Hi, I’m a junior associate at a V50 firm. I have a technical background and am a registered patent attorney, but I’m considering switching to the firm’s general litigation group. I currently do some prosecuting and some litigation — some patent work, some trademark work, and some trade secret work. My practice is very mixed and I don’t see a future in the firm’s IP group. A practice leader in litigation has made repeated offers and has indicated that I’ll have good substantive work in the litigation group.
Is this a wise move?
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Re: IP to General Litigation- switching practice groups
What's your end goal? For example, with a technical background and being a registered patent attorney, you'll have a much easier time going in-house as an IP specialist than a general litigator.Anonymous User wrote:Hi, I’m a junior associate at a V50 firm. I have a technical background and am a registered patent attorney, but I’m considering switching to the firm’s general litigation group. I currently do some prosecuting and some litigation — some patent work, some trademark work, and some trade secret work. My practice is very mixed and I don’t see a future in the firm’s IP group. A practice leader in litigation has made repeated offers and has indicated that I’ll have good substantive work in the litigation group.
Is this a wise move?
Also, what's stopping you from keeping one foot in each group? Does the firm require that you only be in one group, or can you have some balance of IP and commercial lit?
