McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
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McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff is an intellectual property law firm with offices in Illinois and California. The firm's client list includes Fortune 100 companies, midsize companies, startups, and academic institutions. MBHB attorneys are experienced in the procurement, licensing, enforcement, and defense of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and unfair competition actions in a number of technological disciplines and product categories, including biotechnology, business methods, chemical, electrical,...
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MBHB is looking for candidates with technical backgrounds, and typically hires out of Chicagoland schools—interviews can get granular, with behavioral questions as well as technical and social ones. The firm is a social place where people are friendly and attorneys get together regularly. Associates rave about the partners, their willingness to mentor, and firm leadership’s commitment to transparency. The hours can get a little long, but attorneys love that the firm is flexible with those hours. Attorneys spend their time on quality legal work, and training—particularly mentoring—supports attorneys as they grow. Pro bono work is a source of pride, but associates don’t cite it as a major focus at the firm. Associates note that diversity is improving at MBHB. Partnership appears pos...
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff is an intellectual property law firm with offices in Illinois and California. The firm's client list includes Fortune 100 companies, midsize companies, startups, and academic institutions.
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MBHB's practice areas encompass all aspects of intellectual property law. Approximately 50 percent of the firm's practice is devoted to patent and trademark prosecution and counseling; the other 50 percent is devoted to litigation. MBHB attorneys are experienced in the procurement, licensing, enforcement, and defense of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and unfair competition actions in a number of technological disciplines and product categories, including biotechnology, business methods, ...