Steuben Foods, Inc., 
a successful and fast-growing hi-tech member of 90-year old family owned and professionally managed group of food and beverage companies with self-management structure in images of W.L. Gore and the Morningstar Company of California offers rare opportunity for three talented attorneys to become key senior members of executive management team. These individuals will initially provide hands-on assistance in enforcing and leveraging portfolio of highly valuable patent rights through high stakes litigation and otherwise, while actively participating in a training program through which they will become experts in most areas of our business within 36 months.
The successful parties will be immediately integrated into gifted team of in-house counsel who work in close daily coordination with nationally recognized outside counsel. This in-house team presently includes, among others, a bright young attorney with an LLM from Edinburgh University and years of intensive patent litigation experience at 200-plus attorney law firm; a veteran attorney with a Juris Doctor with honors and years of broad-based litigation experience at 200-plus attorney law firm and a veteran attorney with a Juris Doctor with honors and extensive litigation background at 1,200-plus attorney law firm and 200-plus attorney law firm. In addition to their legal work, each of these team members makes valuable contributions to the management of our business, just as the successful candidates will as they evolve into senior managers.
Ideal candidates for these positions, which will be based at company’s suburban Buffalo, New York manufacturing headquarters, but which will entail spending time at company’s Jamaica, New York offices, will possess:
• Minimum of three to five years of active patent litigation experience, with outstanding academic background including Juris Doctor with honors, law review membership and preferably Bachelors of Science Degree or Graduate Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline;
• Admission to and good standing with the bar of a U.S. Jurisdiction, preferably the New York State Bar. Registration to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office a plus;
• Adaptability and strong desire to learn company’s business in connection with growing into senior management role entailing combination of legal and non-legal functions; and
• Consistent 24/7 work ethic, coupled with team-first mentality and demonstrated leadership qualities. Record of military service and/or boot strap service to family/community/country a strong plus.
When you learn more about us, you will agree we are offering a unique opportunity. You will receive excellent compensation and benefits from day one while enjoying a Buffalo lifestyle. Multiple individuals and their families have already relocated to join us and they all readily attest to the outstanding standard of living and quality of life present in our local community. Most of all, you will have a deep sense of career satisfaction working with a top class team with which your potential is maximized and your efforts and achievements are recognized and rewarded.
Contact:
Apply by emailing Frank Balon at: fbalon@steubenfoods.com.
Additional Info:
Employer Type: Small Corporation
Job Location: Jamaica, New York