IP Litigation Paralegal

Position Summary

The IP Litigation Paralegal position at Greenberg Traurig provides organizational and practice-specific assistance to attorneys in the IP Litigation Department, covering litigation cases from inception to post-trial, including research and analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Assists with all aspects of patent, trademark, and other IP litigation, including deposition and discovery preparation, trial preparation, and post-trial and appellate proceedings.
• Aids in AIA trials (inter partes reviews, post-grant reviews), managing document preparation, proofing, and filing, case management, and deposition scheduling and management.
• Supports post-grant patent proceedings (inter partes reviews and ex parte reexaminations) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
• Creates and maintains organizational systems for case documents, document productions, and e-discovery.
• Prepares and sets up for Markman hearings, identifies, investigates, collects, analyzes, and organizes factual evidence, and prepares for fact and expert witnesses.
• Assists with review and selection of documentation for preparation of fact and expert witnesses, creates databases, conducts database searches, reviews, and coordinates productions and reports.
• Coordinates and negotiates scheduling of case events such as depositions and conferences, adheres to regulatory agency or court-imposed schedules and orders.
• Conducts legal and factual research, investigates factual issues by reviewing and analyzing documents, conducting telephone interviews, and field investigations.
• Assists attorneys with case settlement, gathers and organizes data, and distributes settlement materials.
• Performs other department activities as needed and additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving skills, initiative, and good judgment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written), professional demeanor, and presentation.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines, effectively prioritize multiple tasks, and maintain high attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Self-starter who can work independently with minimal supervision.
• Bachelor’s Degree required, Certificate in Paralegal studies from an accredited institution preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• Certified Paralegal a plus; Notary Public License or willingness to obtain one.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Patent Litigation Paralegal or similar within a law firm with demonstrated knowledge of complex issues within the Litigation practice area.
• Patent trial experience, including exhibit preparation, witness preparation and management, knowledge of subpoena preparation, experience working with judicial assistants and trial presentation vendors, and experience assisting attorneys in the courtroom.
• Technology Experience with E-filing and litigation support applications such as Relativity, Concordance, and other 3rd-party applications.
• Experience with the PTAB’s E2E filing system, working proficiency with Lexis-Nexis, Westlaw, and internet search engines for research purposes, Pacer and ECF filing procedures, proficiency with Windows-based software and Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat.
• Proficiency in utilizing AI tools and software.
• Experience with iManage and/or Filesite is a plus.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong problem-solving skills, takes initiative, uses good judgment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written), professional demeanor, and presentation.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines, effectively prioritize multiple tasks, and maintain high attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Self-starter who can work independently with minimal supervision.
• Proactive in seeking innovative ways to help others.
• Recognizes confidential, sensitive, and proprietary information and maintains such information as confidential.

Education & Prior Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Certificate in Paralegal studies from an accredited institution preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• Certified Paralegal a plus; Notary Public License or willingness to obtain one.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Patent Litigation Paralegal or similar within a law firm with demonstrated knowledge of complex issues within the Litigation practice area.
• Patent trial experience, including exhibit preparation, witness preparation and management, knowledge of subpoena preparation, experience working with judicial assistants and trial presentation vendors, and experience assisting attorneys in the courtroom.

Pay Range

The expected pay range for this position is $51.16 to $53.68 per hour. Salary will be determined based upon education, experience, job-related factors permitted by law, internal equity, and market data, including geographic pay differentials in locations where market pay differs from the national average.

Benefits

• Full-time employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus.
• Health insurance with an optional HSA, short-term disability, long-term disability, dental insurance, vision care, life insurance.
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, 401K, vacation, sick time, and an employee assistance program.
• Additional voluntary programs include: voluntary accident insurance, voluntary life, voluntary disability, voluntary long-term care, voluntary critical illness and cancer insurance, and pet insurance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Greenberg Traurig is an EEO employer with an inclusive workplace committed to merit-based consideration and review without regard to an individual's race, sex, or other protected characteristics and to the principles of non-discrimination on any protected basis.