[Hiring] Senior Attorney @Trestle Law, APC

Role Description

Trestle Law is engaging an experienced contract attorney to handle high-level matters across IP, business, and select federal litigation.

• Independent contract attorney engagement at $150/hour, $50/hour for any administrative tasks, invoiced monthly
• Volume starts around 10-20 hours per week, with opportunity to grow
• You set your own working hours, with reliable availability during Pacific business hours for client calls, deadlines, and time-sensitive turnaround
• Time tracked in Clio in 0.1-hour increments

What You'll Work On:

• Matters across business, IP, and select federal litigation, including trademark and copyright disputes, TTAB proceedings, licensing, and commercial contracts
• Client counseling on brand protection, monetization, contract negotiation, and dispute strategy
• Drafting and negotiating licensing, commercial, and brand-related agreements
• Case strategy with the managing attorney

What Matters to Us:

• Judgment and quality of work product
• Responsiveness and turnaround on deadline-driven work
• Clear communication: knowing when to ask, when to decide, and how to keep clients and the managing attorney informed
• Ownership: matters move forward without anyone having to chase them
• Efficiency on fixed-fee matters

Qualifications

• 8+ years of practice, with substantive experience in IP, business, and commercial litigation
• California bar in good standing
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills, with a track record of moving complex matters efficiently
• Comfortable owning matters end to end and exercising independent judgment
• Comfortable with fixed-fee work and managing matters against a budget
• Proficient in Clio, SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, and Word
• Able to take on 15 to 25 hours per week of substantive matter work

Requirements

• Required: CALIFORNIA BAR ADMISSION
• Soft IP focus (trademark, copyright, trade dress)
• TTAB experience and Federal Litigation
• Experience advising founder-led or creative businesses

Benefits

• Submit your resume and a cover letter (under 200 words) about a matter you owned from start to finish and the decision in it that mattered most. We won't review applications without the note.