Conflicts Analyst

DLA Piper - Atlantic City, NJ

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - Atlantic City, NJ

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Conflicts Analyst at DLA Piper plays a crucial role in the firm's risk management by addressing and resolving conflicts of interest related to new client and matter intake. This position involves analyzing potential legal and business conflicts, drafting necessary documentation, and collaborating with various stakeholders to facilitate new business opportunities while ensuring compliance with internal policies.

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 to existing firm clients.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• 4 years of direct experience in conflicts or new business intake department within a law firm or 3 years of paralegal or similar experience required.
• Experience writing and communicating in a business environment to present information concisely.
• Experience with intake and conflicts software preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Paralegal certificate preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written business communication skills.
• Ability to apply critical thinking in evaluating different conflicts scenarios or outcomes.
• Meticulous attention to detail and ability to prioritize and multitask.
• Ability to identify data integrity issues and resolve them appropriately.

Benefits

• Flexible work-from-home options.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.