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Houston office of our client seeks business litigation associate attorney with 4 years of experience in intellectual property law. The candidate will work directly with entrepreneurs and business owners in matters in state and federal court (almost half of the litigation docket is in federal court), and formulate litigation strategies on each case. Along with the Managing Shareholder and other senior attorneys, will meet with clients, and identify legal issues. Have extensive drafting and editing of legal pleadings and discovery. Prepare trial memos and updates to trial strategy documents as discovery is conducted. Conduct depositions; prepare deposition summaries; and identify discovery for use in summary judgment and trial proceedings. Review and analyze financial statements, such and P&Ls, Balance Sheets, and corporate agreements regarding ESOPs, and vesting schedules in fiduciary duty matters. Review technical specifications for products developed by the clients, and be able to analyze whether products utilized trade secrets or proprietary information protected by TUTSA. Work with trial presentation software such as trial director, power point, and presentation boards for the jury and judge. Absolute familiarity with the Fed. R. Civ. P., Fed. R. Evid., Tex. R. Civ. P. and Tex. R. Evid., ability to determine how evidence will be admissible at trial or arbitration Track billable hours on Clio, a cloud based billing software, to ensure that weekly hours billed (after edits and cuts) are at least 40 per week. Must have tried at least two cases to a jury verdict, as first or second chair, and directed and cross examined witnesses. Legal

Exceptional research and writing ability, and be thick skinned enough to have own work reviewed and critiqued.

For over two decades this law firm has offered top level legal counsel to professionals and businesses of all sizes. Their areas of practice include corporate organization, intellectual property litigation, mergers, acquisitions, contract disputes, trademarks, copyright, construction claims litigation, and more. Their offices are located in Texas and California.