Accepted a lateral offer and need to get 4 conflicts waivers before they can clear me. I worked with 4 different partners on these. Any advice on how to do this/what to say before officially giving notice?

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Oof. Aren’t you giving notice by asking for waivers?

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That’s the tricky part…the new firm said I need to get these before I officially give notice because they can’t employ me unless they clear. I guess this is common but it feels really awkward. Don’t want to lose both jobs!

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Just a fair warning. I did this and ultimately couldn’t get the waiver. Lost both the job I had and the one I wanted. Tread carefully and know who you are dealing with.

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Agree with the above. You should not be the one getting the waiver. When I lateraled to my previous firm, I needed a waiver and the new firm took care of obtaining it without involving me or letting anyone at my old firm know.

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The conflicts people at the new firm reached out directly to the client they needed the waiver from. It took forever (read 7 weeks) because of course this client wasn’t concerned with reviewing a conflicts waiver for a lawyer who didn’t even work on their matter. But it eventually got done.

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Had this issue. There’s no way around it unfortunately or at least there wasn’t for me. From my situation, they needed a waiver from both sides of the conflicts. I tried to approach the partner and not give official notice but they took it as official notice anyway.

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I thought usually the firm that is hiring you gets the waiver.

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How did this go? I'm in a similar situation and I don't know how they won't see it as giving notice

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