- Provide direction on Federal, State, and local rules of procedure and practice.
- Collaborate with the docketing team to perform various responsibilities, including legal research and responding to procedural inquiries using internal tools, PACER, Practical Guidance, and online resources.
- Stay informed on procedural best practices by attending monthly team meetings, following case trends, and rule changes.
- Collaborate with application support specialist to maintain and monitor...
- Assisting attorneys with the operational management of files, maintaining master discovery tracking logs, and ensuring the litigation team has continuous visibility into case timelines.
- Analyzing and organizing voluminous documents to construct detailed case chronologies, leveraging technology and spreadsheets to identify gaps in data and conduct foundational research for subpoenas.
- Managing case calendars and docketing functions in coordination with central docketing and court systems to ensure compliance with...
- Writes new patent applications for filing at USPTO.
- Analyzes and revises patent agreements and assists with appeals, inferences, reexaminations, interviews and reissues.
- Negotiates and drafts patent agreements; prepares documents for filing and processing.
- Drafts responses to USPTO office actions.
- Performs patentability and freedom-to-operate searches, publication clearance reviews and assists in...
Work alongside senior leadership to support and coordinate activities for designated practice areas and initiatives, including:
- BD Execution Support– Support execution of pitches, proposals, RFPs, and marketing materials. Coordinate timelines, gather experience and matter information, assist with drafting/editing, and ensure materials align with firm messaging and positioning.
- Experience Management & Rankings– Maintain deal and matter...
- Identifies existing work processes that would benefit from AI enhancement and builds agents for use by attorney and business professional teams directly.
- Evaluates AI use cases and makes recommendations in support of firm AI goals that will influence the strategy of the Innovation & AI department.
- Collaborates with practice leadership to identify areas within their practice where AI would be particularly useful and designs, builds, and implements those AI solutions.
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- Provide direction on Federal, State, and local rules of procedure and practice.
- Collaborate with the docketing team to perform various responsibilities, including legal research and responding to procedural inquiries using internal tools, PACER, Practical Guidance, and online resources.
- Stay informed on procedural best practices by attending monthly team meetings, following case trends, and rule changes.
- Collaborate with application support specialist to maintain and monitor...
- Collaborate with the attorneys in assigned practice groups to develop business plans, marketing strategies and drive client targeting
- Provide strategy for, and drive business development activities surrounding:
- Business plans & practice specific initiatives
- Conferences/seminars, webinars and receptions
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- Writes new patent applications for filing at USPTO.
- Analyzes and revises patent agreements and assists with appeals, inferences, reexaminations, interviews and reissues.
- Negotiates and drafts patent agreements; prepares documents for filing and processing.
- Drafts responses to USPTO office actions.
- Performs patentability and freedom-to-operate searches, publication clearance reviews and assists in...
Practice Group Program Operations
- Serve as the primary operational liaison between assigned Practice Group Co-Leaders and the Marketing & BD department, facilitating go-to-market strategy, client targeting, and annual SMART goal development.
- Coordinate and maintain all program infrastructure, including the Practice Group Playbook, onboarding sequences for new co-leaders, and SMART goal tracking across the portfolio.
- Manage...
- Writes new patent applications for filing at USPTO.
- Analyzes and revises patent agreements and assists with appeals, inferences, reexaminations, interviews and reissues.
- Negotiates and drafts patent agreements; prepares documents for filing and processing.
- Drafts responses to USPTO office actions.
- Performs patentability and freedom-to-operate searches, publication clearance reviews and assists in...
- Perform day-to-day administrative and organizational tasks to support the smooth functioning of the Practice Assistant team.
- Prepare materials for overnight/mail service, deliveries, and courthouse filings.
- Arrange for payment of case-related invoices and attorney expense reports via Chrome River.
- Enter attorneys’ time into the firm’s time management system as requested.
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- Writes new patent applications for filing at USPTO.
- Analyzes and revises patent agreements and assists with appeals, inferences, reexaminations, interviews and reissues.
- Negotiates and drafts patent agreements; prepares documents for filing and processing.
- Drafts responses to USPTO office actions.
- Performs patentability and freedom-to-operate searches, publication clearance reviews and assists in...
- Understands the historical and latest developments in the specific and related areas of technology.
- Analyzes and understands standards applicable in the specific and related areas of technology.
- Analyzes embodiments of the specific and related areas of technology, including use of products, methods, and services by clients, and provides analyses relating to patent infringement and non-infringement.
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Work alongside senior leadership to support and coordinate activities for designated practice areas and initiatives, including:
- BD Execution Support– Support execution of pitches, proposals, RFPs, and marketing materials. Coordinate timelines, gather experience and matter information, assist with drafting/editing, and ensure materials align with firm messaging and positioning.
- Experience Management & Rankings– Maintain deal and matter...
- Lead a team of designers (senior, junior, and freelancers) to deliver high-quality creative work across digital, print, social, events, multimedia, and campaign assets, while fostering a collaborative environment that encourages proactive problem-solving and creative thinking.
- Own and manage the end-to-end design process, ensuring all projects are properly scoped, prioritized and resourced, and brand guidelines are consistently applied across all creative outputs.
- Act as a strategic partner to Communications,...
Strategy, Program Development, and Implementation
- Develop, maintain, and facilitate effective benefits strategies and programs. Assess program effectiveness in meeting overall strategic objectives and oversee the development and implementation of changes and improvements to benefits programs, as appropriate.
- Evaluate and compare existing firm benefits with those of other employers by analyzing other plans, surveys, and other sources of information. Develop specific...
- Partner Integration Strategy
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- Design, implement, and manage firmwide partner onboarding and integration frameworks aligned with McGuireWoods’ strategic priorities.
- Collaborate with hiring sponsor(s), business development, and practice management to develop individualized integration plans tailored to each partner’s practice, clients, and growth objectives.
- Conduct 30 , 90 , 180 , and 365 day touchpoints with key...
- Collaborate face-to-face with lawyers, department chairs, and project sponsors to build robust business cases.
- Analyze current-state workflows to map out future-state business and technical requirements, providing IT teams with a comprehensive blueprint for delivery.
- Elicit requirements across internal departments to develop high-impact user stories, use cases, and business process diagrams.
- Monitors, reports, and makes corrections, when required, to all service and performance levels of enterprise network, application, hardware, security, telephony, data backup and data center/office environments using the provided tools for performance, event and capacity management
- Reviews/maintains Operational Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) and supporting vendor contracts
- Reviews and follows up to ensure issue remediation is complete
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