Goodwin

Attorney

• Create and analyze complex conflict reports and exercise independent judgment to identify potential conflict of interest issues with legal hires, new business and marketing initiatives
• Conduct research to gather information and/or clarification on potential issues
• Take the initiative to analyze and resolve conflicts independently
• Prepare communications to attorneys, clearly identifying all potential issues found in conflict report
• Assist attorneys in resolving conflict issues
• Work directly with attorneys, the Department Director and Managers, and the Ethics Advisory Committee, as necessary, to assist and facilitate conflict resolution
• Provide guidance to Conflicts staff relative to conflict research and analysis and corporate family tree research with the goal of ensuring accuracy and consistency in preparation and analysis of conflict reports
• Assist in development and implementation of training programs for Conflict Analysts and Specialists
• Assist attorneys and secretaries in understanding the firm’s conflicts and business intake policies and procedures
• Assist attorneys to draft engagement and waiver letters
• Research appropriate jurisdictional conflict and/or ethical rules and/or opinions to assist in determining specific conflict resolution strategies
• Request and maintain all necessary supporting documentation to clear actual or potential conflict issues
• Prepare and implement ethical walls
• Assist in the customization and implementation of new software for conflicts, business intake and ethical walls
• Maintain knowledge of trends, developments and new technologies impacting the conflicts group
• Participate in providing coverage for conflict checking and analysis via on-call rotation on scheduled weekends

Conflicts Attorney

Administration

• Partners with the Department Administrator to process all department contracts through review and approval via Ironclad.
• Partners with the FP&A team on project management support for the department’s budget processes, including forecasting, re-forecasting, and expense tracking; serves as the liaison between the FP&A team and department’s budget owners.
• Oversees and reconciles American Express charges and invoices, and ensures timely and accurate processing in alignment with company policies.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between internal departments and our in-house invoice processor for invoice submissions and approvals.
• Assists in editing and submitting the monthly Goodwin Store report to the FP&A team; ensure data accuracy and timely delivery of store reporting materials.
• Maintains and updates the store approver list to reflect current personnel and approval hierarchies.
• Working closely with the Department Administrator, supports planning flagship events, including logistics coordination, vendor communication, and materials preparation.

Department Administration Coordinator

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Create, develop and maintain model documents, forms, precedents, checklists, and other substantive content for the Practice, ensuring such content is up-to-date and readily accessible on the firm’s intranet and other content-sharing platforms.
• Serve as a source of legal, market and practical expertise; identifying and collecting key data points of the Practice’s legal work for statistical analysis and post-deal assessments, benchmarking and market trends.
• Monitor and inform the Practice of important legal developments relevant to the Practice; supporting the writing and publication of external client alerts on such developments.
• Develop curriculum for, and participate in, training initiatives for the Practice, including internal training sessions, client workshops, and other firm educational training programs.
• Work with the Knowledge & Innovation team to develop solutions to increase efficiency, enable legal project management and improve legal service delivery of the Practice; such as Generative AI workflows and templates, document assembly packages, expert systems and client-facing applications.
• Participate in Knowledge & Innovation Department meetings to facilitate the sharing of best practices, knowledge, market trends, and perform such other duties as requested by the Knowledge & Innovation Department.
• Assist in business development efforts for the Practice, including thought leadership initiatives, client seminars and pitches, to elevate the awareness and value of the Practice and the firm’s K&I program.

Conflicts Attorney

Department Administration Coordinator

Knowledge & Innovation Lawyer – Real Estate Finance, Joint Venture