Conflicts Counsel Job Chicago Illinois USA,Law/Legal

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Benesch is proud to announce the opening for a Conflicts Counsel in our Chicago office! This position is hybrid and has work from home flexibility.

Position Summary

Do you have prior conflicts analysis experience? Is your legal knowledge concentrated in corporate and transactional work? Are you looking combine those two worlds and continue to utilize your JD in a non-traditional role? Then you may be interested in our Conflicts Counsel position. This role is perfect for a licensed attorney who has conflicts analysis experience and wants to problem‑solve, conduct research and make recommendations for best practices in the corporate/transactional world of law.

Assists in conflicts of interest clearance for new business, attorney and staff hires, and acquisitions/mergers of other law firms. Coordinates workflow and personnel activities to assure optimal efficiency, accuracy, and timely output as well as works to continuously improve processes and implement automation regarding conflicts analysis.

Essential Functions

Conducts conflict checks after obtaining all relevant available information on the parties, including affiliates and related parties and their relationship to the matter and each other.

Manages the firm wide conflicts clearance process for new clients/matters and lateral attorneys.

Consults regularly with General Counsel, Risk Management Officer, Conflicts and Intake Manager, and Conflicts Counsel as to conflict results and resolutions requiring a higher level of review, problems or issues that may arise, recommendations for improvement in running and clearing conflicts, or any needs for further resources.

Provides waiver and engagement letter exemplars upon request, assists in drafting waivers and engagement letters, reviews waiver and engagement letters received from clients to ensure that required conditions have been met.

Manages the Outside Counsel Guideline process and reviews for potential issues.

out research projects pertinent to ethical issues and provides best practice recommendations to the General Counsel and Conflicts and Risk Management Counsel.

Assists with the creation, implementation, and updates to various policies and procedures regarding matter maintenance including closings, and lateral arrival/departure process.

Trains secretarial and administrative staff on how to utilize conflicts/new business intake workflow application.

Keeps current on trends within the topic of conflicts of interest management.

Participates in other projects and tasks as assigned.

Additional Responsibilities

Performs other duties as assigned.

Confidentiality

Due to the nature of your employment, various documents and information, which are of a confidential nature, will come into your possession. Such documents and information must be kept confidential at all times.

Qualifications

The Conflicts Counsel must possess a J.D. 2+ years of experience performing conflicts analysis in a large law firm environment is required. Experience with corporate/transactional matters is considered a plus. Must possess excellent computer skills as well as experience with…


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