Business Intake Lawyer

Job Details

Description

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, an international law firm, is actively recruiting a Business Intake Lawyer. This position provides assistance to the firm’s lawyers on client/matter and lateral intake issues. Ensures that new client/matters and lateral hires are processed in a timely manner and in compliance with existing ethical rules and firm policies. Recommends improvements to data requirements, policies, and procedures to ensure consistency with best practices associated with law firm risk management. Serves as a key participant in improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities And Accountabilities

• Reviews all new potential clients and matters to identify ethical conflicts, business/competitor issues and conflicts with the firm’s Screening Policy. Coordinates with appropriate lawyers to resolve all issues identified.
• Determines when ethical screens are appropriate or advisable. Prepares documentation memorializing the scope of all screens, ensures that “ethical screen” data is maintained and notifies all affected attorneys.
• Assists the firm’s General Counsel and Deputy General Counsels with identifying trends in conflicts and client relations issues and recommending new policies and procedures to enhance the overall conflicts process. Communicates with the appropriate lawyers and professional staff about all aspects of client/matter intake and initiates the appropriate actions to facilitate timely and thorough resolution.
• Drafts conflicts waivers and disclosures, consent documents, engagement letters, confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements, and supporting documentation with the necessary language and provisions to address firm practice area nuances associated with each engagement. Maintains a library of generic forms and letters.
• Reviews Outside Counsel Guidelines and other client generated documents for compliance with ethical rules and firm policies. Drafts responses to clients whose Outside Counsel Guidelines include terms that are inconsistent with firm policy or otherwise unacceptable. Coordinates the review of Outside Counsel with appropriate firm leadership (when necessary) as well with other administrative departments such as Accounting, HR, and IT.
  
  

Qualifications

• Education: Juris Doctorate required. State Bar Licensure.
• Experience: Minimum of three years of law experience practicing law for clients, preferably in a law firm, professional services, or other client relationship-based organization. Prior conflicts or professional responsibility experience preferred.
• Other Minimum Qualifications: Travel may be required. Availability and willingness to work hours as needed to meet critical deadlines. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite applications. Strong commitment to client service excellence and teamwork. Must possess the highest standards of ethical conduct and professionalism. Must act as catalyst for change, drive and own results. Creative and innovative. Excellent communication skills (oral, written and listening) and ability to collaborate effectively with diverse group of professionals. Sound judgment and flexibility. Ability to work well under pressure, patience, diplomacy, high stress tolerance, excellent interpersonal communication skills, ability to prioritize workload and adapt to changing conditions. Visual acuity needed to process and read extensive written communications. Ability to receive and convey detailed information through oral communication. Essential competency processes include language ability, reasoning and memory. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent must possess the abilities or aptitudes to proficiently perform each of the responsibilities and accountabilities described above, with or without reasonable accommodation.
  
  

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