Legal Staff Other in Chicago, IL

Law Firm

Chicago, IL

Legal Staff Other in Chicago, IL

Legal Staff

1-3 yrs required

No

Job Title: Conflicts Support Coordinator

Job Responsibilities:
As a Conflicts Support Coordinator at the law firm, you will play an integral role in providing administrative and data management support to the Director of New Business & Conflicts (NB&C) and other members of the department. Your primary responsibilities will include:

- Communication Channels: Monitoring the NB&C email inbox to facilitate effective communication between the department and law firm personnel who are requesting conflicts and new matters.
- Data Management: Maintaining engagement letters, riders, clearance emails, waivers, and other client engagement-related documentation in the appropriate law firm systems.
- Workflow: Facilitating the processing of new business conflicts and matter requests, as well as engagement and waiver letters. This includes filing letters, attaching documents to forms, adding responses or additional conflict or matter-related information to forms, and submitting them back to the request queue. You will also respond to status inquiries, client and matter exemptions, and organize electronic matter files while utilizing other law firm resources to improve workflow efficiencies.
- Innovate: Identifying ways to streamline processes and procedures, exploring new and expanded uses for existing technologies, and contributing to the law firm’s environment of innovation.
- Meetings & Travel: Assisting with the coordination of travel arrangements, including air, car, and ho,000
- New York City: $48,000 - $61,000
- National: $44,000 - $56,000

The California Major Markets include San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Orange County, and Santa Monica. All other California locations fall within the National range. The level of pay within these ranges will depend on various job-related factors, including qualifications, relevant experience or education, particular skills or expertise, and geography.

Additional Compensation and Benefits:
The law firm is committed to providing a comprehensive, competitive, and thoughtful total compensation package to its attorneys and staff, regardless of their work location. Compensation may include an annual discretionary merit bonus, determined by the law firm and individual performance.

The law firm offers a full range of elective health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, along with robust mental well-being programs. Additional benefits include child, family, elder, and pet care benefits, short- and long-term disability, industry-leading parental leave benefits, health savings account contributions (with applicable medical plans), flexible spending accounts, and a 401K program. This role will also receive compensated time off through the Paid Time Off program and paid holidays.

The law firm is an Equal Opportunity Employer and adheres to fair hiring practices, including the SF Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, ensuring that an arrest and conviction record will not automatically disqualify a qualified applicant from consideration.