize, communication skills, computer skills.

Bachelor's degree preferred, Paralegal certificate preferred.

specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

position responsibilities:

primary laterals:

review incoming firm wide attorney, paralegal and staff conflict check submission forms
create lateral folders
update lateral spreadsheets
communicate with recruiting/hr, attorneys and other department members regarding lateral intake
help maintain cross-reference database
run conflict reports, as needed
run and clear contract attorneys, as needed

primary new business:

monitor the bic inbox and respond to secretary, practice team assistant and attorney inquiries regarding the status and state of their requests
communicate with secretaries, practice team assistant, attorneys and other business professionals regarding new business
run conflict reports, as needed

operations:

process and quality control assigned intake review queue’s ensuring accurate and complete information for upload
assist with the review and filing of waiver and engagement letters
complete final party linking, as assigned

other:

provide training to all bic new hires on various systems and tasks as necessary
lead and manage bic system and information clean-up projects, providing direction and guidance to temporary resources to carry out and complete respective projects
understand the american bar association (aba) model rules of professional conduct as adopted in each state in which the firm maintains an office, and jurisdictional differences in all states, countries and practice areas in which the firm conducts business
conduct research projects as assigned relating to conflicts of interest, operations and project issues
conduct research projects on corporate affiliations and corporate relatedness
assist with ethical screen database clean up
all other duties as assigned or required

Qualification and Experience Bachelor's degree preferred, Paralegal certificate preferred, 3+ years of experience in legal services, strong computer skills.

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