Conflicts & Risk Manager — Lead, Monitor & Mitigate

Brown Rudnick LLP; Boston (MA); Sur place; USD 130 000 - 160 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Brown Rudnick LLP seeks a Conflicts & Risk Manager to lead the Intake & Conflicts Team and oversee conflicts clearance for new clients and matters. You will coordinate risk assessments, resolve conflicts of interest, and ensure compliance with professional rules, reporting to the Director of Intake & Conflicts.

The role requires managing complex searches, improving processes, and maintaining databases, with strong collaboration across attorneys and staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years of legal conflicts experience in a high-volume environment; 1+ years supervisory experience preferred.
• Must have experience with bankruptcies.
• Knowledge of US ethical rules of professional conduct as they relate to conflicts of interest. Familiarity with UK ethics rules a plus.
• Deep experience with Intapp.

Responsabilités

• Lead, develop, and oversee a team of Conflicts & Risk Analysts, ensuring the timely and accurate identification, analysis, and resolution of conflicts of interest for new clients, matters, and lateral hires.
• Identify and elevate complex conflicts and risk issues to the Director, Conflicts Attorneys, and Administrative Partner.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with attorneys, Legal Executive Assistants, and business services professionals to understand business objectives, provide guidance on conflicts-related matters, and deliver exceptional client service.
• Oversee the execution of large-scale and highly complex conflicts searches, including bankruptcy pitches and retentions, ensuring the accurate review of substantial datasets while effectively managing competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Manage departmental workflows, staffing, and resource allocation to ensure efficient operations, timely responsiveness, and adherence to service level expectations.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to enhance conflicts processes, workflows, reporting capabilities, and overall operational effectiveness.
• Review and analyze client engagement terms and outside counsel guidelines in connection with conflict check requests and provide recommendations for resolution of conflicts to the Conflicts Attorneys.
• Ensure the integrity of conflicts and client matter databases through effective oversight of data maintenance, quality control procedures, and system updates.
• Direct the Conflicts & Risk Analysts in the implementation, maintenance, and monitoring of ethical screens to safeguard confidential information and ensure compliance with professional responsibility obligations.
• Maintain and update team policies and guidelines.
• Train, mentor, and support team members to foster professional growth, strengthen technical expertise, and promote a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
• Lead special projects and perform other responsibilities related to conflicts, risk management, compliance, and intake operations as assigned.

Connaissances

Legal conflicts experience

Supervisory experience

Bankruptcies

Ethics rules knowledge

Interpersonal/communication skills

Multi-office collaboration

Formation

Bachelor's degree

Outils

Intapp

Description du poste

Brown Rudnick LLP seeks a Conflicts & Risk Manager to lead the Intake & Conflicts Team and oversee conflicts clearance for new clients and matters. You will coordinate risk assessments, resolve conflicts of interest, and ensure compliance with professional rules, reporting to the Director of Intake & Conflicts.

The role requires managing complex searches, improving processes, and maintaining databases, with strong collaboration across attorneys and staff.