Lateral Conflicts Onboarding Coordinator

We are seeking a Lateral Conflicts Onboarding Coordinator to join our Conflicts Team. We are seeking a detail-oriented, highly organized, and positive individual to support our Lateral Conflicts Team in our Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis or Minneapolis office. All Taft employees operate under a "Client First" philosophy - in all things, we seek to provide exceptional services to our clients.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Work collaboratively with Conflicts Counsel, Conflicts Attorneys, General Counsel, firm attorneys and the conflicts team to aid in the successful onboarding of lateral hire matters.
• Coordinate with lateral attorneys, legal assistants, and Lateral and New Business Conflicts teams to ensure the streamlined opening of all portable client and matter numbers.
• Serve as Conflicts Department primary contact point for new lateral attorneys and staff during onboarding.
• Meet with lateral attorneys and legal assistants to identify priority portable matters.
• Diagnose and address conflicts-related issues with new matter opening directly with lateral attorneys and support staff.
• Host Conflicts orientation sessions for new lateral attorneys and staff.
• Document department processes and procedures for searching lateral prior work history information and onboarding of laterals, including opening new billing numbers.
• Provide excellent customer service to internal teams, as well as lateral attorneys and staff.
• Define effective search strategies and conduct conflicts searches for new business and potential lateral matters using the firm's internal electronic database.
• Draft and send internal and external communications regarding conflict search results and/or required follow-up actions.
• Must have ability and willingness to work remotely outside of normal business hours as needed.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2+ years of experience working in a law firm conflicts department that utilizes Intapp (strongly preferred) or equivalent conflicts software.
• Working knowledge of professional responsibility and legal ethics rules pertaining to conflicts.
• Ability to efficiently manage multiple tasks and projects while providing an accurate work product in a high-volume, fast-paced work environment.
• Ability to think critically, independently and decisively.
• Ability to take initiative and adapt to changes in workflow, processes and procedures.
• Ability to work effectively in a team atmosphere.
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to scale communications to all levels within the firm and translate complex issues into simple concepts.

Interested candidates should apply here.