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career opportunities
SLS employees enjoy a diverse, professional and rewarding work environment in our new 25,000 sq. ft. facility. Among the benefits available are health insurance, retirement plans, annual leave, paid holidays, professional development, flexible work schedules, and complimentary fruit, snacks, and beverages.
We currently have the following staff openings:
LEGAL ASSISTANT SLS seeks highly qualified assistants for patent attorneys. Legal Assistants prepare complex documents related to U.S. and international patent protection and work with large databases to produce and use reports detailing the status of intellectual property matters. Successful candidates are high performers who are attentive to details, have strong proofreading abilities, multitask and prioritize work efficiently, are proficient with MS Word, able to produce accurate work under time pressures, and have experience working in a professional office environment. Candidates must be willing to work early, late, or weekend hours as required. While beneficial, a science or legal background is not required. Compensation is commensurate with qualifications, skills, and experience.
IP DOCKETING CLERK Must have excellent computer proficiency including skill with Word, Excel, E-mail and data entry (copying, attaching and scanning documents into the docketing database). The general objective is to provide support to Legal Assistants and Attorneys by recording and docketing correspondence for the firm. Docketing personnel must be able to learn and understand the docketing system, be dependable, detailed-oriented, accurate and able to work quickly and efficiently. Knowledge of Intellectual Property Law or Docketing systems desired but not required. Compensation is commensurate with qualifications, skills, and experience.
OFFICE ASSISTANT Must have excellent computer proficiency including skill with word processing programs. Office Assistants provide support to the Legal Assistants to enhance attorney effectiveness by providing information-management support; producing information; assisting in maintaining attorney's docket; transcribe, format, input, edit, retrieve, copy and transmit text, data, and graphics; assist with case preparation; follow-up on delegated assignments. Successful Office Assistants work accurately and efficiently and demonstrate good proofreading skills. Compensation is commensurate with qualifications, skills, and experience.
The best electronic file format for resume submissions is .pdf. However, we also accept Word (.doc), Rich Text (.rtf), and WordPerfect (various extensions) formats. If you use Microsoft Works, please convert your resume to one of the formats mentioned by using the Save As dialog box in Works. We will also review online resumes, biographical websites, and html resumes provided they do not require special browser plug-ins for them to be viewable.
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