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Welcome to Silicon Hills. As the tech hub of Texas, Austin is home to more than 9,600 tech companies and scores of VC and private equity firms, accelerators, and other investors.
Located in the capital of Texas, our Austin office tailors our full range of legal services to the needs of technology and life sciences companies at all stages of development. Joining the Austin team means you will be given fast-paced, exciting work from day one, working with start-ups, entrepreneurs, and venture capital firms.
In addition to representing clients in a broad range of corporate, securities, M&A, and other transactions-related matters, our Austin attorneys advise on governance, employment, privacy and IP, including IP licensing and commercial contracts. Our team also includes experienced litigators who represent clients in complex IP, employment, trade secret, and other commercial disputes.
In Austin, our summer associate program typically recruits two to five summers, focusing on our corporate and technology transactions practices.
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Wilson Sonsini is seeking an Executive Assistant to support a very busy team in the Corporate practice group within our Austin office. This position offers a wide range of responsibilities and challenges that will utilize your strong administrative, organizational, leadership and legal practice skills and knowledge. You will assist attorneys in managing day-to-day operations and will work closely together in helping build a vibrant practice. This hybrid role is seeking a self-starter who is energetic and committed to producing very high quality work product in support of Corporate attorneys in our Austin location.
The firm is seeking a Patent Docketing Specialist to join our Intellectual Property docketing team. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating and maintaining all aspects of the patent computerized docket system, working closely with practice group lawyers, staff, and third-party docketing vendors to ensure efficient and effective patent support services. The ideal candidate will have experience with CPI, USPTO PAIR, as well as US, PCT, and foreign patent docketing procedures.
The Client Success Training and Outreach Specialist is responsible for ensuring an effortless and user-friendly experience for both internal and external end-users of the Firm’s innovation and digital programs. The Client Success Training and Outreach specialist will handle training, outreach, and promoting the use of Innovation Department products, while also handling inbound client success tickets as needed. The ideal candidate for this role will have a mixture of experience in a law firm setting, SaaS, sales/marketing, training, and account management.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Patents and Innovation group has an immediate opening for a Patent Transfer Specialist. The ideal candidate must be knowledgeable regarding aspects of patent prosecution and the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) System and Electronic Filing System (EFS). Knowledge regarding a calendaring system is required and knowledge of Computer Packages Inc.'s (CPI) calendaring system is a plus.
If you would like to submit an application to Wilson Sonsini, but do not see an active posting for the office or practice you are interested in, please apply here.
