Lateral Partner — Intellectual Property & Litigation, Sioux Falls

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Senior IP partner role for an established practice seeking a leader to grow and manage patent prosecution, licensing and contentious IP work from the firm s Sioux Falls office. The role combines business development, client-facing leadership and hands-on matter management across both counseling and litigation.

Work will include patent prosecution and portfolio counseling, transactional licensing matters and patent litigation practice with experience handling Hatch-Waxman matters and ITC Section 337 investigations. The team is looking for a partner who can build origination, mentor associates, and collaborate with cross-office litigation and transactional specialists.

• Portable book of business of $2M+ (USD)
• Established track record in patent prosecution and patent litigation
• Experience with licensing, Hatch-Waxman matters and Section 337/ITC investigations
• Proven business development and partner-level client management skills

Where the match is not obvious from the description, a conversation is still worth having — the specification tends to follow the practice.