Description:
Description:This is not just another attorney role. This is a leverage role.
If you're a solid patent attorney but tired of:
- Producing work with no influence
- Working in broken systems you can't fix
- Managing chaos without authority
What This Role Actually Does
You will operate as both a high-level contributor and internal leader.
- Draft and prosecute complex patent matters
- Handle client communication and relationship support
- Oversee legal assistants (workflow, deadlines, quality)
- Build and improve internal legal workflows
- Act as the right hand to the CEO on legal operations
What You'll Be Measured On
- Billables, realization rate, and budget targets
- Quality (minimal CEO revisions, zero errors)
- Team leverage (how effectively assistants are utilized)
- Workflow improvement (things get smoother, not messier)
- Reduction of CEO involvement in day-to-day legal ops
What Success Looks Like:
By 30 days:
You're producing work and understanding systems + team
By 60 days:
You're managing assistants, running check-ins, fixing friction points
By 90 days:
You are owning legal workflows, acting as QA layer before CEO, reducing CEO time spent on filings + oversight
This Role Is NOT For You If:
- You only want to produce work and not lead
- You've never successfully managed support staff
- You wait for permission instead of solving problems
- You resist ambiguity or evolving systems
- You lack the interpersonal skills to lead respectfully
Requirements:
Required Background
- Chemistry / life sciences background (required)
- JD + Patent Bar +
- Prior patent prosecution experience (multi-year)
- Demonstrated experience managing legal assistants or similar staff
- Experience improving or owning workflows (not just participating in them)
- Operator mindset—you fix things, not just flag them
- Strong communicator (clear, direct, respectful)
- Highly organized and systems-oriented
- Humble but confident—no ego, no passivity
- Comfortable in a growing, non-corporate firm
