We are partnering with an Am Law 200 firm looking for a Patent Attorney to join their growing electronics and software focused patent practice. 

Their team partners with some of the world’s greatest technology companies. Their clients trust them to strategically protect and position their business-critical innovations using their unmatched expertise in wireless communications, memory technology, electronics, software (including AI and cloud computing), complex medical devices, and standards-essential patents. Their team of lawyers, patent agents, and patent engineers operates like a sophisticated technology team— they’re reinventing patent prosecution using AI and automation solutions created with our in-house developers.

What are the minimum requirements? 

• 2-8 years of experience focused on patent law.
• Subject matter experience in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science/Engineering, Software, Mechanical Engineering, or comparable technologies.
• Collaborative attitude and mindset—you will work daily with patent agents, patent engineers, IP specialists, software developers, and business professionals.
• Top academic performance and aptitude to learn new technology required.
• Wireless communications experience is a plus, but not required.

What are the firm's benefits?

• 75 hour/attorney/year legal pro bono or civic service expectation; 25 hours invested in DEI initiatives
• Hybrid schedules to meet the individual needs of our attorneys and team members.
• Opportunity to customize work schedule via flexible-hours program, in place since the 1980s.
• Partnership eligibility for flexible-hour attorneys.
• Sabbatical program at full pay for partners (three months every five years) and long-term attorneys (six weeks every seven years. The trust, teamwork, and integrity built into the firm’s core values allow sabbaticals to serve as true opportunities to disconnect and reenergize.
• World-class, outdoor recreation at your doorstep in our desirable office locations.

Our Client Care About Your Professional Growth

• Three-tiered Levels System: advancement based on firmwide core competencies and practice group-specific benchmark skills rather than lockstep factors.
• Frequent feedback processes designed to facilitate your professional growth.
• Two-tier partnership opportunities with transparent paths and expectations.
• In-house business development training program and individualized professional development plans customized to your goals.
• Low partner to associate ratio means quality work assignments early in your career.
• Business development program tailored to attorney levels.
• Attorney retreats that fosters integration of attorneys among offices and practice groups.
• Opportunities to participate in firm leadership and committees.
• 30-60-90-day new hire check-ins with Professional Development team to ensure attorneys have everything they need to get started.