Senior IP Paralegal

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Fawkes IDM Washington , DC 20147

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An international law firm is seeking a full-time Intellectual Property Paralegal for their team.

Responsibilities:

    • Filing and retrieving documents at courthouses and government agencies, including USPTO PTAB, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. District Courts.
    • Assisting with drafting, reviewing, cite-checking and preparing PTAB, Federal Circuit and District Court filings. 
    • Assisting with the electronic discovery process, including the collection, preservation, and review of materials for eventual production
    • Tracking incoming and outgoing productions and assisting with the preparation of privilege logs.
    • Establishing and maintaining case files, document collections, and chronologies.
    • Drafting correspondence.
    • Compiling materials for witness interviews and depositions.
    • Assisting with trial preparation and trial set up; Organizing trial exhibits and notebooks and developing charts and graphs; Maintaining exhibits as well as taking notes at trials and assisting with trial presentations.  
    • Developing information retrieval systems with an emphasis on use of computerized litigation support.
    • Checking citations, Bluebooking, and proofreading legal documents.
    • Conducting computer searches, research and case management functions on client databases or firm resources such as Opus 2, Relativity, Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw, HighQ/Engage and the Internet.
    • Collaborating with eData department on computer issues regarding electronic discovery and other matters.
    • Pulling cases and obtaining resources from local libraries.
    • Assisting with coordinating and supervising teams of contract attorneys on document review projects. 

Requirements

  • 5+ years of IP Litigation Paralegal experience required.
  • ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate; Bachelor’s Degree (preferred);
  • Fundamental proficiency and understanding of the lifecycle of a litigation and working knowledge of key documents related to a litigation including, but not limited to, case correspondence, pleadings, discovery, depositions, expert discovery, trial and appellate documents;
  • Advanced proficiency in software including, but not limited to, MS Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel and Acrobat Adobe;
  • Fundamental proficiency in software including, but not limited to, MS PowerPoint, LiveNote, Case Notebook, Relativity and FTP software (FileZilla);
  • Fundamental proficiency in online research and internet search resources (Lexis Nexis/Westlaw);
  • Fundamental to Advanced knowledge of relevant jurisdictional/court/agency processes and procedures, including knowledge of Federal court practices, local rules and deadlines; and

A cover letter, resume and a short writing sample will be required if we proceed, for consideration.

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