IP Litigation Associate

Job Title:                           IP Litigation Associate
Department:                   Corporate & Capital Markets
Office:                               New York
Summary
We strive to be enterprising, respectful, inclusive, insightful, and tenacious in every aspect of our business, including our interactions with clients, colleagues, and the communities where we have a presence. We rely on these core values to serve clients in key practice areas and industries – the pillars of Brown Rudnick: global litigation, crisis management, which includes restructuring, investigations, and special situations; life sciences; technology; and brand and reputation management.
Brown Rudnick is seeking a highly qualified 2nd – 5th year Intellectual Property Litigation Associate to join our expanding Intellectual Property Litigation group in New York. The ideal candidate is a patent litigator with experience managing various phases of litigation, including managing document production and review, conducting discovery meet and confers, taking and defending depositions, collaborating with experts in preparing expert reports, and drafting legal memoranda and persuasive briefs. Experience with inter partes reviews and other PTAB trial proceedings are a plus. Candidates should have a technical background in engineering, software, or computer networking, with a Computer Science (CS) or Electrical Engineering (EE) degree preferred.

Brown Rudnick’s cross-border Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group consists of litigators who regularly serve as highly strategic and trusted advisors to our clients in the most critical litigation and pre-litigation intellectual property rights disputes across the U.S. and the U.K. Our IP litigators serve a wide variety of clients in connection with many exciting and challenging matters in a dynamic environment. The team is comprised of high performing, creative thinking trial lawyers. This position will provide an opportunity for greatly accelerated professional development, working directly with the senior members of the group, and requires a desire to do the work necessary to capture that opportunity.
Qualifications
2-5 years of patent litigation experience in a comparable law firm or IP boutique firm setting.
Technical background and/or a degree in engineering, software, or computer networking, with a Computer Science (CS) or Electrical Engineering (EE) degree preferred.
J.D. required and must be admitted to the New York Bar.
Have outstanding academic credentials, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
USPTO admission preferred.
Who We Are
Brown Rudnick is a leading international law firm that provides exceptional, client-driven service in global litigation, crisis management (restructuring, investigations and special situations), brand and reputation management, life sciences and technology.  We advise on high-profile cross-border matters while providing the kind of personal attention to clients that is typically found at boutiques. Our enterprising and tenacious lawyers serve our clients around the globe from offices in key financial centers in the U.S. and the U.K., and have been recognized by, among others, Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation and Law360 for excellence in their fields.
Salary range based on experience level and location is estimated to be in the range of $225,000 - $325,000.
Associates are eligible for a substantial annual bonus that scales with experience and performance. We also offer additional high‑performance bonus tiers for attorneys who deliver exceptional results and production. Our structure is designed to provide meaningful opportunities for increased and highly competitive compensation.
 Brown Rudnick LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to recruiting, developing, and advancing talented professionals from all backgrounds across the spectrum of diversity. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws, without regard to race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, or another protected characteristic, all as defined by applicable laws.