Patent Litigation Associate (BigLaw/AmLaw 100 Encouraged)
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Job Description
Job Description
Work Experience
- Substantive patent litigation experience at a strong law firm
Education
- J.D. from T1-T50 or strong national law school
- STEM degree; CS/EE preferred
Hard Skills
- Strong legal writing
Location
- Local to or willing to relocate to target office
Seniority
- 2–6 years of patent litigation experience (Classes 2020–2024)
Experience
- District court, ITC, or PTAB patent litigation
- Claim construction, discovery, and motion practice
Education
- Strong law school grades
Technical
- Deep technical fluency in CS, EE, or life sciences
Soft Skills
- Self-directed; thrives with minimal supervision
- Entrepreneurial; comfortable with free-market staffing
Bar
- Active or waivable bar admission in target state
Experience
- Trial team or deposition experience
- Pharma/Hatch-Waxman litigation
Education
- Advanced STEM degree (M.S. or Ph.D.)
Credentials
- USPTO registration
Advocacy
- Strong oral advocacy/trial presence
Traits to avoid
- Needs heavy structure, central staffing, or mentorship
- Demands full remote or work-from-anywhere arrangement
- Prosecution-only background with no litigation experience
Salary
- $225K - $435K
T1–T15
Stanford | Yale | University of Chicago | Penn Carey | University of Virginia | Harvard | Duke | NYU | Columbia | Northwestern | University of Michigan | Vanderbilt | Cornell | UCLA | Washington University in St. Louis
T16–T30UC Berkeley | University of Texas at Austin | Georgetown | UNC–Chapel Hill | Boston College | Notre Dame | Texas A&M | University of Minnesota | Boston University | BYU | George Washington | University of Georgia | USC Gould | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Ohio State | Wake Forest
T31–T50George Mason (Scalia) | University of Iowa | Baylor | Florida State | UC Irvine | University of Florida | Washington and Lee | William & Mary | Emory | University of Alabama | Fordham | SMU | Arizona State | University of Utah | Pepperdine | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | University of Kansas | Indiana University Bloomington | Temple | Villanova
BigLaw + Elite Patent Litigation Firms Highest-priority patent litigation targets:
Fish & Richardson, Finnegan, Kirkland & Ellis, Morrison Foerster, Cooley, WilmerHale, Latham & Watkins, Irell & Manella, Wilson Sonsini, Gibson Dunn, Sidley Austin, Jones Day, Perkins Coie, Baker Botts, Covington & Burling, Arnold & Porter, Paul Weiss, Skadden, Ropes & Gray, Goodwin, Orrick, Fenwick & West, Hogan Lovells, DLA Piper, Mayer Brown, McDermott Will & Schulte, Morgan Lewis, Reed Smith, Winston & Strawn, Weil Gotshal, White & Case, A&O Shearman, King & Spalding, Alston & Bird, Kilpatrick Townsend, Foley & Lardner, Troutman Pepper Locke, Mintz, Sterne Kessler, Knobbe Martens.
Elite Patent/IP Boutiques:
Desmarais, McKool Smith, Keker Van Nest & Peters, Wolf Greenfield, Banner Witcoff, Susman Godfrey, Hueston Hennigan, Reichman Jorgensen, Durie Tangri, Tensegrity Law Group.
Candidate Note: If you currently practice patent litigation at a top-tier BigLaw firm or elite IP/patent litigation boutique, please feel free to apply even if your law school falls outside the preferred T1-T50 range. Candidates with exceptional firm pedigree, substantive patent litigation experience, strong academic credentials, and a relevant STEM background will receive full consideration.
Location
San Francisco, CA, Silicon Valley, CA
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