Patent Attorney Intellectual Property

Pay: $250,000.00 - $350,000.00 per year

Why This Is a Great Opportunity

• Build and grow your practice with an established intellectual property team and the opportunity to leverage your existing client relationships.
• Bring your technical background and legal experience together while handling sophisticated patent and IP matters.
• Enjoy a flexible hybrid work environment with additional flexibility for the right candidate.
• Work with clients ranging from growing businesses and entrepreneurs to established organizations with complex domestic and international IP needs.
• Earn $250,000+ with meaningful upside through percentage-of-billings compensation.
• Join a collaborative, highly respected IP practice where your expertise, relationships, and business development efforts can directly influence your success.

Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a flexible hybrid work arrangement and remote flexibility available for the right candidate.

Note: Candidates must have an active USPTO Patent Bar license, an engineering degree, 3+ years of patent or intellectual property attorney experience, and a portable book of business of at least $100,000 to qualify for consideration.

About Us

We are an established intellectual property law team focused on protecting, enforcing, and strategically leveraging our clients' intellectual property. Our work spans patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, transactions, and complex IP matters for clients ranging from entrepreneurs and growing companies to sophisticated organizations with domestic and international needs. We value strong client relationships, practical legal counsel, collaboration, and entrepreneurial thinking. Confidential Employer.

Job Description

• Counsel clients on patent and intellectual property matters across a range of technologies and industries.
• Manage patent prosecution, counseling, licensing, enforcement, and related IP matters.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing clients while identifying opportunities to expand your practice.
• Leverage your portable book of business and business development skills to grow long-term client relationships.
• Assist with complex patent and IP disputes, litigation, administrative proceedings, and other contentious matters as appropriate.
• Advise clients on intellectual property strategy, licensing, assignments, transactions, and business initiatives.
• Collaborate with attorneys and professionals on sophisticated domestic and international IP matters.
• Stay current on developments in patent law, USPTO practice, emerging technologies, and intellectual property trends.
• Represent the firm professionally in client meetings, industry events, professional organizations, and business development activities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of patent or intellectual property attorney experience.
• Engineering degree or strong technical background.
• Active USPTO Patent Bar license/registration.
• $100,000+ portable book of business.
• Strong client relationship management and business development skills.
• Excellent legal research, writing, analytical, negotiation, and communication abilities.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a sophisticated legal team.

Why You Will Love Working Here

You will have the opportunity to build on an established practice while maintaining meaningful autonomy over your clients and career. Our flexible hybrid approach supports work-life balance without sacrificing collaboration, and the compensation structure provides significant upside for attorneys who bring valuable client relationships and business. If you're ready to grow your IP practice with a team that values your expertise and entrepreneurial drive, this is an opportunity worth exploring.

JPC-1839

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Requirements: Must-have: USPTO Patent Bar license, Engineering degree, 3+ yrs of patent/IP attorney exp, $100k+ portable book of business.

• Required Years as Associate: 3+

• Additional context: Relocation- [not specified]. Packages - [not specified]

• Salary Bands (Only if attorney role):

• 5–7 years: 250K–275K+ total compensation potential

• 8–12 years: 275K–325K+ total compensation potential

• 13+ years: 325K–350K+ or higher, depending on portable business and billings

Submission Email / Name: Matthew - [email protected]

Quick Recruiter Reference

Established IP law practice seeking a patent attorney with an engineering degree, USPTO Patent Bar license, 3+ years of patent/IP experience, and $100K+ portable book. Hybrid Grand Rapids role with remote flexibility and $250K+ or percentage-of-billings compensation.

Recruiter Submission: To submit, cancel - Patent Attorney – Intellectual Property (Portable Book Required) - Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Ondersma LLP - JPC-1839 - source

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• Client job title: Patent Attorney - Intellectual Property (Portable Book Required)

• Location: Grand Rapids, MI

• On-site, hybrid, remote: Hybrid

• Experience: 3+

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