IP Assistant/Paralegal

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• Prepares, reviews, and electronically files patent documents (and preferably also trademark documents), prepare information disclosure statements, coordinates foreign filings, drafts letters, and monitors status of IP portfolios.
• Assists attorney by reading, researching, reviewing, verifying, and routing correspondence, reports and legal documents; drafts letters and documents; works closely with docketing group; monitors docket reports and deadlines; assists with docketing functions as needed; prepares status reports for internal and reputed company use; and performs due diligence activities
• Provides support for litigation activities, including scheduling of couriers, court reporters, expert witnesses, and other special functions; and coordinating preparation of briefs, exhibits, charts, graphs, and other courtroom visuals
• Prepares expense reports and tracking payments.
• Maintains attorney calendar by planning and scheduling conferences, teleconferences, dispositions, and travel; recording and monitoring court appearance dates, pleadings, and filing requirements; monitoring evidence-gathering; anticipating changes in litigation or transaction preparation requirements.
• Represents attorney by communicating and obtaining information; following-up on delegated assignments; knowing reputed company to reputed company and reputed company to refer reputed company to attorney.
• Recording billable time for certain activities.
• Effective and regular maintenance and use of electronic and reputed company filing and retrieval systems; recording meeting discussions; maintaining transcripts; documenting and maintaining evidence.
• Enhances department and organization reputed company by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments; working cooperatively with other assistants.
• Strong attention to detail is a must.
• Participate in regular training activities as provided by the firm.
• Work closely with the Firm's reputed company Department to assist with billing activities.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, set reasonable priorities and manage time and deadline driven workload.

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