Conflicts Analyst

DLA Piper; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 85,093 - 110,614; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

DLA Piper seeks a Conflicts Analyst to support the firm’s risk management by resolving conflicts of interest in new client and matter intake. You will draft waivers, implement information barriers, and collaborate with Partners and Professional Responsibility Counsel to help bring in new business.

The role requires reviewing conflicts, maintaining records, and performing corporate research to confirm relationships with existing clients.

Qualifications

• Experience in conflicts or new business intake in a law firm.
• Ability to draft waivers and conflict letters clearly.
• Strong written and verbal communication with clients and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Review, interpret, and summarize conflict report results.
• Analyze and resolve potential legal and business conflicts.
• Implement information barriers and notify affected personnel.
• Draft emails waivers and conflict waiver letters.
• Maintain conflict information in the database and related narratives.
• Review new business intake forms to ensure accuracy and clearance.

Skills

Conflict resolution

Legal research

Communication

Intake systems

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor’s Degree

Paralegal certificate preferred

Tools

Intake software

Conflicts software

Job description

Summary

The Conflicts Analyst supports the firm’s critical risk management function by performing all duties associated with conflict of interest resolution, including analyzing and resolving potential legal and business conflicts identified in connection with new client and matter intake forms submitted via the New Business Intake System; drafting email waivers and conflict waiver letters; implementing information barriers and ensuring proper notification to affected personnel; and collaborating with partners and Professional Responsibility Counsel to assist in bringing in new business to the firm.

Location

This position can sit in our Palo Alto or San Francisco office and offers a hybrid work schedule.

Responsibilities

• Reviews, interprets, and summarizes conflict report results.
• Analyzes and resolves potential legal and business conflicts.
• Implements information barriers and ensures proper notification to affected personnel.
• Drafts formal email waivers and conflict waiver letters to ensure proper documentation of legal or business conflicts relating to new business.
• Maintains conflict information in the financial database, including related party information and client/matter narratives relating to conflicts resolution notes.
• Reviews new business intake forms and identifies conflicts in order to ensure accuracy, including verifying information, conducting corporate research, and communicating with all levels of personnel of the firm to ensure accurate conflict clearance.
• Maintains internal conflicts database and ensures proper and accurate documentation of legal and business conflicts.
• Performs corporate research on all parties involved in new business requests to confirm relationships to existing firm clients.
• Other duties as assigned.

Desired Skills

Must have experience writing and communicating in a business environment to present information in a concise and meaningful end product. Experience with intake and conflicts software preferred. Excellent verbal and written business communication skills, with demonstrated ability to exercise good judgment and make sound decisions while maintaining a customer‑service‑oriented manner. The ability to apply critical thinking in evaluating different conflicts scenarios or outcomes and to be adaptable to changes in procedures or direction. Meticulous attention to detail and a proven ability to prioritize and multitask, working under pressure and meeting deadlines in a fast‑paced environment while maintaining a high level of work product. Ability to identify data integrity issues and resolve them appropriately.

Minimum Education

• High School Diploma or GED.

Preferred Education

• Bachelor’s Degree.

Certificates

• Paralegal certificate preferred.

Minimum Years Of Experience

• 2 years of direct experience in conflicts or new business intake department within a law firm, paralegal or similar experience required.

Essential Job Expectations

• Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties.
• Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner.
• Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product.
• Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required.
• Foster positive work relationships.
• Comply with all firm policies and practices.
• Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as working at a computer for extended periods of time, participating in digital/virtual conference calls, and participating in meetings as needed.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands in a fast‑paced environment.
• Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned.

Physical Demands

Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Work Environment

The individual selected for this position may have the opportunity for a hybrid work arrangement comprised of remote and in‑office work, the requirement for which will be determined in coordination with the hiring manager or supervisor and may be modified in the firm’s discretion in the future.

Benefits & Compensation

The firm’s expected hiring range for this position is $40.91 - $53.18 per hour, depending on the candidate’s geographic market location. Non‑exempt positions will be paid on an hourly basis and paid overtime in accordance with applicable laws. The compensation offered for employment will also be dependent on other factors including the candidate’s experience, skills, educational and professional background, and overall qualifications. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits, including medical, dental, vision insurance, and 401(k).

Equal Opportunity Employer

DLA Piper is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.