#Hiring: IP Litigation Associate Attorney ⚖️ 📍 Location: Austin, TX 💰 Salary: $225,000–$390,000/yr 🕒 Schedule: Full-time | Hybrid — 4 days in office ⚖️ Practice Area: Patent & Trade Secret Litigation 🎓 JD + Technical Undergraduate Background Preferred ⚖️ Active Bar Admission Required Central Texas Recruiting is seeking an IP Litigation Associate Attorney to join a high-caliber patent litigation practice handling sophisticated and high-profile intellectual property disputes for leading technology, life sciences, and consumer products companies. This role is ideal for an attorney with 1–6 years of direct patent and/or trade secret litigation experience at a top law firm who is ready to take on meaningful responsibility early in their career. Associates will work on complex disputes involving cutting-edge technologies while contributing to case strategy, legal research, briefing, discovery, trial preparation, and related IP proceedings. 🔹 Key Responsibilities ✅ Handle patent and/or trade secret litigation matters involving sophisticated technology and life sciences clients ✅ Conduct legal research and draft briefs, motions, and other litigation materials ✅ Support complex case strategy and dispute resolution ✅ Assist with claim construction, discovery, and trial preparation ✅ Work collaboratively with attorneys across offices on sophisticated IP disputes ✅ Contribute to ITC proceedings and district court litigation matters ✅ Help analyze and explain complex technologies in connection with litigation strategy ✅ Support client counseling and ongoing case management ✅ Take on meaningful substantive responsibility and client exposure early in the role 🔹 Qualifications & Requirements 🎓 Education & Experience: ✔ JD from an accredited law school ✔ 1–6 years of direct IP litigation experience ✔ Experience with patent and/or trade secret litigation required ✔ Current experience at a top law firm or AmLaw-level platform strongly preferred ✔ Strong academic credentials required ✔ Undergraduate degree in a hard science or engineering discipline strongly preferred ✔ Relevant backgrounds may include computer science, electrical engineering, physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, or other technical disciplines ✔ PhD in a relevant technical field is a major plus ✔ Stable career trajectory with minimal lateral moves preferred ✔ Prior engineering or technical work experience is a plus ✔ Life sciences litigation experience is a plus 💻 Technical Skills & Competencies: ✔ Direct patent litigation experience, including claim construction, discovery, and trial preparation ✔ Strong legal research and analytical writing skills ✔ Ability to understand and explain complex technologies ✔ Knowledge of trade secret and related IP litigation matters ✔ Experience with ITC proceedings is a plus ✔ Strong analytical, strategic, and problem-solving abilities ⚖️ Professional Requirements: ✔ Active admission to the state bar in which the attorney is practicing required ✔ Ability to work in a hybrid environment from the Austin office ✔ Action-oriented and comfortable taking ownership of substantive client matters 🌎 Working Conditions: ✔ Austin, TX-based hybrid position ✔ Four days per week in the Austin office ✔ Work on high-profile and complex patent disputes ✔ Early substantive responsibility and direct client exposure ✔ Collaborative, cross-office litigation environment ✔ Top-of-market compensation structure with bonus opportunities ✔ Strong professional development and career advancement opportunities

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