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#1
Thank you for all your feedback!

Yes, I'd like to do prep/pros. The informational interviews are a great idea. We have very a small IP dept. I know we've used Knobbe in the past, but am not sure who we use now - I'll look into this. I know we also won an infringement suit many years ago - I'll seek out who represented us for that as well.

From what I've read on this forum over the last few days, I believe I'm going to have a harsh reality check in terms of work difficulty & hours once I'm an attorney. When I was single and in my 20s I wouldn't have minded this, but I have a family now and am in my 30s, so I'm sure it will be very hard giving up my comfortable engineering lifestyle. Who knows, I may be wrong - I know many of you love what you do and don't mind the mentally strenuous nature of your jobs, so perhaps that could be the case for me as well. Worst case, I can always go back to engineering if I find life as a patent attorney not working out.
#2
Hi, I need advice on how to start my legal career.

Some Background: I'm an EE with 13 years experience in a semiconductor company. I have a BSEE, MSEE, JD, am a registered patent agent, and now am waiting on CA Feb-2018 bar results. I graduated law school 7 years ago, but remained an engineer afterwards for a variety of reasons (burnt out from law school, got promoted at work, engineering work became more interesting). I'm now more interested in law than engineering and want to make the switch.

I'm not a traditional applicant right out of law school, so I feel like it's going to be tough for me to get my foot in the door. I've seen little to no entry-level associate openings. Do I apply to lateral positions even though I have no legal experience? Do I apply to summer positions? Do I apply to patent agent positions? Would networking with hiring partners serve me better than applying online?

I've limited my search to California so far, but I'm open to relocating almost anywhere as my kids aren't in school yet and my wife isn't working.

Thanks!


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