Kate Patterson is Coming on Feb 6th!

12:00-1:00pm

Bannan 127

We are so fortunate to have Kate Patterson, from PattersonDavis Consulting, return for another lunchtime session with students! She has helped several of our students find first jobs in intellectual property law. Kate will offer insight in writing resumes, interviews, and researching firms! She will also provide an overview of the current market trends within the intellectual property field.  

Kate Patterson's Bio

Kate Patterson has specialized in recruiting and consulting services exclusively for intellectual property attorneys since 1980. Her counsel is sought by firms and corporations world-wide wrestling with the key problem in IP law today: an overabundance of IP legal work and a shortage of experienced attorneys. Beyond basic staffing issues, she shares her considerable experience with venture capital firms and investors advising them on how best to meet their IP needs. She has structured IP functions in numerous startup companies, working with corporations from their inception to the Fortune 100.

As IP law has grown and evolved, Kate has counseled major international law firms expanding their IP capabilities and worked closely with patent and trademark firms on their changing HR and staffing needs. Although recruiting is a primary concern of her company, Kate is more than a “headhunter”. She strategizes with clients to develop creative solutions to their current and future concerns. Her firm has built practice groups from conception and, as they grow and mature, solves continuing concerns about compensation, hiring, benefit and workload analysis.

For more information on her background, please visit: http://bit.ly/xbIChT