What You Will Do - Essential Duties
“Essential duties” are those that you must be able to perform with or without reasonable accommodation.
Conflicts of Interest:
- develop and maintain knowledge of legal ethics and professional responsibility rules relating to lateral attorney and new matter conflicts of interest as well as relevant Latham procedures, policies, and practices.
- apply that knowledge to advise Ethics Committee Members concerning lateral attorney ethics issues identified by Conflicts Analysts, and to resolve new matter conflicts of interest issues.
- use the firm’s specialized software to review situation-specific conflicts checks as needed.
Engagement Terms & Other Compliance Issues:
- review outside counsel guidelines, non-standard engagement letters and RFPs received from clients and work with partners to prepare responses to clients that align with firm policies.
- provide advice to attorneys and others in connection with engagement letters, conflicts waivers, ethics walls, and firm policies.
Legal Research and Training:
- perform legal research and analysis on professional responsibility issues as requested by the Deputy General Counsel, OGC Assistant General Counsel – Conflicts and Ethics, or Ethics Committee Members.
- prepare and deliver trainings for attorneys and staff on topics relevant to conflicts, ethics and professional responsibility.
General:
- conduct audits of partners for compliance with laws, regulations, and firm policies in collaboration with other members of the OGC.
- rovide administrative support and legal guidance for Ethics Committee and OGC projects and various types of data management, including maintenance of engagement letter and waiver templates, intranet websites and informational materials.
What You Already Have – The Prerequisites
- Education & Certification – You have a Bachelor’s degree, a law degree from an accredited law school and active bar status in California, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, or Texas.
- Work Experience – You have at least three years relevant experience practicing law and/or working on an ethics conflicts team, preferably in a global law firm setting. Your experience has given you a knowledge of legal ethics rules and how to apply them in a law firm practice.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities – You have great interpersonal skills you will use to interact and communicate effectively with everyone in the Firm. You understand how small details can be of critical importance. You work both independently and in teams, and always with an eye on customer service. You know how to handle confidential and sensitive information. You manage time well and prioritize effectively. You enjoy analyzing problems and developing alternative strategies to solve them.
