Fish & Richardson’s Silicon Valley office has been a cornerstone of the Bay Area technology revolution for three decades. We serve first-rate clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to rising start-ups. We are the go-to firm for “bet the company” litigation, high-stakes post-grant matters, and patent prosecution for the most important and complex technologies. Our litigators have gained national recognition by winning some of the most significant intellectual property disputes at trial, and our patent prosecutors provide insightful and strategic advice to clients with cutting-edge inventions on a daily basis. With this range of clients and matters, we provide new attorneys with early responsibility and challenging substantive work. We are a meritocracy, not a bureaucracy. This means that we value talent and teamwork over seniority and hierarchies. Our attorneys won’t be pigeonholed into doing a particular type of work based on their year level; if they can do the work, it will be given to them. Fish is an ideal place to launch a career because our attorneys learn directly from the best in the business. In addition, we pour an extensive amount of time and resources into formal and informal training. That same mentality applies to summer associates. We staff summer associates on trial and/or patent prosecution and portfolio management teams to help them see strategy beyond what can be gleaned from short-term assignments. Our attorney mentors and work coordinators ensure that each summer associate walks out having experienced real-life work. The Silicon Valley office is located minutes from our high-tech clients, 30 minutes from San Francisco and the Pacific Ocean, and a few hours from Napa Valley and Lake Tahoe. 

Fish & Richardson, the premier global intellectual property law firm, is trusted by the world’s most innovative and influential companies. From patent, trademark, and copyright prosecution and counseling to our full-service litigation practice, we work together to provide our clients with exceptional advocacy across the life cycle of intellectual property needs in the U.S. and around the world. Our deep bench of attorneys with first-chair trial experience in every technology makes us the go-to firm for the most technically complex cases. Fish was established in 1878, and now has more than 400 attorneys and technology specialists in the U.S., Europe, and China. Our success is rooted in our creative and inclusive culture, which values the diversity of people, experiences, and perspectives. For more information, visit fr.com or follow us at @FishRichardson.