Grace Falgien Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

• Manage the conflicts portion of the lateral onboarding process from start to finish for incoming attorney and staff candidates, from creating the initial conflicts review to clearing new matters for opening upon hire
• Work with the Office of General Counsel and Firm attorneys to resolve apparent conflicts regarding incoming lateral partners, associates, and staff
• Train staff in the Intapp WallBuilder program in order to streamline the ethical wall process for the Conflicts Department
• Research and process close, reopen, client, matter, and mailing/contact change requestsCreate and maintain ethical walls in the Intapp WallBuilder program to ensure client confidentiality and Firm data security
• Investigate and complete access requests to ethical wall security groupsPerform thorough and accurate research of corporations, agencies, and individuals listed as incoming parties to client/matters, or submitted with.
• Analyze and evaluate both the reference source research results and conflicts reports to determine whether conflicts-of-interest may exist with incoming parties

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Create and maintain ethical walls in the Intapp WallBuilder program to ensure client confidentiality and Firm data security
• Investigate and complete access requests to ethical wall security groups
• Perform thorough and accurate research of corporations, agencies, and individuals listed as incoming parties to client/matters, or submitted with preliminary conflicts checks
• Analyze and evaluate both the reference source research results and conflicts reports to determine whether conflicts-of-interest may exist with incoming parties
• Advise attorneys and administrative staff as to whether potential or actual conflicts exist and propose the necessary steps to resolve conflicts-of-interest according to ethical standards
• Consult with management on complex conflicts issues potentially requiring the further direction of the Office of General Counsel

Los Angeles, CA

• Perform thorough and accurate research of corporations, agencies, and individuals listed as incoming parties to client/matters, or submitted with preliminary conflicts checks
• Analyze and evaluate both the reference source research results and conflicts reports to determine whether conflicts-of-interest may exist with incoming parties
• Update the corporate hierarchies or “family trees” in the Firm’s conflicts database and billing database
• Prepare New Business Intake forms for review by the Conflicts Manager

Berkeley, CA

• Lead two-hour long research sessions and transformed studies from paper to the laboratory by collecting videography, surveys, and saliva samples
• Participated in weekly meetings to discuss past and current research techniques and outcomes
• Coded participant videos by analyzing attitudes and behavior, transforming qualitative data into measurable, quantitative data
• Organized data in Microsoft Excel in order to interpret patterns in attitudes & behavior
• Recruited research participants from both the community and on campus
• Conducted literature reviews