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Our client a major international law firm is seeking a Senior IP Litigation Paralegal for their Atlanta, GA, office This person will work in their Intellectual Property- Litigation practice group. Qualified candidates will have at least 5-10+ years' experience in all stages of litigation as a paralegal to include pretrial and trial experience, extensive knowledge of Intellectual Property Rights, knowledge of federal court & the USPTO post-grant filing procedures. Salary $100-$125K DOE.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Organizes and maintains document files including, but not limited to, correspondence, court papers, case records, and materials produced in the discovery process.
- Reviews and analyzes matters for the purpose of preparing evaluations and status reports for internal use and for clients.
- Drafts shells for complaints and answers, routine notices, affidavits, motions and petitions as well as detailed letters and memorandum.
- Ability to read and understand technical/scientific papers including those to include patents, copyrights, mark and trade secrets.
- Prior experience with large case management and E-Discovery.
- Proofreads and revises legal documents for contextual, grammatical, typographical, or spelling errors.
- Reviews and outlines depositions, indexes and summarizes documents.
- Prepares materials for, and assists with compilation of, mailings to clients and other interested parties.
- Conducts research and locates cases, depositions, opinions, reports and information related to the matter using all available resources including libraries and computer data systems.
- Compiles, analyzes, and reports on data from reference materials such as digests, legal encyclopedias, regulations, legislative decisions and practice manuals, and materials produced in the discovery process.
- Contacts and interviews parties, witnesses and experts, including the obtaining of written statements from witnesses.
- Assists in the trial of a case including scheduling of witnesses and tracking exhibits.
- Establishes, organizes, and maintains pleadings, attorney trial notebooks, expert witness notebooks, and document indices and lists.
- Utilizes computer databases to organize and store information; maintain document retention systems for large cases; and conduct research on Westlaw, LEXIS and other computer research databases.
- Maintains current and accurate daily time record.
- Promotes positive working relationships between legal administrative assistants, paralegals, other support staff and lawyers.
- Follows the ethical requirements as set forth by the Rules of Professional Conduct of the state.
- Knowledge of the US Patent and Trademark Office post-grant filing procedures.
- Knowledge of federal court filing procedures, electronic discovery, cite checking and the ability to conduct database searches utilizing Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, PACER, Relativity, the USPTO website, and other search engines as needed.
- Extensive experience with Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).
- Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
- Interpersonal skills necessary in order to communicate and follow instructions effectively from a diverse group of clients, attorneys and staff and provide information with ordinary courtesy and tact.
- Work typically requires more than 40 hours per week to perform the essential duties of the position; may require irregular hours.
- Position may entail domestic travel.
- Completion of a four-year college degree or paralegal certificate is required.
- 5-10+ Years of experience as a Litigation paralegal.
3 days in office 2 days' work from home, if necessary.
