Outcomes
We describe each search the way we describe firms to you during a search, by tier and practice. We leave out names because each lawyer's move is theirs to talk about.
Recent placements
Recent placements included Gibson Dunn, Latham, Quinn Emanuel, Ropes & Gray, Cooley, Orrick, Mayer Brown and DLA Piper, across New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and Dallas.
He was ready to leave the USPTO and become a patent prosecutor. He had significant experience as an examiner, which needed translating for a firm audience. We placed him at an up-and-coming patent boutique that had specifically said it wanted USPTO expertise.
She was at a large firm that was no longer investing in patent prosecution. Among the firms we put her in front of were an elite boutique and an up-and-comer. She received offers from both. The elite boutique paid market with a generous signing bonus. Then a family member reminded her to go where she was wanted, and she chose the up‑and‑comer.
He had excellent experience at his AmLaw 5 firm but could not see the next step. We created options at several firms. Given his seniority it took months to find a strong fit, and the answer turned out to be a litigation-centric firm with a marquee client that needed his expertise as it grew.
This midlevel associate was relocating and leaving one of the most renowned IP litigation boutiques in the country. His experience and the clarity of his reason for moving meant the strongest IP practices wanted to interview him. We also put a boutique on his radar where we had watched lawyers stay for more than a decade. He loved the culture, and it fit what he wanted.
She had trained at arguably the leading trial boutique in the country and wanted to focus on IP litigation inside a team-centric practice. She was unsure how much demand she would command without a technical degree. Even as a senior litigation associate, she picked up multiple offers. She joined a team that valued her skill at turning technical issues into common-sense stories. An episode of Khurram's Quorum with one of the partners helped her recognize the fit. We negotiated on location.
She saw a chance to put her engineering background to work. Her new firm gave her a class year bump because of the fit it saw in her pre-law-school engineering experience, which that practice group had found scarce.
This experienced counsel watched his firm move away from tech and toward life sciences patent litigation. Among the firms we raised was a rising patent practice looking for exactly his technical expertise. We negotiated a mid five-figure signing bonus.
