Senior Patent Litigation Associate Or Counsel

Chicago office of a BCG Attorney Search Top Ranked Law Firm seeks a senior patent litigation associate or counsel with 6-10 years of patent litigation experience, including significant experience with drafting and responding to pleadings, preparing infringement and invalidity claim charts, Markman and claim construction proceedings, patent specific fact, and expert discovery, inter partes reviews and overall litigation strategy. The candidate will be drafting pleadings, motions, memoranda, and correspondence for use in state and federal court, arbitration, and mediation proceedings; drafting and responding to complex discovery requests; conferring, negotiating, and communicating with opposing counsel; preparing for, defending, and conducting depositions; preparing for trial, including preparing exhibit lists, evidentiary objections, motions in limine and witness preparation; preparing Federal Circuit appeal briefs; and supervising and training junior associates. Should preferably have patent trial experience. USPTO admission and an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, or substantial experience litigating matters in these or similar disciplines, are highly desired.

The candidate should have strong academic credentials, superb judgment and communication skills, and a commitment to providing excellent client services.

This firm has a focus on leveraging knowledge to predict future obstacles and opportunities. Their Chicago office's main practice areas are real estate and community development, estates, trust, financial planning, litigation, labor and employment, international, intellectual property, health care, government relations, regulatory compliance, corporate, and finance. They pride themselves on combining legal department resources to meet each individual clients needs.