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Our exceptional teams craft and deploy creative legal strategies that are meticulously tailored to every matter, however complex or high-stakes. The firm’s work is distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision.\nBased in any U.S. office, the Conflicts Attorney will be responsible for assisting with all aspects of conflicts clearance for new clients, new matters, and lateral candidates. The Conflicts Attorney is responsible for daily review and analysis of conflicts and other issues related to firm acceptance of new clients, new matters and lateral attorneys, and will interface with the Firm's partners regarding approval of new matter and lateral attorney hiring requests. The Conflicts Attorney will handle additional assignments from the Firm's General Counsel and Legal Operations team, as needed.\nThis role reports to the Director, Conflicts Attorneys & Assistant General Counsel and will work closely with the Firm’s Office of General Counsel, Chief Legal Operations Officer, Director of Conflicts & Information Governance, and partners throughout the Firm.\nResponsibilities include:\nAnalyzing conflict of interest reports for all new firm representations and lateral attorney hires to identify potential conflict problems to ensure new matters and attorney hires are compliant with the firm’s conflict and risk management policies and procedures.\nResolving conflict of interest issues (to include obtaining necessary waivers and drafting ethics wall memos) related to the firm's clearance of new clients, new matters and lateral attorneys.\nAnalyzing information provided with new matter requests for compliance with firm policies and applicable rules of professional responsibility and reviews and edits draft engagement letters for compliance with same.\nProactively communicating with partners and management regarding complex conflicts issues.\nReviewing client outside counsel guidelines and assists with assessment of firm's ability to comply.\nSupervising Resolution Analysts’ clearance efforts and processes.\nConducting orientation of staff and attorneys regarding new matter approval process.\nConsulting with partners, professional responsibility committee and information governance to create and maintain effective screening restrictions.\nMaintaining thorough and accurate records of all conflicts resolutions and related communications.\nDeveloping expertise on conflicts rules and approaches in specific practice areas and formulate templates and frameworks of analysis for conflicts issues in such areas.\nPerforming corporate research as required.\nPerforming other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nKnowledge of conflict-of-interest principles under professional responsibility rules in various jurisdictions and experience with analyzing conflicts of interest and the law of conflicts of interest.\nBasic knowledge of legal software such as Intapp, D&B/Hoovers, CapIQ, BvD.\nAbility to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing, with attorneys and staff.\nAbility to organize and prioritize work in a dynamic and complex environment to meet deadlines and daily requirements.\nAbility to adapt to changing priorities and maintain a productive committed work effort, meeting deadlines and managing workload.\nAbility to analyze and interpret information from a variety of sources, apply critical and creative thinking, and pay strong attention to detail, draw valid conclusions of develop solutions to complex problems.\nStrong analytic, interpersonal and organizational skills.\nMethodological approach to work with a strong focus on accuracy, attention to detail, consistency and good decision-making skills.\nStrong technological skills, knowledge of conflicts clearance and ethical screening software preferred.\nAptitude for learning new systems, including ability to participate in discussions about design of existing or new systems based on departmental and firm needs.\nAble to work under pressure to tight project deadlines and able to adapt to competing demands and prioritize tasks to ensure complete follow-through on outstanding issues.\nExperience:\nJD and active bar license required.\nA minimum of 3 years of experience as an attorney in a conflicts department required.\nGibson Dunn will consider for employment qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of local law.\nCompensation & Benefits:\nThe annual compensation range for this position is $220,000 - $240,000. The salary offered within this range will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations.\nBenefits offered for this position include health care; retirement benefits; paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time; parental leave; basic life insurance; Flexible Spending Accounts; as well as discretionary, performance-based bonuses.\n#LI-Remote\n______\nFor technical difficulties with our online application, please contact us at . Our recruiting support team will respond as soon as possible.\n______\nGibson Dunn is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities. We strive to ensure an inclusive and accessible hiring experience. The Firm will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable participation in the application and recruitment process, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.\nIf you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, participate in an interview, or otherwise take part in the recruitment process, please contact us at . Please note, this is a dedicated email inbox established exclusively to assist applicants with accommodation request related to the recruitment process. 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