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About the Role
The Professional Responsibility Counsel (PRC) is a staff lawyer who facilitates the firm's compliance with ethics and regulatory requirements. The PRC is a member of the administrative management team and is a practicing lawyer whose sole client is the firm.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the development of policies and processes that support firm lawyer compliance with ethical and regulatory requirements.
- Serve as a resource for complex conflicts of interest questions on new matters, lateral-hire candidates, and other engagements.
- Review, negotiate, and approve engagement letters, conflict waivers, requests for proposal, and outside counsel guidelines.
- Supervise and support Conflicts Analysts in performing conflicts searches and preliminary analysis.
- Advise firm partners and practice-group leaders on ethics, professional responsibility, and risk-management matters.
- Promptly escalate potential novel or complex professional responsibility or compliance issues to the Deputy General Counsel.
- Conduct legal research on ethics rules, professional responsibility issues, and conflicts-related topics.
- Contribute reliably to shared inboxes, urgent matters, and team processes.
- Support Office of General Counsel projects.
- Protect and maintain highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, and proprietary information.
Requirements
- J.D. and current license to practice law in the state in which the employee is located required.
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience in legal ethics, conflicts of interest, professional responsibility, or a closely related area of law firm risk management required.
- Law firm experience preferred.
- Experience with conflicts clearance processes, engagement terms, outside counsel guidelines, waivers, or ethics walls strongly preferred.
- Regulatory compliance, contract review, and intellectual property law experience a plus.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Ability to translate conflicts and ethics concepts into practical guidance for attorneys and staff at all levels of the firm.
Skills
- Understanding of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct
- Understanding of conflicts of interest rules
- Ability to identify conflicts and determine appropriate resolution
- Strong legal research and writing skills
- Ability to translate legal requirements into operational process
Location
- Madison
- Milwaukee
- Chicago
- New York City
- Washington D.C.
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience
Education Level
- J.D.
Salary/Compensations
- Madison, Milwaukee - $130,900 to $196,400
- Chicago - $144,000 to $216,000
- New York City, and Washington D.C. - $157,100 to $235,700
About the Company
- Foley & Lardner LLP is a great place to work because of what we do and how we do it.
- Here, your unique perspectives, experiences, and abilities will be embraced and developed, so you can excel.
- Being a part of Foley means having the opportunities and resources necessary to gain experience, advance professional goals, and forge meaningful connections.
- It’s a place where you can build your career and enjoy professionally satisfying work.
- We have over 2,300 people who are #HappyatFoley, and we think you will be too.