Senior Paralegal – Litigation & Trial (IP)

About the role

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms, advising businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. This role is based in either our Washington, D.C. or Orange County office and may offer a flexible working schedule.

Responsibilities

• Maintain case calendars, monitor deadlines, and coordinate with case teams and support departments
• Coordinate the discovery process, including document collection, review, and analysis for production using e-discovery platforms
• Support invalidity and infringement contentions, claim construction briefing, Markman hearing preparation, and associated productions
• Prepare legal documents—including pleadings, motions, exhibits, discovery requests/responses, petition filings, and correspondence—in accordance with court rules, deadlines, and procedural requirements
• Conduct IP research using USPTO databases, Google Patents, and other public and private databases
• Prepare witnesses for depositions and client interviews by assembling witness binders containing interview memos, digests, and relevant documents
• Prepare, track, and organize all materials for hearings and trials; coordinate logistics and provide on-site support; proofread, cite-check, and Bluebook court briefs and discovery documents
• Protect and maintain any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Qualifications

• Demonstrate knowledge of state and federal filing requirements, document management, productions, fact and expert witness preparation, Bluebooking, cite-checking, and procedural requirements
• Exhibit proficiency with patent terminology, citations, USPTO Patent Center, and ability to obtain patents, prosecution histories, and prior art
• Display an understanding of common litigation practices, procedures, regulations, and workflow

Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent Paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program or signed declaration, if located in a California office
• A minimum of ten (10) years of related law firm experience as a paralegal
• A minimum of seven (7) years of intellectual property litigation experience
• Experience with PTAB, ITC, and/or Federal Circuit, preferably Arbitration/trial experience
• Appellate experience, preferably
• Hatch-Waxman IP litigation and life sciences IP litigation, preferably

Pay

USD $150,000.00 - USD $170,000.00 /Yr.