Senior Counsel - Intellectual Property Litigation

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AbbVie is looking for an accomplished intellectual property litigator with great judgment and communication skills and with a demonstrated ability to strategically manage an active docket of global patent and other intellectual property litigation cases. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who can quickly learn AbbVie’s products and IP assets and get up and running with his or her own set of cases. This attorney will report, directly or indirectly, to the head of AbbVie’s IP Litigation Group, part of AbbVie’s Intellectual Property, Transactions, and Innovation legal team, and be based at the company’s headquarters in North Chicago, Illinois with a hybrid work model (onsite 3+ days/week). 

Overview:

As a member of AbbVie’s intellectual property litigation team you will not just monitor outside counsel. Instead, you will be directly engaged in developing and driving strategy for all of your matters.  You will provide counsel to internal clients on patent litigation matters and other issues such as trade secret and licensing disputes.  You are required to have a high degree of self-sufficiency and independent judgment, but you will operate as part of a collaborative team of attorneys, paralegals and support staff, all working closely to protect AbbVie’s interests.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing AbbVie’s U.S. and international patent litigation matters, trade secret matters, and other IP-related disputes, driving strategy with outside counsel and partnering with key internal clients;  
• Participating in key litigation proceedings, including depositions, hearings, mediations, arbitrations, settlement conferences, and trials. 
• Providing expert counsel on all IP litigation and related issues; 
• Advising senior management on a broad range of key global IP litigation issues; 
• Negotiating and drafting settlement agreements.

• Law degree from an ABA accredited law school and in good standing with the state bar of the jurisdiction in which your office will be located (or ability to gain licensure in the state in which your office will be located)
• 5+ years of major law firm and/or in-house patent or intellectual property litigation experience 
• Excellent communication, analytical, organization, and negotiation skills, including the ability to convey and discuss intellectual property issues in understandable terms. 
• Creative thinking and problem-solving skills. 
• Strong interest and aptitude in science. 
• Preference will be given to candidates who have significant molecular biology, biotechnology, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, chemical engineering, or biomedical engineering experience.
• This is a hybrid work opportunity requiring at minimum three (3) days onsite in our North Chicago, IL offices.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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