Legal Practice Assistant - IP

Responsibilities

• Work on legal team on complex issues for local and global clients
• Administrative and secretarial duties
• Primary and secondary responsibility for quality checking documents
• Letter formatting and formal client correspondence
• Billing
• Ethical conflicts checks management and file opening
• Conducting sales investigations and industry sector analysis
• Preparing marketing reports
• Scheduling meetings and managing calendars
• Maintaining firm databases
• Making travel arrangements and handling expense reimbursements for attorneys
• Other duties as assigned

  Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) with three years related experience and/or training is preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Highly motivated and self-starter
  • Excellent oral and written communication
  • Strong project management skills with attention to detail and management of multiple deadlines
  • Work effectively in a team as well as independently
  • Paralegal or equivalent IP experience a plus
  • Excellent knowledge of English grammar, proofreading and English composition skills as well as a disciplined eye for quality checking document accuracy
  • A history of initiative and task ownership
  • Excellent computer skills
  • A strong knowledge of MS Word, Windows, Outlook, Excel and Adobe
  • Knowledge of USPTO E-filing procedures, IP docketing programs and PatSnap are a plus