Ballard Spahr LLP Benefits Overview

Manages domestic and foreign patent prosecution docketing, including entering and monitoring deadlines, reviewing patent correspondence, calculating statutory and procedural due dates, maintaining accurate docket databases, researching patent statuses, preparing docket reports, and escalating discrepancies. Supports attorneys, paralegals, and legal staff across intellectual property matters while ensuring compliance with USPTO, international, PCT, and firm procedures.

Develop and execute business development strategies for litigation practices, build client and industry relationships, manage opportunity pipelines, support pitches and proposals, coordinate events and sponsorships, oversee budgets, coach attorneys, and lead thought leadership and profile-raising initiatives. The role requires strong communication, editing, analytical, project management, stakeholder collaboration, business acumen, and professional services marketing experience.

Prepare attorney client bills end-to-end (proformas to final delivery), edit and format bills, resolve billing issues, support time-and-billing applications firmwide, produce billing reports, collaborate with Billing/Pricing/AR/GL/Conflicts teams, and manage vendor invoice submission and AR review.