Company
Lucas & Mercanti LLP
Annual salary
$200k – $250k/yr
Location
Whippany, NJ
Listed
81d ago
- Experience:
- 5 to 20 years
- Workplace:
- ~2 days in-office in Whippany, NJ (flexible; Tuesdays are the busiest in-office day)
- Visa:
- Visa sponsorship not available
- Equity:
- N/A
Hybrid in Whippany, NJ. Visa sponsorship not available.
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About this Role
We are looking for a Senior IP Attorney with 5+ years of experience who has a portable book of business and wants to grow their practice on a fully supported boutique platform. This is a growth hire, Lucas & Mercanti LLP is seeking a self-directed patent and/or trademark practitioner to expand the firm while using its decades-long reputation, international network, and full infrastructure.
What you need
- Portable book of business that the candidate is comfortable living off of initially (compensation is collections-based: 40% for work performed + 10% origination credit)
- 5+ years of IP prosecution experience (patent and/or trademark)
- Technical degree aligned to practice area for patent practitioners; USPTO registration required for patent work; bar admission for trademark
- U.S. Work authorization (green card or citizenship), no sponsorship available
- Stability in career history, no frequent job-hopping; willingness to come into the Whippany, NJ office (hybrid)
What will you be doing?
Managing and growing your own client relationships and portable book of business on the L&M platform
Handling patent and/or trademark preparation and prosecution (U.S. And foreign-origin work)
Using firm infrastructure, docketing, paralegals, IP technology, malpractice coverage, to serve clients efficiently
Collaborating with multilingual partners on international matters (Europe, Japan, South America)
Potentially picking up overflow work from other partners when technology expertise aligns
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The listing gives the location as Whippany, NJ. ~2 days in-office in Whippany, NJ (flexible; Tuesdays are the busiest in-office day). Visa sponsorship not available.
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