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The Billing Specialist prepares, edits, and distributes client invoices and prebills; manages billing adjustments, alternate rates, exemptions, approvals, and client billing information. The role processes electronic invoices, resolves billing issues, provides billing reports and statistics, responds to attorney and client inquiries, and tracks work in progress while ensuring monthly billing deadlines are met.

The Docketing Analyst manages domestic and international trademark docket portfolios, monitors deadlines, processes USPTO and foreign agency correspondence, maintains docket databases and electronic files, and supports IP attorneys and staff. Responsibilities include audits, mass data updates, document processing, reporting, and resolving complex docketing issues while ensuring compliance, accuracy, confidentiality, and timely workflow completion.

Provides quality control for U.S. and international patent docket deadlines, maintains docket portfolios and databases, reviews USPTO and foreign patent documents, and generates reports. Supports docketing policies, procedures, training materials, portfolio transfers, and specialist coverage. Advises attorneys and staff on docket-related issues while maintaining confidentiality, accuracy, and compliance with statutory requirements. Requires strong knowledge of domestic and foreign patent matters, excellent proofreading and communication skills, and the ability to manage high-volume work independently.

Manages the firm's billing team, including leadership, workflow coordination, quality control, reporting, invoicing, timekeeping compliance, and monthly close activities. Partners with attorneys and legal support to meet client billing requirements, resolves billing inquiries, improves processes, and oversees team development and performance. Requires expertise in legal accounting, billing applications, eBilling, reporting, and high-volume team management.

Coordinates legal recruiting activities, including campus outreach, on-campus interviews, candidate scheduling, travel logistics, offer communications, summer associate programs, onboarding, evaluations, events, budgets, and recruiting committee support. Maintains applicant records, prepares recruiting statistics, and supports student hiring for assigned offices. Requires strong organization, communication, confidentiality, problem-solving, and multitasking skills in a fast-paced environment.