Whether you are a recent law school graduate with an outstanding academic record looking for a team-oriented, supportive firm where you can launch and grow your practice or an experienced lawyer seeking an established, highly regarded firm where you can continue to serve your clients in all aspects of IP, Fitch Even may be a good fit for you.
We have an outstanding track record of recruiting and successfully integrating skilled attorneys at every level into our team. Our younger attorneys relish the opportunities we offer to assume significant responsibilities early in their careers. Lateral attorneys appreciate how highly we value their talent and experience and support their efforts to serve their existing clients as well as introduce them to ours.
At all levels of experience, our lawyers benefit from our in-house CLE sessions and robust training program that extends well beyond onboarding. Our open-door culture and mentoring program encourage the lively and respectful exchange of ideas among seasoned veterans and young associates alike. This collegial environment fosters the kind of mutual trust and respect among our professionals that builds not only strong working relationships benefiting our clients, but often leads to lasting friendships as well.
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If your experience or background does not fully match our existing needs, we encourage you to submit your information, as circumstances often change.
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP is firmly committed to equal employment opportunity hiring practices. All candidates receive consideration without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, physical and mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All applications will be treated confidentially.
We prefer direct inquiries from employment candidates.
We appreciate your interest in working with Fitch Even. We have an immediate need for a highly skilled Patent Agent to fill the position described below. In addition, we are always interested in hearing from lateral attorneys with a portable book of business.
We are seeking an agent with two or more years of experience in the technological fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or physics to join a team of attorneys working predominantly for high-volume clients. The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
- Excellent academics in the above-mentioned disciplines
- Admitted to practice before the USPTO
- Experience in the following areas:
- Conducting inventor interviews
- Drafting patent applications
- Drafting responses to office actions and appeal-related papers
- Conducting examiner interviews
- Interfacing with in-house counsel
- Additional prosecution procedures (e.g., after final practice, pre-appeal brief review)
- Experience in these additional areas is particularly beneficial but not required:
- Preparing patentability and freedom-to-operate opinions
- Working with foreign law firms for prosecution of foreign applications
- Post-grant proceedings (e.g., inter partes review, reexamination, reissue
This position will be based in our Chicago office.
For consideration, please submit your cover letter, resume, technical writing sample, and law school and undergraduate transcripts to Altinase Thomas, HR Director, at employment@fitcheven.com, indicating the position for which you are applying in the subject line. We prefer direct inquiries from employment candidates.
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP is firmly committed to equal employment opportunity hiring practices. All candidates receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. All applications will be treated confidentially.
