Job Description
Job Description
An international law firm is seeking a full-time Intellectual Property Paralegal for their team.
Responsibilities:
- Filing and retrieving documents at courthouses and government agencies, including USPTO PTAB, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. District Courts.
- Assisting with drafting, reviewing, cite-checking and preparing PTAB, Federal Circuit and District Court filings.
- Assisting with the electronic discovery process, including the collection, preservation, and review of materials for eventual production
- Tracking incoming and outgoing productions and assisting with the preparation of privilege logs.
- Establishing and maintaining case files, document collections, and chronologies.
- Drafting correspondence.
- Compiling materials for witness interviews and depositions.
- Assisting with trial preparation and trial set up; Organizing trial exhibits and notebooks and developing charts and graphs; Maintaining exhibits as well as taking notes at trials and assisting with trial presentations.
- Developing information retrieval systems with an emphasis on use of computerized litigation support.
- Checking citations, Bluebooking, and proofreading legal documents.
- Conducting computer searches, research and case management functions on client databases or firm resources such as Opus 2, Relativity, Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, HighQ/Engage and the Internet.
- Collaborating with eData department on computer issues regarding electronic discovery and other matters.
- Pulling cases and obtaining resources from local libraries.
- Assisting with coordinating and supervising teams of contract attorneys on document review projects.
Requirements
- 5+ years of IP Litigation Paralegal experience required.
- ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate; Bachelor’s Degree (preferred);
- Fundamental proficiency and understanding of the lifecycle of a litigation and working knowledge of key documents related to a litigation including, but not limited to, case correspondence, pleadings, discovery, depositions, expert discovery, trial and appellate documents;
- Advanced proficiency in software including, but not limited to, MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel and Acrobat Adobe;
- Fundamental proficiency in software including, but not limited to, MS PowerPoint, LiveNote, Case Notebook, Relativity and FTP software (FileZilla);
- Fundamental proficiency in online research and internet search resources (Lexis Nexis/Westlaw);
- Fundamental to Advanced knowledge of relevant jurisdictional/court/agency processes and procedures, including knowledge of Federal court practices, local rules and deadlines; and
A cover letter, resume and a short writing sample will be required if we proceed, for consideration.