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Polster,
Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi actively recruits lawyers with
outstanding academic records and superior writing skills. The
firm looks for individuals with a high degree of maturity,
independent motivation, and excellent interpersonal skills.
Polster, Lieder seeks lawyers with engineering or science
degrees who have passed the patent bar or are qualified to sit
for the patent bar.
Polster
Lieder offers a stimulating work environment where attorneys
reach their potential through a combination of the
collaborative experience and training the firm provides, as
well as through their own hard work and commitment to the
practice. Mentoring is a critical part of training. Polster
Lieder assigns a partner to serve as mentor for each new
associate.
Our 2:1
partner to associate ratio provides a creative work environment
that encourages and recognizes talented lawyers, and allows for
early client contact and well-rounded career growth. Our
lawyers’ experience responsibility early on and can expect to
handle complex legal matters in all of our practice areas.
At Polster
Lieder, our Associates are expected to bill only 1,700 hours
annually. We believe these to be practical goals, and in fact,
the Firm does not view high billable hour requirements to be in
the best interest of the Associates or the Firm and does not
want to induce any attorney of the Firm to bill voluminous
hours. By maintaining this goal, the Firm is able to preserve
its sociable, informal and open door atmosphere. This approach
also allows all of our attorneys to devote their attention to
the practice of law.
Summer
Associate Program
We believe that
your summer experience should provide you with a realistic view
of what it is like to practice law at Polster Lieder.
Assignments for summer associates relate to ongoing client
matters, offer practical exposure to the firm's client base and
practice and are representative of work given to attorneys at
Polster Lieder. Our partners ensure that summer associates
receive a variety of assignments and explore different areas of
the firm’s practice. In addition, summer associates often attend
depositions, negotiations, hearings, client interviews,
conferences and trials.
Outstanding
second year students may apply for summer clerkships. We look
primarily for academic achievement as well as for activities
such as Law Review and Moot Court. We only hire clerks with
engineering degrees in the sciences. Clerks and associates are
selected solely based on merit, without regard to sex, race,
color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual
orientation, medical condition, marital status, handicap or
veteran status. Compensation meets prevailing rates in the St.
Louis, Missouri area.
Lateral
Opportunities
At Polster
Lieder, we value the skill, confidence, and professionalism of
experienced attorneys. Several of our current attorneys have
joined our firm after first practicing in other firms. These
attorneys soon fit into the sociable, informal and open door
atmosphere where they can devote their attention to the practice
of law without the stress of large hourly billable requirements.
As one of the oldest and largest intellectual property firms in
the St. Louis area, Polster Lieder possesses the resources and
prestige necessary to ensure the continued growth of your
practice.
If you are
interested in learning more about a position at Polster Lieder,
please contact Jonathan P. Soifer, Hiring Partner.
Compensation
& Benefits
Polster Lieder
believes in providing reward for talent and contributions. We
have a competitive benefits program. In addition to being
eligible for an annual merit increase, attorneys are eligible to
receive an annual bonus. Once our associates have proven
themselves, their compensation meets prevailing rates in the St.
Louis, Missouri area.
Here is a
glimpse of the benefits you will enjoy as an attorney at Polster
Lieder:
- Medical, dental and
vision coverage
- Life
insurance
- Short-Term
Disability Insurance
- 401(k) and
profit sharing plan
- Paid Time
Off
- Flexible
Spending Account
Contact
For further
information about Polster Lieder’s recruiting and hiring
program, please contact the firm's hiring manager (jandis@polsterlieder.com).
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