Legal Support Specialist IP Transactions

Marshall Gerstein; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401(k)

Health insurance

Learning and development opportunities

Career coaching

Job summary

Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP seeks a Legal Support Specialist for IP Transactions to act as a senior legal support professional, executive assistant, and operational resource for the IP Transactions Practice Group. The role requires coordinating and supervising support and providing high-value document management and client service.

You will evaluate transactional agreements, edit contracts, manage complex workflows, and support attorneys with proactive issue resolution in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of advanced contract support or senior admin experience.
• Experience supporting transactional attorneys and reviewing agreements.
• Advanced MS Word, track changes, redlining, and document comparison.
• Strong attention to detail and professional communication.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Draft, revise, and prepare agreements and related documents.
• Review documents for consistency and form, escalating issues.
• Coordinate calendars, travel, and matter schedules.
• Manage flow of transactional documents among parties.
• Supervise other support within IP Transactions Group.

Skills

Advanced contract support

Executive-level admin support

Transactional workflow coordination

Microsoft Word advanced

Document management

Attention to detail

Independent with limited supervision

Communication skills

Multitasking

Education

Paralegal studies certification

Tools

Microsoft Word

Document management systems

Time entry systems

Job description

Legal Support Specialist IP Transactions

Job Category : Staff and Administration

Requisition Number : LEGAL001134

• Posted : August 14, 2026
• Full-Time
• Hybrid

Locations

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Chicago Office
233 South Wacker Drive
6300 Willis Tower
Chicago, IL 60606, USA

Chicago Office
233 South Wacker Drive
6300 Willis Tower
Chicago, IL 60606, USA

Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP provides sophisticated intellectual property advice and legal services to many of the world’s largest, most innovative businesses, research institutions, universities, and entrepreneurs. For more than six decades, we have been exclusively dedicated to excellence in the practice of IP law. Our size and singular focus enhance efficiency, foster responsive and creative decision-making, and help clients achieve mission-critical results. We cultivate trust, communicate clearly, and deliver effective solutions.

Your Role:

The Legal Support Specialist for IP Transactions serves as a senior legal support professional, executive assistant and operational resource for the IP Transactions Practice Group and coordinates and supervises other support for the IP Transactions Group. This position requires substantial transactional legal support and supervisory experience, advanced critical thinking skills, clear communications, strong business judgment, and the ability to work independently with limited supervision.

The position requires evaluation of transactional agreements, identification of problematic or inconsistent provisions, editing contracts, coordination of complex workflows, and proactive management of attorney and client needs in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate functions as a manager and project coordinator, producing high-value work product, and serving as a trusted resource who anticipates issues, identifies solutions, and ensures outstanding client service.

Your Impact:

Transactions Support

• Serve as a trusted resource to transactional attorneys by managing day-to-day practice support, anticipating needs, exercising sound judgment, and advancing client and practice group priorities.
• Coordinate multiple transactional matters, deadlines, deliverables, and competing priorities to ensure accurate, timely, high-quality work product; coordinates and supervises other support for the IP Transactions Group .
• Draft, revise, proofread, compare, and prepare agreements, ancillary documents, correspondence, and related legal materials for attorney review.
• Review documents for consistency, completeness accuracy and form , escalating issues as appropriate.
• Produce complex, polished documents using advanced Microsoft Word and other document management software functionality, including track changes, comparison, styles, tables, templates, cross-references, and metadata management.
• Manage the flow of transactional documents among attorneys, clients, opposing counsel, and third parties to meet deadlines and commitments.

Client, Practice Group, and Professional & Business Development Support

• Research prospective clients, companies, industries, and intellectual property portfolios and prepare organized background materials for attorney analysis and business development.
• Support RFPs, pitches, presentations, and business development projects by gathering information, conducting research, and preparing polished materials.
• Create, edit, format, and maintain professional documents, presentations, spreadsheets, reports, and client-facing materials.
• Create and manage materials and international schedules for leadership roles of the practice members on external boards and professional speaking engagements.

Administrative and Matter Management

• Coordinate attorney calendars, client meetings, travel, agendas, matter schedules, and related logistics with minimal supervision.
• Prepare expense reports, invoices, time entries, engagement documentation, and other administrative materials accurately and in accordance with firm procedures.
• Maintain organized matter files, document repositories, electronic workspaces, correspondence, and transactional records for efficient matter management and retrieval.
• Coordinate and supervise other support for the IP Transactions Group, both within the group and across the firm.

Judgment, Communication, and Continuous Improvement

• Exercise sound judgment and discretion when handling confidential client, firm, and personnel information.
• Anticipate attorney and client needs, communicate status updates, monitor open items, and follow through with minimal direction.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external clients through responsive communication, professionalism, attention to detail, and exceptional service.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, document management practices, procedures, and practice group efficiency.
• Manage a high volume of complex assignments and shifting priorities while maintaining accuracy, responsiveness, professionalism, and strong work quality.
• Support knowledge sharing, process consistency, collaborative problem-solving, and continuous improvement as practice and client needs evolve.

Your Skills:

Required:

• Minimum 8 years of advanced contract support, executive-level administrative support, or comparable in-house or law firm experience.
• Substantial experience supporting transactional attorneys, coordinating workflows, and working with agreements and related legal documents.
• Advanced Microsoft Word and other document management software skills, including track changes, document comparison, redlining, clean and marked comparison drafts, styles, tables, templates, complex formatting, cross-references, and metadata management.
• Ability to compare document versions, review redlines, reconcile edits, confirm requested changes were made accurately, and identify inconsistencies, formatting issues, version-control concerns, or potentially problematic language for attorney review.
• Exceptional attention to detail, proofreading, editing, grammar, and written business communication skills.
• Strong organizational, project, calendar, and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple complex assignments, shifting priorities, and competing deadlines.
• Sound judgment, discretion, confidentiality, and professionalism when working with sensitive client, firm, and personnel information.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with attorneys, clients, colleagues, and firm leadership.
• Demonstrated initiative, accountability, follow-through, and ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Flexibility to work before or after normal business hours when necessary to meet business, client, or transaction-related needs.

Preferred:

• Degree or certification in paralegal studies, business administration, intellectual property studies or related contractual field, or commensurate in-house or law firm experience.
• Self-starter able to generate contractual work product with minimal supervision.
• Working knowledge of law firm document management, matter management, time entry, billing, and client intake systems.
• Experience supporting intellectual property, corporate, or other sophisticated transactional work.
• Supervisory experience and experience coordinating workflows, improving processes, or serving as a resource to other legal administrative support professionals.

Your Rewards:

• Competitive salary, overall compensation and 401(k)
• In-house and external learning and development opportunities
• Career coaching services
• Generous health insurance, mentalhealthand well-being benefits
• Salary $90,000 to $105,000

EEO Statement

Our Firm is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.Our employment decisions are based on individual qualifications, job requirements and business needs without regard to race, color, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, religion, disability, citizenship status, national origin, pregnancy, veteran status and/or any other legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, ifyou needan accommodationto complete the application process, please email [e-mail].

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