Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

General Counsel

• Review and analyze lateral attorney and non-attorney staff conflicts reports (which are based on prior work experience).
• Communicate with lateral candidates and relevant attorneys.
• Draft conflicts waiver request letters.
• Consult with Managing Attorney to ensure appropriate notifications to government agencies and courts, as appropriate.
• Implement and monitor ethical walls in connection with new firm business, lateral attorney candidate conflicts, and ad hoc requests.
• Review engagement terms with new and existing firm clients to ensure compliance with engagement letter rules.
• Address gaps in applicable engagement terms with the responsible attorney and Assistant and Associate General Counsel as needed.
• Assist with special projects and other responsibilities relating to the conflicts process, as needed.

Paralegal, General Counsel’s Office

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Design, develop and implement solutions and utilities.
• Perform database design in support of same.
• Gain sufficient mastery of current database in order to quickly respond to ad hoc requests for data.
• Work with Business Analyst to help gather program & data specifications based upon client requirements.
• Integrate third-party software and data into the Firm’s financial systems.
• Perform knowledge-transfer with vendors who have supplied custom software to the firm in order to take over responsibility of same.
• Adhere to standards for programming, documentation and source code control.
• Monitor team adherence to said standards.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Participate in, and contribute to, regular team meetings.
• Interact with Information Systems personnel as needed.
• Ability to take over a project from another developer while maintaining the original design methodology without having to “begin from scratch”.
• Assist in recommendation for best approach to a project by using variety of programming tools, languages and databases.
• Assist Business Analyst in creating documentation of financial systems and processes.

Financial Systems Programmer, Analyst

Human Resources

• Provide general administrative, technical and organizational support to the Human Resources Department.
• Process and track employment verification requests.
• Monitor the ticketing queue and ensure timely handling of requests.
• Assist with updating and maintaining the HR intranet pages.
• Prepare expense reports and process invoices, as necessary.

Assistant, Human Resources Support

Learning and Development

• Work closely with the Litigation PD team to manage work allocation for litigation attorneys in DC
• Monitor attorneys' availability and professional development
• Create reports for partners to assist with staffing and utilization
• Assist with staffing Litigation associates across practice groups as needed
• Work with the PD team to coordinate the performance evaluation process for associates and counsel
• Manage re-integration and conduct check-ins for attorneys returning from leave or secondment
• Collaborate with Recruiting and HR to conduct orientation for lateral attorneys

Manager, Professional Development

Public Relations

• Direct the litigation media strategy
• Support day-to-day media relations
• Develop relationships with journalists
• Provide counsel on messaging
• Collaborate on litigation victories
• Assist with litigation-related awards

Public Relations Specialist – Litigation

System Administrator

• The Systems Administrator – Oracle EPM reports to the Manager, Financial Data and Systems and will be responsible for the daily oversight and administration of the firm’s Oracle EPM applications.
• Validate daily inbound and outbound data integrations between Oracle EPM and other financial systems and take remedial actions to quickly troubleshoot and fix data discrepancies or failures in the integration processes.
• Maintain and update dimension hierarchies in Oracle Cloud and On-prem applications.
• Lead efforts to quickly understand, find the root cause and resolve system issues for Oracle EPM users.
• Maintain and update multi-layered user access and granular security to Oracle EPM applications.
• Run and validate month-end processes to load GL data from non-Oracle ERP system to Oracle EPM.
• Create new data integration processes.
• Run and validate monthly revenue and expense allocation models in Oracle Profitability and Cost Management application.
• Update models as necessary to reflect changes to allocation methodologies.
• Collaborate across departments and with Financial Systems team on enhancements to current EPM environment and to build out EPM architecture and functionality by implementing additional modules.
• Maintain existing and create new business rules, calculation scripts and data load rules for Oracle EPM.
• Create documentation of Oracle EPM processes and procedures.

Systems Administrator – Oracle EPM

Attorney

• Lead the onboarding experience for newly hired positions in the department
• Collaborate with the Management Team to design and deliver impactful training programs
• Support Word Processing team members in mastering required applications
• Coordinate and/or facilitate in-person and virtual training sessions
• Develop, maintain, and optimize the department’s training materials
• Measure training effectiveness and implement improvements
• Develop and manage a mentorship program
• Collaborate with the Management Team to identify training needs
• Execute hands-on complex document projects

Legal Document Trainer – Document Specialist

Business Operations

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather, assess, and refine requirements for new application requests
• Design, develop, test, and support scalable, secure, and efficient applications
• Support SQL database development, maintenance, performance tuning, security, and related data processes
• Apply best practices in application design, development, testing, security, and performance
• Build responsive front-end interfaces and intuitive user experiences
• Develop back-end functionality, including server-side logic, database integrations, APIs, and web services
• Troubleshoot, debug, and validate applications and data-related issues
• Maintain documentation for owned applications and provide backup support for applications developed by others

Senior Analyst, Business Systems

• Assist the General Counsel’s Office with engagement letters and client outside counsel guidelines
• Review client questionnaires and NDAs for risk provisions
• Support Business Development compliance with professional responsibility rules
• Liaise with Vendor Management Office for contract reviews
• Conduct conflicts analysis for lateral attorney hires

Compliance Attorney

Business Development Rep

• Develop a deep understanding of our Washington DC-based litigation practice (including civil and appellate litigation, white collar defense and investigations, and antitrust) attorney specialties, clients and specific business development and marketing needs.
• Collaborate with attorneys and the broader litigation business development team on the creation and implementation of strategic business initiatives.
• Leverage relevant legal research databases and resources (e.g., Bloomberg Law, Lex Machina) to monitor, research and report on litigation filings and other opportunities for attorney outreach and client engagement.
• Manage and prepare content for targeted presentations, proposals, and pitch materials.
• Review and update print and digital marketing materials to ensure content reflects substantive strengths, accomplishments, and current activities.
• Manage the drafting and submission of content for numerous legal directories, awards, and related industry guides (e.g., Chambers, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation).
• Manage experience database and track matters for marketing and business development purposes.
• Prepare tombstones and matter lists in connection with various business development opportunities.

Manager, Business Development – Litigation

Bookkeeper

• Responsible for producing prebills and ad-hoc reports both on-demand and periodically (monthly, quarterly or on-completion)
• Oversee the process of editing and finalizing draft bills based on attorney instruction and client guidelines; providing appropriate documents and information as necessary
• Conduct regular meetings with attorneys and administrative assistants to review and discuss client inventory; providing updated system comments regarding unbilled fees and aged balances
• Cross train and work with colleagues in order to provide coverage and support in addressing inquiries and issues for attorneys and clients assigned to other team members
• Prepare and submit invoices via 3rd party e-billing system while meeting client requirements; investigating and resolving issues that causes delays or prevents successful submission
• Review outstanding receivables and work with the Collections & Appeals Team for the purpose of contacting clients regarding the resolution of past due balances
• Assist with testing and documentation of new processes and applications related to client account billing
• Respond to various billing related inquiries from attorneys, clients and management accurately and in a timely manner