Legal Administrative Assistant - Intellectual Property

• Assist attorneys in organizing and managing case files, including maintaining document databases and electronic records and docketing deadlines
• Proofread and format legal documents including routine pleadings and motions, affidavits, and interrogatories, files motions and pleadings according to judicial procedures
• Maintain calendars for attorneys and paralegals, including scheduling appointments and calendaring all relevant deadlines
• Answer incoming calls and route as appropriate
• Liaise with accounting team to handle monthly billing proformas, invoices, and insurance appeals
• Prepare litigation binders as needed for hearings, depositions, etc.
• Coordinate and manage patent proofing and reporting processes
• Work collaboratively with firmwide intellectual property team

• Minimum of high school diploma required; bachelor’s degree or higher preferred
• 2+ years of experience with IP and/or federal court litigation experience preferred
• Strong understanding of patent and trademark terminology  preferred
• Advanced technical skills including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Project and case management skills, including a strong aptitude for managing and prioritizing multiple projects and deadlines with a high attention to detail
• Superior research, organizational and verbal and written communication skills

• Sitting position, static for up to one-half hour at a time, up to six hours per day.
• Standing and walking regularly, up to two hours per day.
• Lifting and carrying up to 20 pounds occasionally.
• Bends and stoops occasionally, up to one-half hour per day.

cmmiller@shumaker.com