Openings
Trademark Staff Attorney
Houston, TX US
Job Description
Trademark Staff Attorney
Our client is a major international firm seeking a trademark staff attorney for its intellectual property practice in Washington DC, New York, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Palo Alto. The salary for this position in California and New York is between $200k to $250k. This is a non-partnership track position.
Qualifications
- At least 5 years of experience focused on trademark strategy, licensing, prosecution, branding enforcement, and IP transactional matters.
- Experience managing domestic and foreign trademark prosecution.
- Knowledge of USPTO and TTAB rules and procedures.
- Familiarity with international trademark filing procedures and conducting due diligence reviews of Intellectual Property.
- Experience drafting correspondence and diligence memoranda, and managing worldwide trademark portfolios and enforcement actions.
- Ability to oversee paralegals on trademark clearance, prosecution, filings
- Bar admission in jurisdiction of practice or ability to become admitted.
- All candidates must be authorized to work in the US.
About Us
Marina Sirras & Associates LLC is a boutique legal recruiting firm committed to connecting exceptional legal talent with top-tier law firms and in-house legal departments nationwide. With decades of experience and a personalized, relationship-driven approach, we take pride in understanding the unique needs of both our clients and candidates.
We are a proud member of the National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC) and strictly adhere to the NALSC Code of Ethics. Marina Sirras, our founder, is a former President and Chairperson of the organization, reflecting our longstanding commitment to integrity and professionalism in legal recruiting.
To learn more about our team and services, please visit us at www.lawseek.com.
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.