Corporate Tools in Post Falls, Idaho is building a team of 5 +/- lawyers. As we grow, we're looking to transition from kicking the can and reactionary legal decision making (otherwise known as firefighting), to using legal decisions to drive the company and steer our growth. This is a M-F 40 hour or less a week job. We don't have employees take emails home with them. We don't work after hours. We believe in using work to pay for a lifestyle outside of working.
As one of our "The Lawyers" you'll be working with a curated group of fun and talented lawyers to build from the ground up how we use legal to drive our company. Your work here WILL MATTER. Day like 45 or so after you start to see how much work everyone has squirreled away in their file cabinets for you over the years or people start to realize we have a smart team of in house lawyers ready to dig in and start dusting off all the junk on the corner of their desks we let sit for one reason or another.
It's an exciting time for us. It's an exciting transition. We should have built this team a few years ago... but we didn't. But we are building it now. How will it all work out?? Well. We're not sure, but we're going to hire 5ish lawyers over some time that are good humans and smart people and let them figure it out. If you're looking for a job that matters, please read on:
Wage
$70,000 to $150,000 / year depending on relevant experience Benefits
100% employer-paid medical, dental and vision for employees
Annual review with raise option
22 days Paid Time Off accrued annually, and 4 holidays
After 3 years, PTO increases to 29 days. Employees transition to flexible time off after 5 years with the company-not accrued, not capped, take time off when you want
The 4 holidays are: New Year's Day, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day
Paid Parental Leave
Up to 6% company matching 401(k) with no vesting period
Quarterly allowance
Use to make your remote work set up more comfortable, for continuing education classes, a plant for your desk, coffee for your coworker, a massage for yourself... really, whatever
Open concept office with friendly coworkers
Creative environment where you can make a difference
No dumb benefits like free dog walking on the weekends that snobby hipster places have to make you feel cool, but mathematically won't cost the company much money because you won't use it
Trail Mix Bar - oh yeah
Responsibilities
Quarterback anything and everything legal. We do registered agent service, corporate filings, software as a service, and operate physical locations in every state. As the lawyer, you'd be the primary front line responder to anything legal in our operation. You'd be responsible for determining if you can deal with the problem or hire local or specialized counsel in the appropriate jurisdiction.
You'll be responsible for how we operate legally. Are we doing the right things? Are we operating legally? Is the city mad at us for something? Is the state mad at us for something? Who's mad at us???? Who's going to be mad at us and how do we avoid it? Are we violating someone's IP rights? Is someone encroaching on our IP? We have a massive amount of Intellectual Property. Massive. It will be shocking to you... Tech, IP, and Data Privacy should be interesting to you.
Maintain trademarks in all 50 states and federal trademarks
Maintain servicemarks in all 50 states and federal registrations
Manage UDRP and Icann registrations, complaints, and responses
Maintain terms of service, privacy policies, and data collection and retention policies
Help with HIPPA and PCI compliance regulations
Help with random employment problems
Help respond to subpoenas
Manage all service agreements and legal agreements we make with vendors
Manage all service agreements we provide clients
3-4 acquisitions a year. Stock purchases, asset purchases, website purchases. Some very large and complex
Provide support to all employees for any type of legal questions and all managers to help make daily decisions better
Explore and help craft new business ventures in the quasi legal services industry we work in such as offering trademarks, legal forms, and other legal services as a service
Help run the company through better and smarter legal decisions
Requirements
You find fulfillment in the work, not a title or ladder to climb
You've built an ego shelf in your tool shed or garage and are willing to put it in storage there while employed here
You're a good human
Some experience with HR, general business and commercial property law
Strong academic credentials including a J.D. from an accredited law school and current bar license
Competitive Attitude: This is a hard charging role. We move fast and we grow fast and you will need to enjoy beating our competition and helping us do this with smart legal decisions
Bonus Points: 5+ years experience with Intellectual Property
Bonus Points: Experience with ICANN and how domain names work
Bonus Points: Current experience in trademarks and service marks
Bonus Points: You can explain what Discombobulating is
Bonus Points: You can explain what Bonanzificating is
Bonus Points: You can explain what Anti-Thought Leadership is
Not Your Responsibility:
Litigation
Additional Benefits:
Company sponsored CLE's to keep your trademark law skills sharp
