This free benefit offered by SCCoLPA provides the legal community with a place to post job openings for all categories of job positions. SCCoLPA assists in every possible manner to procure employment for members of this association and cooperates with attorneys in filling positions in law offices, but in no event does this committee act as an employment agency. Employers desiring/needing to place an advertisement for employment on SCCoLPA’s website may view the “Employment Opportunities” page on this website and format the advertisement like those already posted. Employers will also need to give the following information to the Employment Chair: name, firm name, address, phone number(s), areas of law practice, software used, position available, and years of experience required. The attorney/employer is requested to e-mail the Employment Chair with the advertisement formatted like those currently posted on the “Employment Opportunities” page. Advertisements for employment are usually posted as soon as possible. It is the responsibility of the applicants to contact the employers, schedule interviews, exchange resumes, and to discuss benefits and salary, etc. All information is listed until notification to drop the name/position is given to the Employment Chair.
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Wilson Sonsini. The firm’s Patent and Innovations Group has an immediate opening for a US Patent Paralegal. This position is responsible for assigned tasks and works under the direction and guidance of attorneys, patent agents, IP specialists, and the department leadership team.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and file information disclosure statements
- Prepare Section 18 listing for Israel
- Review file history for accuracy in anticipation of payment issue fee
- Update and maintain IDS reference database
- Calculate patent term adjustments pre- and post-issuance
- Calculate Expiration dates
- Conduct searches, extract data from searches, and organize data from searches with minimal direction
- Manage IDS related projects and tasks
- Maintain electronic files
- Prepare budgets and cost estimates for clients
- Prepare patent family trees
- Prepare due diligence charts and track documents
- Prepare status reports
- Handle complex filings for attorneys and staff and provide reliable suggestions and feedback
- Recommend enhancements to existing processes and procedures
- Assist team leads with developing and maintaining department procedural and training documentation, form letters and templates, checklists, etc.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and/or paralegal certificate is preferred
- 5+ years of prior experience in U.S. and foreign patent prosecution, with thorough knowledge of all stages of patent prosecution, including rules, deadlines, and procedures
- Proficiency with U.S. and foreign patent office websites and the ability to research and locate data
- Knowledge regarding a calendaring system is required and knowledge of Computer Packages Inc.’s (CPI) calendaring system is a plus
- Strong knowledge of Maxval (IDS Module) is also a plus
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft products, database management systems, and electronic files
- Strong desire to learn new tasks and technologies
- Strong familiarity with CFR, MPEP and other patent-related laws and regulations, and engage in research when required
- Knowledge regarding aspects of patent prosecution and the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) System, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), European Patent Office (EPO), Orbit, foreign PTO sites, Electronic Filing System (EFS), and Patent Center databases
- Highly detail-oriented, efficient, flexible, results-oriented, and a self-starter
- Excellent communication skills, strong computer skills, and strong organizational skills are required
- Candidates must also possess the ability to prioritize and work in a fast-paced team environment
- Familiarity with NetDocs is a plus
The primary location for this job posting is in Virtual (California). The actual base pay offered will depend upon a variety of factors, including but not limited to the selected candidate’s qualifications, years of relevant experience, level of education, professional certifications and licenses, and work location. The anticipated pay range for this position is as follows: $38.66 – $52.31 per hour.
The compensation for this position may include overtime and a discretionary year-end merit bonus based on performance. We offer a highly competitive salary and benefits package.
Benefits information can be found here. Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is looking for an experienced Paralegal to work closely with attorneys on private and public companies in our dynamic Corporate Department. The paralegal would be an important part of our team in handling formations, compliance and corporate governance, financings, mergers, public offerings, and capital market transactions.
The responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Prepare corporate documents, such as incorporation documents, board and shareholder actions, indemnification agreements, and third-party agreements
- Process stock and option administration, including drafting agreements and preparing reports
- Manage capitalization processes and records in equity management platforms, including Rule 701 analysis
- Conduct research to prepare and manage corporate and securities filings
- Assist with D&O Questionnaires
- Perform public company governance filings and tasks, such as Section 16 reporting, legend removal letters, and transfer agent matters
- Prepare EDGAR Code applications and stockholder documents
- Communicate with clients, holders, directors, investors, and auditors
- Handle due diligence and closing processes
- Compile and distribute closing documents and closing volume
- Assist with franchise taxes, SEC yearly filings, and notices to clients
- Handle daily corporate maintenance work
- Organize client records and maintain files
- Input time entry daily
The job requirements are:
- Bachelor’s Degree or Paralegal Certificate
- Prior corporate paralegal experience at a law firm
- Strong working knowledge of corporate tasks for private and public companies
- Substantive understanding of corporate governance matters and transactional work
- Experience with securities and corporate laws
- Experience in capitalization management platforms such as Shareworks and Carta
- Proficient with Excel spreadsheets
- Detail-oriented and organized, with excellent analytical skills
- Excellent communication and prioritization skills to manage projects simultaneously under deadline pressure
The primary location for this job posting is in Palo Alto, but other locations are also listed. The actual base pay offered will depend upon a variety of factors, including but not limited to the selected candidate’s qualifications, years of relevant experience, level of education, professional certifications and licenses, and work location. The anticipated pay range for this position is as follows:
San Francisco and Silicon Valley: $45.48 – $61.54 per hour
The compensation for this position may include overtime and a discretionary year-end merit bonus based on performance. We offer a highly competitive salary and benefits package.
Benefits information can be found here. Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s European Privacy and Cybersecurity team is looking for a 3rd-6th year associate to join our London office.
The Wilson Sonsini Privacy and Cybersecurity practice deals with complex data protection, cybersecurity and digital regulatory issues for leading and innovative companies around the world. Our highly experienced team advises clients of all sizes (from start-up to multi-national) across a wide range of sectors including the financial industry, high tech and life sciences, the Internet of things, social networks, connected mobility and biotechnologies. Our team works in a highly motivating and challenging environment on exciting, cutting-edge development and expansion projects involving all aspects of UK and EU privacy and data protection law, and increasingly on digital regulatory issues (such as compliance with the DSA, DMA, AI Act and OSA). We regularly represent clients in high-stakes investigations brought by data protection regulators in the UK, the European Union, the U.S. and around the world. We advise clients on GDPR and UK GDPR compliance projects, international data transfers strategies, data breaches and cybersecurity incidents, corporate transactional privacy, contract negotiation, litigation before national courts and the European Court of Justice.
Qualifications
- 3rd-6th years’ post-qualification experience. An EU qualification is a plus.
- A strong focus and professional experience in UK data protection and cyber security law.
- Superior academic credentials and strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
- Experience with technology industries, government regulation and technology, and data protection regulators’ policy and enforcement regarding data protection and cyber security issues is desirable.
- Familiarity with computer programming, network technologies, database design, and web technologies is strongly preferred.
- Entrepreneurial, team player, enthusiastic and proactive.
If you want to help shape the privacy and cybersecurity legal landscape for years to come in a dynamic and thriving practice group, we welcome your application.
More information about current openings can be found on our website here.
Hoge Fenton is a multi-service law firm headquartered in Silicon Valley providing legal services in a broad range of areas of law. We are recruiting for a full-time Floating Litigation Legal Secretary in our San Jose office. The primary responsibility is to perform secretarial and administrative duties to support attorneys, paralegals and the litigation secretarial team with overflow work, including preparing, formatting, and finalizing various legal documents such as correspondence, Judicial Counsel Forms, contracts, briefs, motions, summonses, complaints, answers, discovery shells, shells for moving papers, etc. Also responsible for helping with opening and closing files; setting up CourtCall appearances, scheduling court reporters and conference rooms; editing attorney pre-bills, and uploading and downloading documents to and from Sharefile, etc. This person will also perform as back-up on our central calendar docketing system, as well as covering desks when other litigation secretaries are out of the office.
Primary Duties:
- Creates, formats, proofreads, and edits drafts of documents including administrative correspondence and all forms of litigation documents
- Files and serves legal documents in State and Federal Courts (e-filing skills are preferred)
- May assist with scheduling conferences and meetings
- Saves substantive communications and all related documents to the firm’s computerized document management system (ProLaw)
- Communicates with court personnel, clients, vendors, opposing counsel, and other parties electronically, in writing, and by phone
- Helps open new matters in accordance with firm policies and procedures as requested
- Helps close matters in accordance with firm policies and procedures as requested
- Backs up absent secretaries and legal staff
- Assists with other duties as assigned
Education, Experience, Skills:
- High School education or equivalent required. Associates’ or Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Minimum of 3 years in the legal secretarial field.
- 3+ years of litigation calendaring and court filing experience required. Familiarity with Probate and Real Estate litigation a plus.
- Applicable knowledge of motions, discovery, evidence, litigation documentation, court rules and procedures, practices, etc.
- Strong skills in Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel required. Familiarity with NetDocs and ProLaw a plus
- Proficient in e-filing in State, Federal, and Appellate Courts
- Strong word processing skills, especially vis-à-vis litigation document formatting
- Proofreading skills
- Keen attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize, multitask, and manage deadlines
- Ability to think critically and analytically in a pressured environment
- Ability to handle the workload for three or more attorneys and/or paralegals
- Works efficiently and effectively using the firm’s systems, software, and procedures
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interface with attorneys, clients, vendors, court personnel and other staff members
- Practices and fosters an atmosphere of teamwork and cooperation; ability to work productively and cooperatively with other employees
- Ability to constantly learn new skills as they become necessary
Physical Requirements:
- Essentially a sedentary position
- Normal effort of general office work typically including bending, moving and lifting up to 25 pounds; working at computer terminals and telephones
Hoge Fenton has a strong commitment to diversity. We strive to recruit and retain a work force that welcomes and supports the interests of women, families, and people of any age, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, disability, or military or veteran status. Our environment is collegial, collaborative, flexible, and supportive.
The hourly salary range for this position is $32.00 – $42.00 depending on the candidate’s years of experience, qualifications, and skill set. This salary range represents the firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. Actual compensation will depend upon a number of factors, including but not limited to the factors shown above.
Please send resume, cover letter and salary expectations to Heather Larrick, Executive Director, Hoge Fenton: heather.larrick@hogefenton.com.
Hoge Fenton, a venerable multi-service law firm headquartered in downtown San Jose, has an immediate opening for an Practice Team Assistant in our San Mateo office. The primary responsibilities are to assist the attorneys, paralegals and secretaries in the San Mateo office by handling day-to-day tasks necessary to support the various practices in that office including handling records-related tasks and other administrative duties for the firm.
Primary Job Duties:
- File documents into the appropriate matters (both physical files and electronically into ProLaw)
- Scan and profile other documents as necessary
- Retrieve files from offsite storage as needed
- Assist with closing matters
- In conjunction with the Records Transition Coordinator, help with the transfer of records in and out of the firm.
- Assist with running conflict checks (firmwide)
- Scan incoming mail; emails the team; enter profiles into ProLaw
- Cover at Reception as needed
- Coordinate with others in the firm on internal event planning
- Assist with general office services tasks (greeting clients, conference room set-up, replenishing office and kitchen supplies) as needed
Education, Experience, Skills
- High School education or equivalent
- Proficient general office and filing skills
- General office experience preferred
Physical Requirements
- Must have a professional appearance and demeanor
- Typical effort of general office work, including bending, moving, and lifting up to 25 pounds; sitting at a computer, walking within the office
Hoge Fenton has a strong commitment to diversity. We strive to recruit and retain a work force that welcomes and supports the interests of women, families, and people of any age, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, disability, or military or veteran status. Our environment is collegial, collaborative, flexible, and supportive.
The hourly salary range for this position is $25.50 to $29.50, depending on the candidate’s years of experience, qualifications, and skill set. This salary range represents the firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. Actual compensation will depend upon a number of factors, including but not limited to those qualifications listed above.
Please send resume, cover letter and salary expectations to Heather Larrick, Executive Director, Hoge Fenton: heather.larrick@hogefenton.com.
McManis Faulkner, a Silicon Valley trial law firm, seeks a full-time Legal Assistant
with 4-5 years of experience to join our team of dedicated professionals. The
ideal candidate should have strong skills in litigation procedures and calendaring,
as well as proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and in formatting documents;
have excellent written and oral communication abilities; solid grammar,
punctuation, and proofreading skills; as well as proficiency with document
management and e-discovery. Excellent organizational skills and the ability to
work in a team setting is also preferred.
Competitive salary and excellent benefits offered. The pay range for this role,
with final offer amount dependent on skillset and experience is $80,000 –
$100,000. This position is based in downtown San Jose and the individual is
required to be in the office full-time.
Please email resume to creeves@mcmanislaw.com