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Entry-Level Trademark Attorney (Remote, Nationwide)

JPG Legal · United States · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteLegal$75k–$90k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's parse the posting. Key info: - Title: Associate Attorney (Nationwide, Remote) 0-2 Years of Experience Preferred. Salary Range: $75,000 to $90,000. - Small trademark law firm with offices in NYC and Phoenix looking for fully remote full-time associate attorney with 0-2 years of experience, primarily to handle federal trademark clearance search and filing work. The associate may live anywhere in the country. - Bar Requirements: The associate must have a bar license in any U.S. state/territory or be no more than a month away from being sworn in, with a scheduled swearing in date. - About this job: bullet points: • The salary range is $75,000 to $90,000 depending on relevant experience, plus a small yearly bonus. • Fully remote position. Associate may be based anywhere in the United States and can be licensed in any U.S. state or territory. • Flexible, reasonable hours. No billable hour requirement because we charge flat fees for our legal services; we generally don’t bill by the hour or track our time. Almost no external meetings, few phone calls. We almost never have video meetings with clients and we do our best to avoid scheduling any phone calls with clients because we prefer email. The few calls we do have with clients are typically unscheduled. One 1:1 video meeting with supervisor every week or two after associate gets settled in. One biweekly firm-wide video meeting. • Four weeks of all-purpose paid time off. 100% 401(k) match up to 4% after probationary period. 12 weeks parental leave. Health insurance reimbursement for your state’s individual AMA health exchange. • This is an entry-level or junior position so we will show you how we perform trademark searches and filings. All of your work will be reviewed for the first few months until you get the hang of our processes. After training, you will be given substantial work early on. The work will be interesting and varied because our clients operate in virtually every industry. - About the firm: bullet: • JPG Legal is an online trademark law firm that primarily serves entrepreneurs and small businesses who find and hire JPG Legal online. About 40% of our clients are based in foreign countries. We handle searches, applications, office action responses, renewals, and the early stages of oppositions and cancellations. - Requirements: • Bar license: any U.S. state or territory. Must be an active member or have a scheduled swearing-in date no more than one month away. • Trademark experience or demonstrated interest in intellectual property law strongly preferred. • Proficiency or fluency in Spanish is a plus, but not required. About 98% of our clients communicate with us in English, but a few prefer to communicate in Spanish (mainly by email). Fluency in any other widely spoken language is also a plus. • An affinity for computers and technology is preferred. • Strong everyday writing skills and a good attention to detail are important for this position. Before we extend an offer, you may need to complete a short, informal writing assignment, which you will be compensated for. Bluebook-style writing skills are not required at this firm. • To apply, please upload resume, cover letter, references, and unofficial transcript at https://jpglegal.com/associate (no login required). We will start conducting candidate interviews in early October. We apologize in advance if we don’t end up contacting you about the position. We need to remove application instructions (the "To apply..." line). Also remove boilerplate like EEO etc (none). Remove duplicated lines. We need sections: About the role (maybe corresponds to "About this job" or description of role). Responsibilities (maybe duties). Requirements (bar license etc). Qualifications (maybe experience/interest). Skills (writing, tech affinity, language). Benefits (PTO, 401k, parental leave, health insurance reimbursement). Pay (salary range + bonus). Schedule (flexible hours, no billable hour, meeting frequency). Also maybe "About the firm" could be part of About the role? But we need to follow headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include a section only if posting has real specific content for it. Let's map: - About the role: Could be description of role: "primarily to handle federal trademark clearance search and filing work." Also "All of your work will be reviewed for the first few months..." etc. Also "About the firm" maybe part of About the role? But we can put firm description under About the role as well. - Responsibilities: The duties: handling federal trademark clearance search and filing work, performing trademark searches and filings, responding to office actions, renewals, early stages of oppositions and cancellations, etc. Also maybe "All of your work will be reviewed..." but that's more training. We'll list responsibilities as bullet list. - Requirements: Bar license active or swearing-in within a month. Also maybe "0-2 years of experience preferred". That's a requirement. Also maybe "Bar license: any U.S. state or territory." Also "Must be an active member or have a scheduled swearing-in date no more than one month away." Also maybe "Trademark experience or demonstrated interest in intellectual property law strongly preferred." That could be qualification. - Qualifications: Could be "0-2 years of experience preferred", "Trademark experience or demonstrated interest in IP law strongly preferred", "Proficiency or fluency in Spanish is a plus", "Fluency in any other widely spoken language is also a plus", "An affinity for computers and technology is preferred", "Strong everyday writing skills and a good attention to detail are important". Also "Bluebook-style writing skills are not required". Might be better to split: Qualifications = experience/education/credentials; Skills = writing, tech, language. - Skills: Writing skills, attention to detail, computer/tech affinity, language skills (Spanish, other languages). Possibly also "Bluebook-style writing skills not required" but that's a note. - Benefits: Four weeks PTO, 100% 401(k) match up to 4% after probation, 12 weeks parental leave, Health insurance reimbursement for state’s individual ACA health exchange (they wrote AMA but likely ACA). Also "small yearly bonus" maybe part of Pay. - Pay: Salary range $75,000 to $90,000 depending on relevant experience, plus a small yearly bonus. - Schedule: Flexible, reasonable hours. No billable hour requirement. Almost no external meetings, few phone calls. One 1:1 video meeting with supervisor every week or two after settled. One biweekly firm-wide video meeting. Also "Flexible, reasonable hours." Also "Associate may be based anywhere in the United States." That's location not schedule. We must not include placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". We have specific numbers. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include Job ID etc. We must not include application instructions (the To apply line). Also remove "We will start conducting candidate interviews in early October. We apologize in advance if we don’t end up contacting you about the position." That's also application instruction/boilerplate; remove. Now produce HTML. We'll use

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  • for lists. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's gather details. About the role: - Small trademark law firm with offices in New York City and Phoenix looking for fully remote full-time associate attorney with 0-2 years of experience, primarily to handle federal trademark clearance search and filing work. The associate may live anywhere in the country. - About the firm: JPG Legal is an online trademark law firm that primarily serves entrepreneurs and small businesses who find and hire JPG Legal online. About 40% of our clients are based in foreign countries. We handle searches, applications, office action responses, renewals, and the early stages of oppositions and cancellations. - Also mention that this is entry-level/junior position, will show you how we perform trademark searches and filings, work reviewed first few months, after training you will be given substantial work early on, work interesting and varied because clients operate in virtually every industry. We could combine. Responsibilities (list): - Perform federal trademark clearance searches. - Prepare and file trademark applications. - Respond to office actions. - Handle trademark renewals. - Assist with early stages of oppositions and cancellations. - Conduct trademark searches and filings (training). - Review work initially; after training, handle substantial workload. But we need to avoid duplication. Let's list core duties. Requirements: - Bar license in any U.S. state or territory; must be an active member or have a scheduled swearing-in date no more than one month away. - 0-2 years of experience preferred. Qualifications: - Trademark experience or demonstrated interest in intellectual property law strongly preferred. - Proficiency or fluency in Spanish is a plus (but not required). - Fluency in any other widely spoken language is a plus. - Affinity for computers and technology preferred. - Strong everyday writing skills and good attention to detail important. Skills: - Strong everyday writing skills. - Good attention to detail. - Computer/technology affinity. - Language skills: Spanish (preferred), other widely spoken languages (plus). - Ability to work independently with minimal supervision (implied). - Ability to communicate via email primarily. But we might combine writing skills and attention to detail under Skills; qualifications could be experience/education/language. Better to follow typical sections: Requirements = mandatory (bar license, experience). Qualifications = preferred qualifications (trademark interest, language, tech affinity). Skills = specific skills (writing, attention to detail, tech). Benefits = PTO, 401k, parental leave, health insurance. Pay = salary + bonus. Schedule = flexible hours, meeting frequency. Let's craft. We must not include fluff like "commensurate with experience". We have specific. Now produce HTML. We'll start with

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    ... maybe combine multiple paragraphs. We need to ensure we don't miss any substantive info: The small yearly bonus, flexible reasonable hours, no billable hour, almost no external meetings, few phone calls, preference for email, unscheduled calls, 1:1 video meeting with supervisor every week or two after settled, biweekly firm-wide video meeting, four weeks PTO, 100% 401k match up to 4% after probation, 12 weeks parental leave, health insurance reimbursement for state’s individual ACA health exchange. Also mention that the associate may live anywhere in the United States and can be licensed in any U.S. state or territory. Also mention that the firm primarily serves entrepreneurs and small businesses, 40% foreign clients, handle searches, applications, office action responses, renewals, early stages of oppositions and cancellations. Also mention that the work will be interesting and varied because clients operate in virtually every industry. Also mention that before offer, may need to complete short informal writing assignment compensated. We should include that in Skills or Requirements? It's a condition before offer; maybe under Requirements? It's not a requirement but a step. Could be under Requirements as "May need to complete a short, informal writing assignment (compensated)". But it's not a requirement for eligibility; it's part of process. Might be under Requirements or maybe under Skills? I'd put under Requirements as a note. But we must not invent. It's present: "Before we extend an offer, you may need to complete a short, informal writing assignment, which you will be compensated for." So include that. Now produce HTML

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