Founded in 1962, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP with close to 300 attorneys and is one of the nation's largest and most prominent full-service intellectual property law firms. The firm is headquartered in beautiful Orange County, California and is currently hiring for all of its offices, including Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington D.C. The firm has a stellar national and international reputation and has consistently been voted one of the top intellectual property firms in the nation. The firm has a well-balanced practice that encompasses all areas of intellectual property law, including patent and trademark litigation, patent prosecution, trademark and copyright registration procurement, intellectual property due diligence, and intellectual property licensing. Knobbe Martens is one of the few firms that has a national intellectual property practice, including a highly regarded appellate practice. Because the firm is not departmentalized, attorneys are free to work in the practice areas of their choice. Moreover, the firm's reasonable billing requirements allow its attorneys time to develop professionally by participating in educational and training programs and business promotion activities. The firm continues to offer a short equity partnership track and has an extraordinarily low rate of attrition among its attorneys. The attorneys at the firm have diverse backgrounds and superior academic credentials. Virtually all of the firm's attorneys have undergraduate degrees in engineering, physical sciences, life sciences, or computer science. In addition, many of the firm's attorneys have served as law clerks for federal judges, including judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Most of the firm's attorneys are admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

The vast majority of the firm's attorneys started in its summer associate program, which is available in all offices to first and second year law students. Our summer program continues to be the main source of new associates who join the firm. For more information on the firm, please check the firm's website at www.knobbe.com. If you are interested in a challenging legal career in intellectual property law, please contact Stephani Nguyen, the Attorney Recruiting Manager, to discuss joining Knobbe Martens.