Conflicts Attorney

Job Description:

The Conflicts Attorney is responsible for identifying and resolving potential legal and business conflicts. This position helps ensure best practices and adherence to firm policies and procedures in client intake, staff and attorney new hires and firm growth opportunities. This position reports to the Associate General Counsel - New Business, Conflicts and Ethics. A hybrid work arrangement is available for this position.

A career at Nixon Peabody is the opportunity to do work that matters. It’s the chance to use your knowledge to shape what’s ahead. To share, to innovate, to learn at a firm that taps the power of collective thinking.

We’ve created a dynamic, energizing environment that promotes success for our clients and each other. We offer fast growth, connectedness and training in business as well as law. And our rigorous standards assure you are part of a diverse team of top talent at every turn.

If you’re someone who’s looking toward the future, we’d love to hear from you.

Location: Albany, NY; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Providence, RI; Rochester, NY; Washington, DC

• Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of ethical, legal and risk management.
• Provide analysis and critical assessment of due diligence to identify, report and address potential ethical and business conflicts of interest and client worthiness issues related to new firm business, firm growth opportunities and newly hired personnel.
• Proactively engage in discussions with attorneys, staff and team members to gather information and work to resolve conflicts of interest or other business issues.
• Draft and review conflict waivers, engagement letters, and other engagement-related documents to ensure compliance with ethical rules and firm policies and standards.
• Review outside counsel agreements, requests for proposals, and other similar documents to identify and resolve potential conflicts issues and ensure compliance with firm policies and ethical standards. Coordinate review with other stakeholders and functional areas.
• Establish and implement ethical walls.
• Maintain accurate records and tracking systems to ensure effective information sharing, proactive follow up and timely documentation of conflict clearance process in firm databases.
• Assist firm personnel in understanding the firm’s conflicts and new business intake policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  
  

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential job responsibility listed above, satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation. Nixon Peabody retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position. The requirements listed below are representative of the skills and abilities required.

• Minimum 4 years of legal experience, preferably within a law firm.
• Must be an active member in good standing in a state bar.
• Juris Doctor Degree required.
• Knowledge of law firm conflict clearance and business intake procedures and business organization structures.
• Exceptional analytical, decisive and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to communicate concise, timely, accurate and logical conclusions and recommendations based on analyzing data with varied content and format.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively and provide a quality and accurate work product with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work in an atmosphere with multiple projects, shifting priorities, and extremely tight deadline pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to converse authoritatively with personnel at all levels.
• Ability to provide outstanding customer service and interact collegially.
  
  
  

Nixon Peabody LLP is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer: Disability / Veteran. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

To comply with Federal law, Nixon Peabody participates in E-Verify. All newly-hired employees are verified through this electronic system established by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to confirm their identity and employment eligibility. Please refer to the Notice of E-Verify Participation and the Right to Work posters on the Nixon Peabody Careers page for more information.

In accordance with applicable Federal and State laws, the anticipated annual salary range for this position, depending on location, is as follows:

• Rochester, NY: $107,000 to $158,950
• Albany, NY: $107,000 to $158,950
• Providence, RI: $107,000 to $158,950
• Chicago, IL: $118,000 to $174,900
• Washington, DC: $118,000 to $174,900
• Boston, MA: $ 118,000 to $174,900
• Los Angeles, CA: $ 118,000 to $174,900
  
  
  

In addition to a standard benefits package, this role may be eligible for additional contingent compensation based on an array of factors, including but not limited to: work performance, geographic location, work experience, education, and qualifications. Because such contingent compensation is not yet calculable or may be zero ($0) in some circumstances, the above-listed salary range(s) are Nixon Peabody’s good faith estimate of the annual salary(ies) it reasonably expects to pay for the position at the time of this posting.