Paralegal

Intellectual Property Paralegal - Law Department

Your Impact

The Lowe's Law Department is seeking an enthusiastic and organized paralegal to support our Support our Intellectual Property team across trademarks, patents, domain management, brand protection, and IP litigation. This role will provide paralegal support for attorneys on the team with preparation of internal and external reports, and maintenance of an electronic matter-management system. The successful candidate must be highly organized and have the ability to prioritize a high-volume workload. In addition, the candidate should be detail oriented with a demonstrated ability to perform work through collaboration.

What you will do

Specific additional responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Support trademarks, domain names, and brand protection, conducting searches, reviewing packaging, handling trademark license agreements, and administering domain names. The candidate will support brand enforcement efforts;
• Support patent application docketing and prosecution, managing patent annuity and maintenance fee payments, and participating in Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) reviews and product development meetings;
• Support IP claims and litigation, including claim intake, investigation, coordinating litigation holds, discovery, and settlements;

• Conduct an initial case assessment to identify and obtain relevant documents;
• Coordinate, schedule and, where directed, interview custodians and witnesses to verify facts and identify relevant documents;
• Draft a chronology of relevant facts, documents, witnesses and events to assist assigned counsel;
• Gather, review, and organize relevant information for discovery and/or early case assessment and review;
• Prepare initial draft discovery responses to include identification of relevant documents, gathering of documents, and preparation of written responses;
• Act as a liaison between outside counsel, in-house counsel and internal business clients to manage the collection of documents and data, coordinate the delivery to outside counsel or agency, and conduct follow up as needed;
• Assist in the preparation of presentations and briefings to internal business clients;
• Support attorneys with related projects by conducting research, gathering key documents, and organizing files;
• Compile information and prepare various internal reports which may include forecasts, project updates, legal invoices, accounting and information from various other databases; and
• Knowledge of Dennemeyer docketing and annuity payment systems is required.

• H.S. Diploma with 8 years' experience working in a corporate legal department or law firm OR Associate's Degree with 4 years' experience working in a corporate legal department or law firm OR Bachelor's Degree with experience working in a corporate legal department or law firm
• Additional work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• 3 years' experience drafting legal documents
• Paralegal certificate or State-designated paralegal certification
• Experience working in a corporate law department
• Retail Experience
• Demonstrated expertise in drafting presentations using PowerPoint