IP / litigation Paralegal (1099 contractor)

Partner at Practus LLP (a remote law firm) seeks a 1099 paralegal with demonstrated ability in the following areas:

• Participating in all phases of federal district court litigation (bonus points if you're familiar with Washington federal and state courts)
• Drafting discovery requests and responses
• Document review
• Filing documents electronically in federal courts (at least WDWA)
• Arranging and scheduling depositions, process servers, and other vendors
• Docketing deadlines
• High confidence in Adobe and Clio practice management software products
• Editing documents for grammar and typographical errors
• Organizing files as needed
• (ideally) experience preparing forms for patent applications
• (ideally) Occasional legal research on Lexis Nexis
• (ideally) Drafting/editing basic contracts including licenses, NDAs, and non-competes
• (ideally) Handle client intakes and follow-up to get clients signed up.
• (ideally) Preparing and filing federal trademark applications
• (ideally) Preparing and filing documents in the TTAB
• (ideally) US Copyright Applications

The workload will vary week to week, and there is no guarantee of a set number of hours—at least not yet. Sorry, this position is not open to law students or recent law school graduates.

I am very big on transparent communication and having a sense of humor at work. Let's be professional, but we do not need to be so dang serious all the time. This is a total work-from-home, remote position.

I need someone aggressive who is not afraid to pester attorneys about approaching deadlines and who has an aptitude for learning new technologies.

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Pay: $25.00 - $75.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Application Question(s):

• Are you willing to be available during 9am-5pm Pacific Time most work days? (We're all about flexible schedules, but please generally be available a standard work day.)

Education:

• Associate (Required)

Experience:

• Federal court: 4 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote