IP Litigation Counsel

About the role

The IP Litigation Counsel will lead high-stakes patent litigation and other significant legal, financial, and business impact matters. This role is designed for an experienced patent litigator with a proven track record leading complex patent disputes.

Responsibilities

• Lead patent litigation matters through all phases, including trial, with responsibility for litigation strategy, risk assessment, and outcome scenarios.
• Retain, manage, and closely partner with outside counsel, including staffing, strategy, fee arrangements, and performance accountability.
• Manage budgets for matters in scope, including forecasting, accruals, reserves, and executive level reporting on litigation spend and exposure.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 7+ years of litigation experience, reflecting progressive responsibility for patent litigation matters.
• Proven experience leading complex patent litigation matters, including technically complex, expert-driven cases.
• Strong judgment and ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• First or second chair trial experience, including trying cases to verdict.
• Experience handling commercial litigation and/or class actions in addition to patent litigation.
• Experience advising business leaders on litigation risk, settlement posture, and trial exposure.
• Experience managing outside counsel, litigation budgets, reserves, and related financial reporting.
• Experience at a top-tier firm.
• In-house experience in a litigation management role.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this role is $165,450 to $259,750 USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only).

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure 11 paid holidays

Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview [https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/])