Legal Staff Paralegal in Irvine, CA

Law Firm

Irvine, CA

Legal Staff Paralegal in Irvine, CA

Legal Staff

Min 4 yrs required

No

Job Title: Conflicts Analyst

Job Responsibilities:
The Conflicts Analyst/Conflicts Attorney is a critical role within the department at the law firm. The primary responsibility of this position is to collaborate closely with firm attorneys and other members of the Conflict & Intake department. This collaboration is essential for reviewing new business to identify and resolve potential conflicts, as well as addressing business and General Counsel policy issues. Key responsibilities include:

- Understanding legal conflicts, related ethical rules, and current developments to properly analyze and evaluate conflicts checks. This involves clarifying parties, positions, and identifying possible "stop issues" such as General Counsel business and risk policy issues, pending laterals, and matters against significant clients, and notifying the requesting attorney.
- Communicating with lateral attorney candidates to obtain complete and accurate client and related parties information to distinguish between portable and non-portable business.
- Administering the conflicts review process and resolving potential conflicts in accordance with the law firm's policies.
- Conducting data analysis and research using various electronic databases.
- Documenting processes and maintaining records of conflicts-related information from conflicts reporting analysis, follow-up responses, and other relevant data from conversations with law firm attorneys.
- Communicating with attorneys by presenting brief, clear statements of potential conflicts situations recognized in the conflicts reports and capturing institutional knowledge discovered during the process.
- Elevating issues to the submitting attorney, such as non-responsiveness, and identifying and escalating ethical conflicts and unresolved issues to the requesting attorney.
- Assisting with other department activities as needed and performing additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Education and Experience Information:
- An advanced graduate degree or JD is desired for this position. An advanced degree is preferably in competitive intelligence, research studies, or a similar field of study.
- A minimum of 4 years of experience as a Paralegal, Litigation Legal Assistant, Legal Researcher, or other comparable position involving researching in a legal environment is preferred. Alternatively, business experience in an analytical role is also considered valuable.

Skills and Competencies:
- The role requires the ability to provide outstanding client service, meet high-quality standards for services, and exceed client expectations. A proactive approach in seeking innovative ways to assist others is essential.
- Strong problem-solving skills, initiative, good judgment, and excellent follow-up skills are crucial for success in this role.
- High attention to detail, outstanding organizational skills, and effective time management are necessary attributes.
- The position demands the ability to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines and effectively prioritize multiple tasks.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written), along with a professional demeanor and presentation, are required.
- The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of the organization and collaborate well in a team environment is important.
- Recognizing confidential, sensitive, and proprietary information and maintaining such information as confidential is a key responsibility.
- The candidate must be a self-starter who can work independently with minimal supervision.

Technology:
- The candidate should have computer proficiency in Windows-based software and Microsoft Office Suite applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
- Exceptional computer skills and the ability to learn new software applications quickly are necessary.

Salary Information:
The expected pay range for the Conflicts Analyst position is $115,000 - $130,000 per year. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience, location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. Full-time employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, health insurance with an optional Health Savings Account (HSA), short-term disability, long-term disability, dental insurance, vision care, life insurance, Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, 401K, vacation, sick time, and an employee assistance program. Additional voluntary programs include voluntary accident insurance, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, voluntary long-term care, voluntary critical illness and cancer insurance, and pet insurance. Commuter and Transit programs may also be available in certain markets.

The law firm is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer with an inclusive workplace committed to merit-based consideration and review without regard to an individual’s race, sex, or other protected characteristics and to the principles of non-discrimination on any protected basis. Pursuant to the Los Angeles and San Francisco County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act, the law firm will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment.