Job Description
Routinely recognized as one of the top teams in the country, the Trademark & Copyright Team of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP continues to grow and seeks an Associate with at least 3 years of direct trademark experience with clearance and prosecution, who is fluent speaking and writing in both Spanish and English. We offer the opportunity to work on cutting-edge trademark issues for name-brand clients. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing U.S. and international trademark portfolios with specific experience in complex, high-level U.S. and international trademark clearance, in particular, as well as complex prosecution. Experience working with entertainment companies is preferable. Spanish-language skills, both written and spoken, required. Successful candidates will have strong academic credentials, excellent legal writing and critical thinking skills, and be highly organized, detail oriented, self-motivated, and able to manage a high-volume docket. Candidate must have JD or LLM and be barred in resident state. Ideal office locations: Atlanta, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley (Menlo Park), Seattle, Walnut Creek, Washington DC, or Winston Salem. Open to remote candidates in other US locations. (Expected salary: $250,000 to $320,000) Kilpatrick is a full-service, international law firm with more than 600 attorneys who work with forward-thinking clients in established and emerging industries to solve their most business-critical matters. Kilpatrick attorneys are fully engaged in the success of the firm?s clients. We deliver results-oriented counsel for corporations at all stages of the growth cycle, from the challenging demands of financial transactions and securities to the disciplines of intellectual property management. A close collaboration between the firm?s practice areas ensures that we are well-positioned to serve all of our clients? needs. We serve clients around the world from offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Washington, China, Japan, and Sweden. We value our client relationships and are committed to learning and furthering the business, as well as legal goals, of each company we work with. We strive at every level to develop beneficial relationships built on trust and mutual respect. We partner with the senior executives and internal counsel of our corporate clients, integrating and sharing tasks as appropriate. We take pride in the fact that clients who hire us once, typically hire us again. Our success is measured by the results we achieve on behalf of our clients, and we commit ourselves, without reservation, to the overriding objective of client satisfaction. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity for all persons, regardless of race, color, religion, sex or gender, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Please do not include your Date of Birth or Social Security Number in your application documents.
Qualification
Juris Doctor (JD) / Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Practice Areas & Specialty
Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Key skill Required
- Clearance
- Collaboration
- Critical Thinking
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Highly Organized
- Intellectual
- Intellectual Property
- International Law
- Language Skills
- Learning
- Legal Writing
- Management
- Orientation
- Property Management
- Security
- Writing
- International
Designation
- Associate