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A law firm is seeking an Intellectual Property Litigation Paralegal to support attorneys throughout all phases of complex IP litigation. This position supports matters involving discovery, dispositive motions, claim construction proceedings, mediation, arbitration, trial, and appeals. The role requires strong litigation technology skills, attention to deadlines, and the ability to manage multiple matters in a fast-paced legal environment. Some overtime and travel may be required.
Key Responsibilities
- Support complex intellectual property litigation matters from inception through trial and appeal.
- Prepare and coordinate court filings, including motions, declarations, exhibits, appendices, tables of contents, and tables of authorities.
- Proofread, cite-check, and assist with drafting correspondence, pleadings, and motions.
- Serve as a primary or supporting paralegal on assigned matters while collaborating with attorneys and other litigation professionals.
- Coordinate electronic discovery activities with attorneys and eDiscovery vendors, including database management, searching, review, tagging, coding, productions, and privilege logs.
- Assist with litigation holds, data mapping, custodian interviews, document collection and review, chain-of-custody procedures, and discovery productions.
- Provide comprehensive trial support, including preparing exhibits, witness materials, notebooks, courtroom materials, and trial workspaces. Travel may be required for trial support.
- Maintain case information, dockets, and critical deadlines.
- Conduct detailed legal research and organize findings for attorney review.
- Communicate professionally with attorneys, clients, courts, agencies, witnesses, opposing parties, and vendors.
- Assist with training and mentoring colleagues when appropriate.
- Support additional litigation, administrative, client-related, and organizational projects as needed.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience directly supporting an intellectual property litigation practice.
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
- Strong proficiency with electronic discovery databases and litigation technology.
- Familiarity with legal research, federal court filing, citation, document-production, and Microsoft Office tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail, organization, prioritization, time management, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to manage competing deadlines and work effectively both independently and collaboratively.
- Experience with International Trade Commission (ITC) proceedings and Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) matters.
- Experience using platforms such as Relativity, PACER, Westlaw, Case Notebook/LiveNote, and Bluebook citation conventions.
- Ability to meet billable requirement
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