In this BRB jobs update, I’m pleased to highlight another open role at Littler: “Conflicts Analyst (Multiple Offices)” —

• The Conflicts Analyst is accountable for accurate conflicts analyses, completed in a timely fashion with sufficient care to detail and thoroughness so as to minimize risk to the Firm.

This is a Hybrid position resident in Atlanta, Chicago, the Kansas City area, Phoenix, St. Louis and Portland.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures that parties are entered correctly into the conflicts database, including corporate family trees, for conflicts purposes.
• Ensures that conflicts analyses are communicated accurately and thoroughly to attorneys or management in writing (where appropriate) and orally. Accountable for responsiveness, clear communication and excellent service toward internal customers.
• Perform such other/additional duties as may from time to time be assigned.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated familiarity with InTapp-Open, Elite or other conflicts software. Familiarity with Dun & Bradstreet Family Tree Portal or other corporate-family or legal research tools. Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Demonstrated ability to:
  • communicate complicated and detailed conflicts analyses to attorneys or management in writing or orally. Demonstrated ability to communicate with and effectively follow the direction of a diverse group of attorneys and staff, and to provide good customer service to all levels of an organization.
  • Organize and prioritize numerous tasks
  • Address tasks in a logical sequence and
  • Minimize errors while maintaining quick turnaround times. Demonstrated ability to prioritize the work of others and appropriately balance responsiveness with accuracy and thoroughness
• Demonstrated familiarity with law firm engagement letters, outside counsel guidelines, conflict waiver agreements, and basic elements of law firm structure and administration.
• Demonstrated ability to run conflicts searches with Boolean logic and review conflicts reports for potential conflicts of interest, take steps to resolve potential conflicts, and appropriately escalate issues if needed Demonstrated ability to analyze accurately potential conflicts of interest, including investigating the facts of the situation by asking questions of attorneys and analyzing data housed in firm systems. Awareness of (a) cures for conflicts such as waivers and ethics screens and (b) conflicts that cannot be waived.

Education and Certifications::

• Required: Associate’s degree or relevant education and experience
• Preferred: Bachelor’s or Paralegal certificate.

Experience Required:

• Minimum 2+ years relevant experience in a law firm.

See the complete job posting for more details on the job and to apply for this position.

About Littler

At Littler, we understand that workplace issues can’t wait. With access to more than 1,800 employment attorneys in over 100 offices around the world, our clients don’t have to. We aim to go beyond best practices, creating solutions that help clients navigate a complex business world. What’s distinct about our approach? With deep experience and resources that are local, everywhere, we are fully focused on your business. With a diverse team of the brightest minds, we foster a culture that celebrates original thinking. And with powerful proprietary technology, we disrupt the status quo—delivering groundbreaking innovation that prepares employers not just for what’s happening today, but for what’s likely to happen tomorrow. For over 75 years, our firm has harnessed these strengths to offer fresh perspectives on each matter we advise, litigate, mediate, and negotiate. Because at Littler, we’re fueled by ingenuity and inspired by you.

Benefits

We offer a generous benefits package to full-time and part-time employees working a minimum of 20 hours a week. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental and vision plan for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children. In addition, we provide a superior 401(k) plan, ample time off programs, mental health programs, family building and caregiving, generous paid parental leave, life insurance, disability insurance, a wellness program, flexible spending accounts, and an employee referral bonus program.

For more information about our benefits visit: www.littler.com/benefits/state-detailshttp://www.littler.com/benefits/state-details.

For more information about our firm visit: www.littler.com.

For inquiries regarding this opportunity, please e-mail Jennifer Carrion at jvivanco@littler.com with “Conflicts Analyst” in the subject line.

Littler Mendelson is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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