Conflicts & Risk Analyst — Hybrid, Legal Intake & Waivers

DLA Piper; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 47,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

DLA Piper is seeking a Conflicts Analyst to support risk management by resolving conflicts for new matters and clients. The role involves drafting waivers, implementing information barriers, and coordinating with Partners and Responsibility Counsel.

The position requires evaluating conflicts, maintaining databases, and performing corporate research to ensure proper conflict clearance across the firm.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Paralegal certificate preferred.
• 2 years’ direct experience in conflicts or new business intake within a law firm, paralegal or similar experience required.
• Experience writing and communicating in a business environment.

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 in order 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 in order to confirm relationships with existing firm clients.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Business communication

Attention to detail

Critical thinking

Multitasking

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's Degree

Paralegal certificate

Tools

Intake software

Conflicts software

Job description

DLA Piper is seeking a Conflicts Analyst to support risk management by resolving conflicts for new matters and clients. The role involves drafting waivers, implementing information barriers, and coordinating with Partners and Responsibility Counsel.

The position requires evaluating conflicts, maintaining databases, and performing corporate research to ensure proper conflict clearance across the firm.