Full-Time Remote Attorney

Conflicts Attorney

If you join us, you'll work with state-of-the-art technology in a friendly and professional environment, and we will continue to invest in your professional development. As a Conflicts Attorney, you will manage ethical and business risks presented by potential new business opportunities for an Am Law 100 firm. Based on your training and experience, you will analyze conflicts search reports to identify potential conflicts of interest with potential new business and in some instances with prior and potential new business for lateral hires. You will work independently with attorneys across the Firm to detect conflicts and resolve them, where possible, within the guidelines of prevailing ethical rules and Firm policies and procedures.

On any given day, you will be working with Firm leadership, partners, and business colleagues on a variety of requests and projects. Review and analyze terms of engagement and outside counsel guidelines as part of the conflicts analysis process.

Produce written summaries of conflicts issues and document rationale for all final conflict resolutions.

Communicate directly with appropriate Firm attorneys and Firm General Counsel in order to facilitate the conflicts clearance process.

Obtain conflict waivers from Firm attorneys as necessary to clear conflicts under prevailing ethical rules and Firm policies. Review all waivers for validity and conditions requiring further action under Firm policy.

Educate Firm attorneys on Firm policies and procedures relating to the conflicts clearing process.

Complete other duties and projects as assigned.

Bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor degree.

Minimum of two years of conflicts experience in a large law firm environment, preferred.

Additional legal practice experience, preferred.

Knowledge of common business structures.

Experience utilizing a conflicts database and related conflicts checking software, preferably Intapp Open.

Experience using commercial databases of corporate affiliations, such as Hoovers, Dun & Bradstreet, and Capital IQ and with other online reference materials.

Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Explorer and Outlook).

Ability to exercise independent judgment to make sound risk management decisions based on the results of conflicts searches, ethical rules, and Firm policies

Our professional staff are a collaborative team, helping to define the unique client experience offered by the firm. We understand that it takes more than attorneys to build a successful legal practice; With approximately 1,000 lawyers across 19 offices, Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide. Seyfarth Shaw is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, change of sex or transgender status, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.

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Location Specific Language

Seyfarth will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the following laws if applicable, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act.

Seyfarth Shaw believes that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to the following job duties: accessing company property, information, assets, and products; accessing client data or confidential information, and partnering and regularly working with or supervising other Seyfarth employees and interacting with Seyfarth clients.

Boston: The full-time salary range for this role is $153,000 to $161,000 annually, which is based on a 40-hour work week.

Chicago: The full-time salary range for this role is $146,000 to $154,000 annually, which is based on a 40-hour work week.

Los Angeles: The full-time salary range for this role is $152,000 to $161,000 annually, which is based on a 40-hour work week.

Sacramento: The full-time salary range for this role is $150,000 to $158,000 annually, which is based on a 40-hour work week.

San Francisco: The full-time salary range for this role is $164,000 to $170,000 annually, which is based on a 40-hour work week.

Seattle: The full-time salary range for this role is $152,000 to $161,000 annually, which is based on a 40-hour work week.

Washington, DC: The full-time salary range for this role is $152,000 to $166,000 annually, which is based on a 40-hour work week.

This job is also eligible for an annual merit increase and bonus pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k).

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