Careers
Explore, Grow, Collaborate, and Succeed
At Maschoff Brennan, we see every new team member as an investment in our future. We have earned a reputation for being innovative, creative, and forward-thinking. We understand that our success lies in hiring dynamic, energetic people and promoting their professional growth. What sets us apart is our chemistry—that appealing combination of teamwork, drive, and mutual respect that’s hard to define, but easy to recognize. It’s built into our culture. It’s often noted by our clients. And it's what drives our continued success.
If you’re a person who thrives on collaboration, our firm is where you want to be. Our people excel in high-performance environments and are always up for a challenge. We are motivated to consistently deliver the best outcomes for sophisticated clients. Best of all, we genuinely like one another, which is why we encourage you to bring all you are, and all your experiences, to come work with us.
Team Culture Focused on Success
Maschoff Brennan has six offices located in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Irvine, Park City, and Salt Lake City - allowing for easy access to major technology centers and innovation hubs. We’re doing sophisticated work for diverse, innovative clients, but we treat one another as allies, not rivals. Here, you’ll work with exceptional colleagues who value your contributions and who are invested in your success. And you’ll work alongside what we think is the best intellectual property team in the industry. While our offices each have their own style and personality, Maschoff Brennan is fully integrated under a single management structure. We are a true partnership, unified by common business objectives and shared values.
Investing in our Differences
At Maschoff Brennan we know that being valued, welcomed, supported in who you choose to be in the workplace is paramount. We prioritize inclusion of all our people and work hard to cultivate a sense of purpose and belonging that enhances everyone's experience at the firm.
We have always celebrated our differences. We are a firm with strong shared morals and values, but where the unique skills of our people can flourish. We appreciate that our people all think about and approach challenges differently, resulting in innovative solutions. This is where ideas are born, and alternative strategies are created. It is our difference that makes this firm great. We work hard to maintain our welcoming culture. We want everyone to bring their whole self to work and feel comfortable about being themselves. You don’t need to have a certain socioeconomic background or have gone to a particular university; you just need to be yourself, share our values, have drive and ambition, sound judgement, and a great sense of humor.
Work With Us
Professional career paths at Maschoff Brennan offer you more – and less – than you might expect. You’ll find more meritocracy and less hierarchy. You’ll have more chances to work across departments and offices, and fewer roadblocks to getting the job done. We believe people are happiest when they’re not limited by a ‘that’s how we’ve always done it’ approach, so we encourage a more imaginative and collaborative work experience.
Maschoff Brennan offers a dynamic and vibrant environment tailored to meet the professional needs of our colleagues at all career stages, from newly licensed associates to professional support staff to highly experienced attorneys. Our commitment extends beyond traditional legal work to encompass intellectually stimulating projects for a wide range of clients. We take pride in creating exceptional surroundings where you’ll find meaningful and rewarding projects, supportive colleagues, as well as personal and professional satisfaction. It matters to us that our firm is a positive, enriching, and enjoyable place to work.
Come Join Us!
Open Positions
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Patent Prosecution Attorney
We have an immediate in office opening for an experienced Patent Prosecutor in our Utah, Orange County, San Francisco, or New York office. We are looking for a candidate with 2+ years of recent experience, including conducting invention disclosure meetings and preparing new applications in the electrical engineering or computer science areas. -
Class Action Litigation Attorney
We are seeking an experienced consumer class action litigator to join our complex litigation practice. The candidate should have 4+ years of experience handling consumer class actions in federal and California state court, including significant experience briefing and arguing class certification motions, conducting class notification and opt-out processes, conducting class discovery, and working with experts on class certification issues. Experience with class action involving food labeling and packaging, privacy, TCPA, and product liability claims is a plus but not necessary. -
Prosecution Paralegal
We have an immediate in office opening for an experienced Prosecution Paralegal role in our Salt Lake City, Park City, Irvine, San Francisco, or New York office. We are looking for a candidate with 4+ years of experience. Successful candidates will have an in-depth knowledge of foreign and domestic patent prosecution and/or litigation rules and procedures, proficiency in use of PTO website navigation, and ability to professionally handle confidential information, adhering to legal and ethical policies.
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Experienced Attorneys
With an innovative spirit and a team-based collaborative environment, Maschoff Brennan offers its attorneys the space and support to bring their diverse experiences, intellect, and creativity to a range of challenging and interesting projects. We seek lawyers who take initiative, who continually strive for and achieve excellence, and who are motivated by a desire to make a difference –- not only in their profession, but in their community as well.
When you talk to partners who have recently joined our firm, they will tell you about our unique culture, including strong leadership, financial transparency, collaboration, and fiscal stability. You will experience this unique culture from your very first day. Maschoff Brennan has a proven track record of successfully integrating lawyers who join us in mid-career transitions. Firm management, practice section leaders, partners, and staff are all actively involved in the process. Our steadfast goal is to support you in delivering optimal results to clients, quickly and efficiently.
We are well positioned to continue to prosper and grow. If your litigation, intellectual property, or transactional practice is aligned with our key strengths, we look forward to meeting you and discussing why Maschoff Brennan may be the right fit.
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New Associates
When you join Maschoff Brennan, you’ll have the opportunity to work with experienced lawyers from across the firm on legal projects for some of the world’s most innovative companies. Together you’ll be protecting the intellectual property of start-ups and multinational corporations alike. We consider our Associates to be an investment in our future and, as such, we are committed to providing them with the necessary tools to develop the skills and knowledge needed to contribute to our firm's continued success. We offer complex, challenging projects and our low ratio of associates to partners means in-depth, hands-on experience starts from day one. We are committed to helping you gain the qualifications you need to become a Maschoff Brennan partner.
Associates on our firm’s standard-track are eligible for advancement at the beginning of each calendar year of full-time practice. Consideration for becoming an equity Partner typically occurs at the completion of an Associate’s sixth full year. A standard-track Associate is expected to bill 1,800 hours each calendar year, which may include up to 50 hours of non-billable firm-related or pro bono projects.
Consideration for becoming a Partner is based on various factors, and some Associates may be advanced before or after the six-year period depending on their individual circumstances.
Maschoff Brennan also offers an individualized flex-track for Associates who desire to work less than full-time. This means that the standard 1,800 billable hours requirement may be reduced. Unlike other firms where flex track-associates never become Partners in the firm, our flex-track Associates can still advance toward Partner on a prorated basis.
We care about you as a person and as a professional. Living full lives has long been one of our firm’s core values and we encourage everyone on our team to seek a sound balance so you can be in the moment at work, with your family, and when pursuing personal interests. We know who we are as a firm and we know the part our Associates play in making us successful.
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Paralegals
Maschoff Brennan’s litigation and intellectual property paralegals make crucial contributions to the firm's delivery of high-quality and efficient service to our clients. You’ll be part of a collaborative team that values your knowledge and skills. And you’ll have the opportunity to work on challenging and high-profile matters with attorneys who are recognized as leaders in their fields. You will also gain first-hand experience in a dynamic and intellectually stimulating law firm environment. In addition, our paralegals continue to learn and grow in their careers with the firm via in-house trainings, retreats, CLEs, and seminars.
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Summer Clerks
Being a summer clerk at Maschoff Brennan is an exciting experience. Not only will you be working in an innovative and collaborative law firm with great people, but you’ll also gain valuable hands-on experience in the vast realm of intellectual property prosecution and complex litigation. Some of the projects you will be involved in include, but are not limited to, drafting a patent, responding to an office action, conducting litigation research, preparing motions, attending court hearings, writing articles, and preparing legal opinions. In addition, you’ll be part of our team as we celebrate summer with firm parties, lunches, and recreation.
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Professional Staff
Experienced business professionals play vital roles at Maschoff Brennan. Recognizing the myriad of ways these professionals support our firm means recognizing, too, that they should be fully supported in their careers and personal interests. Living full lives has long been one of Maschoff Brennan’s core values, and our business professionals have access to professional development opportunities, meaningful community service work, and the chance to work in some of the United States’ most livable cities, with easy access to the outdoors, vibrant urban environments, and engaged communities.
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Benefits
• Legal training and mentoring from dedicated professionals
• Educational lunch program
• Quarterly performance bonuses
• Profit sharing plan
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Medical insurance
• Group-term life and long-term disability insurance
• Attorney medical disability leave
• CLE budget
• Professional association dues
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Applying
If you are interested in applying for a summer clerkship or any of our open positions, please contact Nora Perez (nperez@mabr.com) in our Human Resources Department. We can't wait to hear from you!
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EEO Statement
Maschoff Brennan offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.
