IP Litigation & Trial Senior Paralegal - Trial-Ready Leader

Latham & Watkins LLP; Washington; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare insurance

401k plan

Paid holidays & PTO

Well-being programs

Professional development

Job summary

Latham & Watkins LLP seeks an IP Litigation & Trial Senior Paralegal to support attorneys across all litigation phases in IP and ITC cases. The role offers hybrid work with in-office presence in San Francisco, New York, or Washington, D.C.

You will manage calendars, document review, and trial preparation, while handling discovery, witness readiness, and complex briefing. A ten-year paralegal background in law firms and IP litigation is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• ABA-approved paralegal certificate (or signed declaration if CA office).
• Minimum of ten years of related law firm paralegal experience.
• Minimum of seven years of intellectual property litigation experience.
• Experience with PTAB, ITC, and/or Federal Circuit, preferably.
• Arbitration/trial experience.
• Appellate experience, preferably.
• Experience with Hatch-Waxman IP litigation and life sciences IP litigation, preferably.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining case calendars, deadlines, and coordinating with case teams and support departments.
• Coordinating the discovery process, including document collection, review, and production using e-discovery platforms.
• Supporting invalidity and infringement contentions, claim construction briefing, Markman hearing preparation, and related productions.
• Preparing legal documents—pleadings, motions, exhibits, discovery requests/responses, petition filings, and correspondence.
• Conducting IP research using USPTO databases, Google Patents, and other databases.
• Preparing witnesses for depositions and client interviews with binders and memos.
• Preparing and organizing materials for hearings and trials; coordinating logistics and on-site support; Bluebooking and cite-checking.
• Protecting confidential information.

Skills

IP litigation experience

Trial support

Legal research

Document management

Bluebooking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

ABA-approved paralegal certificate

Tools

PTAB experience

ITC experience

Federal Circuit experience

USPTO Patent Center

Google Patents

e-discovery platforms

Job description

Latham & Watkins LLP seeks an IP Litigation & Trial Senior Paralegal to support attorneys across all litigation phases in IP and ITC cases. The role offers hybrid work with in-office presence in San Francisco, New York, or Washington, D.C.

You will manage calendars, document review, and trial preparation, while handling discovery, witness readiness, and complex briefing. A ten-year paralegal background in law firms and IP litigation is required.