Senior Attorney

Job Description

Job Description

Brand, IP & Business Strategy Trestle Law, APC • Fully Remote • $185,000–$225,000 (CALIFORNIA LICENSE REQUIRED)

Trestle Law is a modern intellectual property and business law firm. We work with founders, creators, and brand-driven businesses — the kind of clients who treat their IP as a strategic asset, not a checkbox. We are not a high-volume filing shop. We provide strategic counsel that helps clients protect, structure, and monetize what they've built.

We are hiring a senior attorney to take ownership of high-level matters across IP, business, and select federal litigation, and to help shape where the firm goes next.

This role is fully remote, Monday through Friday, 8 to 5 PST.

Compensation:

$185,000 - $225,000

Responsibilities:

If you are looking for big-law structure, this is not it. If you are looking to be a senior attorney inside a focused, growing boutique with real client relationships and real autonomy, keep reading.

What you'll do

• Lead matters across business, IP, and select federal litigation, including trademark and copyright disputes, TTAB proceedings, licensing, and commercial contracts
• Serve as primary counsel to clients on strategic IP and business matters — brand protection, monetization, contract negotiation, dispute strategy
• Supervise paralegals and junior staff on trademark prosecution and copyright matters, with strategic review rather than line-level drafting
• Mentor a developing junior attorney already running litigation matters
• Collaborate with the managing attorney as a peer on firm strategy, client experience, and growth
• Contribute to a premium advisory offering being built for high-value clients
• Bill approximately 1,500 hours annually — a humane and realistic target

Qualifications:

Who you are

• 8+ years of practice, with substantive experience in IP, business, and commercial litigation
• Comfortable operating at a senior level: taking verbal direction, owning matters end-to-end, and exercising independent judgment
• California bar in good standing
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills, with a track record of moving complex matters efficiently
• Experience supervising and developing junior attorneys and staff
• Comfortable with fixed-fee work and managing matters against a budget
• Proficient in modern tools — Clio, SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, Word

You are likely a strong fit if you

• Think like a business owner, not just a technician
• See legal issues from 10,000 feet and act with the right level of detail
• Take initiative without waiting to be told
• Enjoy mentoring younger attorneys
• Want to build something — not just bill hours

Preferred (not required)

• Soft IP focus (trademark, copyright, trade dress)
• TTAB experience
• Experience advising founder-led or creative businesses
• Origination welcome but not expected — we generate our own pipeline

About Trestle Law, APC

Trestle Law serves founders, creators, and established forward-thinkers across the country. We help clients protect what they've built, structure strong businesses, negotiate smart deals, and turn intellectual property into valuable assets.

Our culture is high-performance and high-trust. We work hard, expect excellence, and care about clients and each other. We are not bureaucratic or slow-moving — we are thoughtful, decisive, and growth-oriented. If you want to be part of a firm that values service, ownership, and results, we would love to hear from you.

About Company

Trestle Law is a modern intellectual property and business law firm serving founders, creatives, and established entrepreneurs.

We help clients:

• Protect what they’ve built
• Structure strong businesses
• Negotiate smart deals
• Turn intellectual property into valuable assets

We are strategic, responsive, and deeply committed to our clients’ success.

Our culture is high-performance and high-trust. We work hard. We expect excellence. We care about our clients and each other. We are not bureaucratic or slow-moving — we are thoughtful, decisive, and growth-oriented.

If you want to be part of a firm that values service, ownership, and results, we would love to hear from you.