Jobs at Merchant & Gould P.C.

Lead all HR functions for a law firm, including benefits and compensation administration, employee relations and performance management, recruiting, training, compliance, HRIS oversight, and policy development. Supervise HR staff, manage vendors and budgets, and support DEIB initiatives while improving HR systems and processes.

Support IDS management and patent prosecution by preparing and filing IDS forms, tracking prior art, maintaining reference databases, submitting documents via USPTO systems, coordinating with attorneys and vendors, retrieving global patent documents, assisting with filings and billing, and creating patent drawings when assigned.

Support the IDS segment and patent prosecution by preparing and filing IDS forms, tracking prior art, maintaining IDS databases, uploading to USPTO systems, monitoring dockets and deadlines, assisting with routine U.S. and foreign filings, managing documents and billing, and creating patent drawings as needed. Coordinate with attorneys, legal assistants, vendors, and manage time-sensitive IDS actions.

Associate to join patent litigation practice representing clients in trials and appeals on patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, ITC, and post-grant proceedings. Requires strong writing, research, and analytical skills; collaborative culture with emphasis on work/life balance and professional development.

Generate client invoices and proformas, support e-billing and billing exceptions, assist with trust account deposits/disbursements, prepare billing reports, apply cash receipts, handle billing inquiries, and perform miscellaneous accounting tasks per firm policies.

Support the IDS segment and general patent prosecution by preparing and filing IDS forms, maintaining IDS reference databases, submitting documents via USPTO systems, tracking deadlines, retrieving filings from patent offices, assisting legal assistants and attorneys, preparing billing entries, managing communications in the document management system, and occasionally producing patent drawings as assigned.

Join Merchant & Goulds Chemical & Life Sciences group to prepare and prosecute small-molecule pharmaceutical patent applications and draft/assist with legal opinions. Candidate should have substantial patent prosecution experience, a chemistry undergraduate degree (PhD in organic chemistry preferred), and provide application materials including cover letter, resume, transcripts, and a writing sample.

Lead all HR functions for a downtown Minneapolis law firm, including benefits, compensation, employee relations, performance management, recruiting, compliance, HRIS oversight, training, policy development, and supervising HR staff and support managers.