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Litigation Associate - Intellectual Property
Job Description
IP Litigation Associate - San Francisco
Our client is a major Am Law 100 firm, seeking IP litigation attorneys who graduated in class years 2019-2022 with a J.D. for their IP Litigation team in San Francisco. The salary range for this position is between $260,000 and $390,000.
Qualifications
- 2-5 years of IP litigation experience working in a law firm, particularly in patent and/or trade secret litigation.
- Excellent academic credentials with an undergraduate degree in electrical, computer, mechanical, chemical, or biomedical engineering, or computer science or other similar degree is highly preferred.
- CAFC clerkship experience is highly preferred and PTAB disputes experience is a plus. . Experience with PTAB disputes also a plus.
- California bar admission is required.
- Excellent writing, oral, analytical and interpersonal skills. Team focused.
- Strong client-interfacing skills.
All candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Meet Your Recruiter
Kate McNamara
National Legal Recruiter
kmcnamara@lawseek.com
Kate joined Marina Sirras & Associates in 2011. She is a national legal recruiter, specializing
in the placement of partners, counsel, and associates in all practice areas, including:
- Intellectual Property – lawyers and patent agents (patent prosecution, IP litigation,
trademark, and technology/life sciences transactional roles) - Corporate lawyers (funds, capital markets, M&A, securities, and finance)
- Litigation lawyers (commercial, securities, and arbitration)
Clients include major international law firms, midsized general practice firms, specialty boutique
firms, and corporations. Prior to recruiting, Kate worked as a legal assistant for several law
firms, including Pennie & Edmonds, a former intellectual property firm in New York City. She
earned a B.S. in Human Resource Management.