Life Sciences Patent Prosecution Associate Attorney

Kansas City office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks life sciences patent prosecution associate attorney preferably with 2+ years of previous experience with patent prosecution, office actions, and working in a law firm environment. The candidate should have a strong scientific background and either an MS or Ph.D. in a relevant life sciences discipline (e.g., molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, and immunology). Understanding project and process management are essential. Should have excellent academic credentials, strong writing and communication skills, practical critical-thinking skills, and the desire and ability to work across various technologies.

This law firm was started in the early 1850s and has offices in New York, Boston, Denver, Overland Park, Boulder, Springfield, Chicago, Kansas, Los Angeles, St. Louis and Jefferson City. Its practice areas are environmental, wealth strategies, labor and employment, real estate, banking and creditor's rights litigation, energy, toxic and mass tort, intellectual property, tax and employee benefits, healthcare, product liability, medical malpractice and personal injury, government relations and policyholder and insurance coverage.