Senior IP Attorney

We are looking for a Senior IP Attorney with 5+ years of experience who has a portable book of business and wants to grow their practice on a fully supported boutique platform. This is a growth hire — Lucas & Mercanti LLP is seeking a self-directed patent and/or trademark practitioner to expand the firm while leveraging its decades-long reputation, international network, and full infrastructure.

What will you be doing?

- Managing and growing your own client relationships and portable book of business on the L&M platform

- Handling patent and/or trademark preparation and prosecution (U.S. and foreign-origin work)

- Leveraging firm infrastructure — docketing, paralegals, IP technology, malpractice coverage — to serve clients efficiently

- Collaborating with multilingual partners on international matters (Europe, Japan, South America)

- Potentially picking up overflow work from other partners when technology expertise aligns

Key Requirements

- Portable book of business that the candidate is comfortable living off of initially (compensation is collections-based: 40% for work performed + 10% origination credit)

- 5+ years of IP prosecution experience (patent and/or trademark)

- Technical degree aligned to practice area for patent practitioners; USPTO registration required for patent work; bar admission for trademark

- U.S. work authorization (green card or citizenship) — no sponsorship available

- Stability in career history — no frequent job-hopping; willingness to come into the Whippany, NJ office (hybrid)