About the Immigration Section

Mintz provides legal services and expertise on all aspects of immigration and nationality law to corporate clients and individuals in many different fields, from high technology and biotechnology to the performing arts. In addition to obtaining temporary work visas and permanent resident status for foreign nationals, the firm assists clients in becoming naturalized U.S. citizens, filing for political asylum, and solving problems with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. We also develop solutions for large and mid-sized corporations that need to manage a high volume of immigration cases, such as case management, process mapping, and reimbursement agreements. Our attorneys help clients’ employees apply for visas in both routine and extraordinary situations.

Responsibilities:

We are seeking a contract attorney to support our immigration practice in Boston.

• Review and file non-immigrant (L, H, TN, O, E-1/2/3, B-1/2, J-1, etc) and immigrant (PERM, I-130, EB-1 (all), I-140, I-485, N-400, etc) petitions and applications with government agencies and consulates under the direction of a supervising attorney.
• Collaborate with legal assistants, paralegals, and supervising attorney on the day-to-day work of assigned cases.
• Stay current on business immigration law developments.
• Conduct research and draft alerts, publications, and blog posts.
• Participate in section training sessions and other firm and section related activities.
• Regularly review client-facing and internal reports to monitor case activity and new case initiations.
• Assist on special projects and assume responsibilities as requested/needed.

Qualifications:

• Graduated with a JD or LLM from an ABA-accredited law school
• Admitted to practice law in Massachusetts

• Minimum 2 years of relevant legal experience in business immigration law, and/or immigration related clerkship; entry level candidates with business immigration experience will be considered
• Experience using immigration-focused database, including reviewing various reports for accuracy, and monitoring data compliance.
• Excellent docket and time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Requirements:

• Ability to use business systems (e.g., telephone, computer, etc) and electronic resources.
• Ability to read, review, and edit electronic and hard copy forms for final submission.
• Ability to complete electronic and hard copy forms to ensure compliance with section processes and quality control measures.
• Ability to communicate via email, written correspondence, phone and in person with clients, colleagues, opposing counsel and government agencies.
• Ability to sit at a desk for extended periods of time.
• Ability to work extended hours and/or travel based on client needs.
• Ability to lift files that weigh up to 10 pounds.

About Mintz

Mintz is an Am Law 100 law firm with over 500 attorneys serving clients worldwide. Our attorneys combine legal, business and industry insight to help navigate shifting challenges. We advise business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors on pivotal deals, disputes and regulatory matters within our core practice areas. We are strategically located to meet the needs of our clients, with offices in Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington, DC.

About the Corporate Section

Mintz’s corporate practice offers a blend of comprehensive legal expertise and practical business counseling that enables our clients to clarify goals, find solutions and achieve results across varied business transactions. Our corporate attorneys advise clients on a wide variety of issues affecting commercial, financial and industrial enterprises, both publicly and privately owned.

We cover every aspect of the private equity market, including fundraising and investment fund formation, direct investments, portfolio company management and acquisitions, and platform exits. Our clients include global commingled funds, independent sponsors, and family offices.

Responsibilities

Mintz is seeking an associate with 3+ years of private equity transactional experience to join our corporate M&A practice in New York or Boston. Candidates must have experience with acquisitions, divestitures, mergers and joint ventures, private equity funds and financial institutions. Candidates must have the ability to provide efficient legal service both independently and as part of a team, be willing to quickly integrate into our robust national corporate practice, commit to providing the highest quality of client service in support of a broad range of complex transactions and be dedicated to professional development consistent with this on-track partnership position. Strong academic credentials, excellent critical reasoning skills and the ability to communicate complex legal concepts are required.

Qualifications

• Graduated with a JD or LLM from an ABA-accredited law school
• Must be admitted or eligible for admission in New York or Massachusetts
• Must have 3+ years of M&A and private equity transactional experience
  
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Professionalism in working and engaging with clients and colleagues
• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and balance competing responsibilities
• Ability to stay organized and exercise extreme attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in team settings

About Mintz

Mintz is an Am Law 100 law firm with over 600 attorneys serving clients worldwide. Our attorneys combine legal, business and industry insight to help navigate shifting challenges. We advise business leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors on pivotal deals, disputes, and regulatory matters within our core practice areas. We are strategically located to meet the needs of our clients, with offices in Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington, DC.

About the Litigation Section

Mintz's litigation practice provides clients with resourceful approaches, experienced advocacy, and substantive expertise. Guided by a strong understanding of our clients' core objectives, we combine a winning attitude and an aggressive drive to yield favorable and efficient results. Our litigators partner across several disciplines to advise on key legal and industry matters that impact resolution and ultimately meet business goals. Our pretrial, discovery, trial, and appellate efforts are designed to solve clients' problems through a collaborative, results-driven approach.

Responsibilities

Mintz is seeking an associate with 2+ years of experience to join our high-profile litigation practice in New York. Candidates should have a comprehensive complex litigation skill set and should be experienced in legal research, brief-writing, running document production, and discovery. We’re looking for a key team player who will support the growth of the practice, contribute to articles, attend speaking engagements, and participate in other client development activities.

Collaboration with team members is an important component of any role at Mintz. Therefore, the firm encourages working from the office approximately 60% of the time in accordance with the firm's published guidelines.

Qualifications

• Graduated with a JD or LLM from an ABA-accredited law school
• Must be admitted or eligible for admission in New York
• Must have 2+ years of experience handling complex litigation matters
• Judicial clerkship experience is a plus
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Professionalism in working and engaging with clients and colleagues
• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and balance competing responsibilities
• Ability to stay organized and exercise extreme attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in team settings

About Mintz

Mintz is an Am Law 100 law firm with over 500 attorneys serving clients worldwide. Our attorneys combine legal, business and industry insight to help navigate shifting challenges. We advise business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors on pivotal deals, disputes and regulatory matters within our core practice areas. We are strategically located to meet the needs of our clients, with offices in Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington, DC.

The salary range for this position is $235,000 to $260,000. This position is bonus eligible.
Mintz offers a comprehensive benefits package.

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About the Intellectual Property – Patent Prosecution Section

Our patent practice offers comprehensive strategic counseling in patent law and practice that enables our clients to clarify goals, find solutions, and achieve results throughout the innovation lifecycle. Our patent attorneys and agents advise clients on obtaining and enforcing patent protection, licensing or acquiring patent rights, executing financing and other business transactions, and navigating the patent landscape in their various industries.

Responsibilities

Mintz is seeking a patent agent with a Ph.D. in the biological sciences to join our Boston headquarters. This person will perform a variety of patent-related activities, primarily in the areas of patent prosecution, freedom-to-operate analysis and due diligence. This person will work with clients on innovative and cutting-edge biotechnology to procure patent protection and build IP portfolios.

• Manage patent portfolios and coordinate prosecution with foreign associates in various jurisdictions
• Draft office action responses and prosecute patent applications
• Work with scientists and inventors to draft patent applications
• Assess scientific literature, patents and patent application documents in various biology fields
• Conduct patent-landscape and freedom-to-operate searches and assist with analysis
• Work with investors to conduct IP diligence for potential investments
• Assist with IP diligence on biotech initial public offerings and other capital markets transactions

Collaboration with team members is an important component of any role at Mintz. Therefore, the firm encourages working from the office approximately 60% of the time in accordance with the firm’s published guidelines.

Qualifications:

• USPTO admission required
• Ph.D. degree in Immunology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or related fields
• Two years or more of patent prosecution experience preferred
• Experience drafting patent applications de novo from invention disclosure forms and/or inventor interviews with minimal supervision
• Ability to present scientific concepts, analysis, reasoning and conclusions to scientists and non-scientists
• Ability to prioritize competing responsibilities, stay organized and exercise attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in team setting

About Mintz

Mintz is an Am Law 100 law firm with over 500 attorneys serving clients worldwide. Our attorneys combine legal, business and industry insight to help navigate shifting challenges. We advise business leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors on pivotal deals, disputes, and regulatory matters within our core practice areas. We are strategically located to meet the needs of our clients, with offices in Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington, DC.

The salary range for this position is $150,000 to $250,000. This position is bonus eligible.

Mintz offers a comprehensive benefits package.

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About the Intellectual Property – Patent Prosecution Section

Mintz’s patent practice offers comprehensive strategic counseling in patent law and practice that enables our clients to clarify goals, find solutions, and achieve results throughout the innovation lifecycle. Our patent attorneys and agents advise clients on obtaining and enforcing patent protection, licensing or acquiring patent rights, executing financing and other business transactions, and navigating the patent landscape in their various industries.

Responsibilities

Mintz is looking for a Patent Agent with at least two years of patent prosecution experience to join the San Diego office. The ideal candidate will have a technology background in computer science, computer engineering, and/or electrical engineering. Candidates should have experience in one or more of the following technologies: hardware and devices, software, database technology, artificial intelligence, wireless, and image and/or signal processing. Specific duties include:

• Reviewing invention disclosure documents and conducting invention disclosure meetings
• Conducting prior searches, reviewing references and analyzing patentability
• Drafting patent applications
• Reviewing USPTO office actions, formulating response strategies, conducting examiner interviews, and drafting and filing responses
• Managing U.S. and foreign dockets
• Analyzing patents in connection with due diligence and/or freedom to operate analyses

Collaboration with team members is an important component of any role at Mintz. Therefore, the firm encourages working from the office approximately 60% of the time in accordance with the firm’s published guidelines.

Qualifications

• At least two years of patent prosecution experience in one or more of the following technologies: hardware and devices, software, database technology, artificial intelligence, wireless, and image and/or signal processing.
• USPTO admission is required
  
• Prior work experience in a law firm strongly preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A high level of professionalism in working and engaging with demanding clients
• Ability to balance and prioritize multiple competing priorities and responsibilities, be highly organized and exercise extreme attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in team settings

About Mintz

Mintz is an Am Law 100 law firm with over 500 attorneys serving clients worldwide. Our attorneys combine legal, business, and industry insight to help navigate shifting challenges. We advise business leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors on pivotal deals, disputes, and regulatory matters within our core practice areas — Transactional, Intellectual Property, Litigation & Investigations, and Regulatory & Advisory. We are strategically located to meet the needs of our clients, with offices in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, DC and Toronto.

About the Tax Section

The tax team has a broad transactional tax practice with a focus on M&A, both domestic and cross-border, and on advising investment partnerships, as well as their portfolio companies in a wide range of activities, including fund formation, acquisitions, and dispositions. The tax team also represents developers of and investors in renewable energy projects, including advising clients on tax structuring and availability of federal tax credits and incentives. Our lawyers advise clients in their ongoing and transactional tax planning, tailoring structures to meet business and financial goals. We also often serve as special tax counsel to other law firms, accounting firms and investment banks.

Responsibilities

Mintz is looking to grow its tax group with a mid-level associate based in New York. This candidate will work and advise clients on merger and acquisition transactions, debt and other financing transactions, and portfolio investments; design and implement tax-efficient structures for joint ventures and a wide range of corporate transactions; and provide clients with state tax planning advice.

Collaboration with team members is an important component of any role at Mintz. Therefore, the firm encourages working from the office approximately 60% of the time in accordance with the firm's published guidelines.

Qualifications

• A JD from an ABA-accredited law school, with an LLM in tax preferred
• Admitted or eligible for admission in New York
• At least four years of transactional tax experience, with a focus on corporate transactional and partnership taxation in a law firm environment
• Background in energy, real estate and international taxation preferred
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Professionalism in working and engaging with clients and colleagues
• Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and balance competing responsibilities
• Ability to stay organized and exercise extreme attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in team settings

Mintz is an Am Law 100 law firm with over 500 attorneys serving clients worldwide. Our attorneys combine legal, business and industry insight to help navigate shifting challenges. We advise business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors on pivotal deals, disputes and regulatory matters within our core practice areas. We are strategically located to meet the needs of our clients, with offices in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington, DC.