Milbank LLP Benefits Overview

Reviews and analyzes conflicts reports for new clients, matters, and lateral hires. Advises partners on legal and business risks, drafts conflict waivers, prepares ethical walls, audits intake data, researches professional conduct rules, and resolves conflicts. Guides conflict analysts, monitors ethics developments, communicates potential issues, and participates in urgent and on-call support.

Provides temporary senior leadership for a law firm’s legal recruiting function during maternity leave. Oversees campus, summer associate, lateral associate, clerkship, and partner recruiting; advises partners and firm leaders; manages recruiting approvals, headcount requests, search firms, candidate processes, and cross-functional escalations. Leads the recruiting team, maintains operational continuity, protects confidential information, and ensures accurate documentation, reporting, stakeholder communication, and timely decision-making across active hiring processes.

Owns the end-to-end lateral partner recruiting process, from search through offer, partnership vote, onboarding, and integration. Manages search-firm relationships, market intelligence, governance workflows, stakeholder communications, process improvements, reporting, and a recruiting coordinator. Partners with senior law firm leaders and Business Services teams while handling confidential compensation and governance information.