Senior Conflicts & Risk Analyst

Brown Rudnick LLP; California (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown Rudnick LLP is seeking a Senior Conflicts & Risk Analyst to join the Intake & Conflicts Team in the United States. The role focuses on identifying and resolving conflicts of interest for new clients and matters, collaborating with Attorneys and staff, and providing risk mitigation strategies.

The candidate will conduct complex conflict searches, perform due diligence, and ensure compliance with professional conduct rules. Strong analytical and organizational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 4+ years of legal conflicts experience in a high-volume environment, or equivalent.
• Knowledge of US ethical rules of professional conduct as they relate to conflicts of interest.
• Web-based research for conflict checking purposes (InTapp and Aderant).
• Knowledge of legal search databases and accurate typing skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Research, identify, and resolve conflicts of interest for new clients and matters.
• Collaborate with Conflicts Attorneys to resolve complex conflict issues and understand client engagements.
• Partner with attorneys and Assistants to understand conflicts needs and provide service.
• Lead and assist with large searches involving large data sets under tight deadlines.
• Manage multiple projects, stay organized, and respond to time-sensitive emails.
• Assist in conflict searches for marketing purposes or other requests as assigned.
• Analyze client engagement terms and provide analyses where needed.
• Deliver due diligence reviews for financial and compliance purposes.
• Maintain client and matter data, update databases and ensure integrity.
• Conduct sanctions searches and share pertinent information with firm departments.
• Maintain ethical screens upon request related to confidentiality and conflicts.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Email judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

InTapp

Aderant

Job description

Schedule: Tuesday to Saturday or Wednesday to Sunday

Summary

We strive to be enterprising, respectful, inclusive, insightful, and tenacious in every aspect of our business, including our interactions with clients, colleagues, and the communities where we have a presence. We rely on these core values to serve clients in key practice areas and industries – the pillars of Brown Rudnick: crisis management, which includes restructuring, investigations, and special situations; global litigation; life sciences; technology; and brand and reputation protection.

We are looking for a Senior Conflicts & Risk Analyst to join our growing Intake & Conflicts Team. The Senior Conflicts & Risk Analyst will be responsible for identifying and resolving potential conflicts of interest related to new clients and matters. This position will collaborate closely with attorneys, management, and other departments to provide conflict resolution and risk mitigation strategies. A successful candidate will possess strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and knowledge of the rules of professional responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Research, identify, and resolve conflicts of interest for new clients and matters.
• Work with Conflicts Attorneys in resolving complex conflict issues, elevate as necessary and work with firm attorneys in understanding details of client and matter engagements.
• Partner with firm attorneys and Legal Executive Assistants to understand conflicts needs and provide excellent customer service.
• Lead and assist with large and complex searches that require supervision of multiple and large data sets, working with teammates on sometimes tight deadlines.
• Manage and execute multiple projects at once and pivot between requests, staying highly organized and responsive to time-sensitive emails.
• Assist in conflict searching for marketing purposes or other requests as assigned.
• Search, analyze, and understand client engagement terms, providing analyses where needed.
• Deliver due diligence reviews for financial and compliance purposes.
• Perform client and matter maintenance, work with teammates to update database regularly and ensure database integrity.
• Conduct searches related to sanctions on a rolling basis and provide pertinent information to other firm departments.
• Maintain and initiate ethical screens upon request related to confidentiality and conflicts.
• Other related tasks are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 4+ years of legal conflicts experience in a high-volume environment, or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of US ethical rules of professional conduct as they relate to conflicts of interest.
• Computer skills including, but not limited to, familiarity with web-based research for conflict checking purposes (InTapp and Aderant).
• Knowledge of legal search databases and accurate typing skills.
• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Use of good judgment with respect to e‑mail writing, conveying proper tone and demeanor.
• Attention to detail, ability to prioritize assignments and move quickly from one to another.
• Ability to work extended hours on a short-term and limited basis to accommodate short-term activity spikes and urgent requests.

Who We Are

Brown Rudnick is a leading international law firm that provides exceptional, client-driven service in global litigation, crisis management (restructuring, investigations and special situations), brand and reputation management, life sciences and technology. We advise on high-profile cross-border matters while providing the kind of personal attention to clients that is typically found at boutiques. Our enterprising and tenacious lawyers serve our clients around the globe from offices in key financial centers in the U.S. and the U.K., and have been recognized by, among others, Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation and Law360 for excellence in their fields.

Salary range based on experience level and location is estimated to be in the range of $80,000 to 100,000.

Brown Rudnick LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to recruiting, developing, and advancing talented professionals from all backgrounds across the spectrum of diversity. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws, without regard to race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, or another protected characteristic, all as defined by applicable laws.