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About the Role

Fish & Richardson, a premier global intellectual property law firm, seeks a Conflicts Specialist for its remote-first Risk Management Department. This role is crucial for ensuring the firm's compliance and operational integrity by managing potential conflicts of interest.

Responsibilities

• Respond to and follow up on conflict inquiries via email, regular mail, or telephone in a timely manner.
• Track, maintain, and resolve conflict memorandums according to established procedures.
• Review new business submissions for completeness and accuracy, collaborating with submitters for necessary information.
• Follow up on identified potential conflict issues to ensure their resolution.
• Review and initiate the resolution of pending business and ethical conflict issues.
• Coordinate conflict resolution with involved attorneys for both ethical and business conflicts.
• Prepare and produce accurate conflict reports for new clients, matters, and portable work for potential lateral hires.
• Conduct research on new clients and adverse parties, including gathering and filtering corporate family tree information.
• Review and advise on the creation of ethical walls for new matters, considering existing ethical walls and specific conflict issues.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent education and experience.
• 3+ years of related ethics and conflicts experience in a law firm.
• Strong knowledge of law firm administrative processes.
• Ability to identify issues and problems, and recommend and implement solutions.
• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
• Attention to detail and the ability to prioritize and perform effectively under pressure.
• Experience with and ability to effectively use software such as word processing, spreadsheets, and database tools.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to maintain effective relationships and communicate with a diverse group of principals, attorneys, managers, and staff via multiple communication channels.
• Ability to successfully develop quality team relationships and work well within a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to adapt to changing responsibilities and circumstances and adhere to firm policies and procedures.

Skills

• Ethics and conflicts analysis
• Legal administrative processes
• Problem-solving
• Organization and prioritization
• Time management
• Attention to detail
• Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets, and database software
• Interpersonal communication
• Teamwork
• Adaptability

Location

• Remote
• MA
• DE
• NY
• CA
• DC
• MN
• TX
• GA
• IL

Work Type

• Remote-first
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 3+ years of related ethics and conflicts experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience

Salary/Compensations

• $59,000 - $74,000 annually

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Discretionary bonus opportunities
• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Generous paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Award-winning retirement and profit sharing plans with employer contribution
• Family-friendly atmosphere
• Back-up child care
• Health and wellness initiatives

About the Company

• Fish & Richardson is the premier global intellectual property law firm, trusted by the world’s most innovative and influential companies.
• Established in 1878, the firm has over 400 attorneys and technology specialists in the U.S., Europe, and China.
• The firm's success is rooted in its creative and inclusive culture, valuing diversity of people, experiences, and perspectives.

Equal Opportunity

• As a firm that serves the world’s greatest visionaries, we know that creativity and innovation are the result of seeing the world from multiple different perspectives.
• Having a diverse team enhances the quality of legal services we provide to our clients, sustains our standing as a premier IP law firm, and strengthens the fabric of our firm.