EIP is a leading intellectual property law firm, trusted by businesses worldwide to turn innovation into competitive advantage.  

We partner with our clients on high-value, complex patent ventures and work across industries to protect ideas and transform legal safeguards into strategic growth. 

Our multidisciplinary team of litigators, patent attorneys, and commercial IP lawyers, deliver integrated advice internationally. From patenting and consulting to litigation, we manage global portfolios and drive innovation in emerging technologies. 

Our team advises on strategic patent portfolio development and implements high-level IP strategies for some of the world’s largest companies. With proven success at the UK Supreme Court and hundreds of oppositions, we help clients defend strategic patent portfolios. 

For more than 25 years, we’ve partnered with businesses to protect their ideas and leverage IP as a powerful business asset.

Industry: Law Practice
Company Size: 201-500 employees

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**Patent Assistant / Patent Paralegal**

~~Denver,Hybrid | Permanent | Full-Time | ~~~~$80K-$115K (salary dependant on level of experience)~~

**About The Role**

As a Patent Assistant / Patent Paralegal, you will work alongside U.S. patent attorneys and U.S. registered agents to drive the progress of client patent portfolios, contributing to our Denver‑based U.S. practice while collaborating closely with colleagues across EIP’s international offices.

You will take ownership of defined aspects of U.S. and international patent work, applying your knowledge of patent procedure to manage matters proactively, ensuring deadlines are met, and keeping portfolios moving efficiently. This role requires a high degree of independence, sound judgement, and confidence in handling client communications and workflows.

You will be expected to maintain a strong understanding of EIP, its operations, and key personnel, and to work as a trusted part of the wider team, anticipating needs, managing processes end‑to‑end, and contributing to the smooth and successful prosecution and management of client portfolios.

**What You’ll Bring**

We’re looking for someone who’s proactive, organised, and ready to make an impact. You’ll bring:

- Minimum 5 years' experience as a Patent Assistant or Patent Paralegal within a U.S. practice

- Solid understanding of USPTO patent prosecution and PCT procedures

- Strong attention to detail and a highly organised working style

- Excellent IT skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office and patent‑specific software tools

- Ability to manage competing priorities and meet strict deadlines

- Confidence working independently while collaborating with multiple attorneys

- Strong written and verbal communication skills

- Experience using patent docketing databases and patent document‑management systems

- IP paralegal certification or formal IP training (advantageous but not required)

**Why EIP**

EIP is an international, award‑winning patent practice known for handling high‑value, complex patent matters. With offices across Europe and the US, we combine global reach with a collaborative, forward‑thinking culture where innovation, inclusion, and teamwork thrive.

You’ll join a supportive and collaborative team with exposure to high‑quality U.S. and international patent work, including direct client‑facing responsibilities. We’re committed to long‑term career development and offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including health insurance, life insurance, a 401(k), and the potential for performance‑based bonuses.

While the position is intended to be hybrid from our Denver office, we’re open to considering a remote arrangement for an outstanding candidate.

**Next Steps**

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, apply now and take the next step in your patent career.

Patent Assistant / Patent Paralegal - U.S.

Husch Blackwell is a national law firm with an uncommon approach: we build the business solutions clients need for the world they want to create. With more than 20 offices across the United States, including our virtual office, The Link, our diverse teams of attorneys can tap an ever-expanding collective knowledge base to quickly solve our clients’ biggest challenges. For more information, visit huschblackwell.com.

Industry: Law Practice
Company Size: 1,001-5,000 employees

Husch Blackwell

**Husch Blackwell LLP ** is a full-service litigation and business law firm with multiple locations across the United States, serving clients with domestic and international operations.

At Husch Blackwell we believe that diverse, equitable and inclusive teams lead to better outcomes. Husch Blackwell is committed to retaining, recruiting, developing, and promoting talented lawyers and business professionals with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We foster an engaged, diverse, and inclusive team culture of accountability and purpose that makes our Firm and our communities better.

Our firm is committed to attracting and retaining professionals who value each other and the service we provide by embracing Teamwork, Collaboration, Client Service, and Innovation. If you are a motivated professional looking for a long-term fit where you can grow in a role, and will be valued and empowered, then we invite you to apply to our **Staff Accountant **position. This position may be filled in a hybrid or remote capacity in any of our locations, except for Los Angeles, CA and Oakland, CA. Travel is required for this position.

The **Staff Accountant ** is responsible for performing a variety of general accounting functions; including Fixed Assets, select GL account maintenance and analysis, and Tax Tracking. Essential job functions include:

- Maintain Fixed Asset Database

- Generate Depreciation and Amortization Schedules

- Complete inventory of all office locations

- Track and pay Personal Property Taxes

- Perform Lease reconciliations

- Perform monthly bank reconciliations with variety of complexity for all firm accounts.

- Perform daily reconciliation of Bank to Book activity

- Assist with Bank Account maintenance and Banking Relationships

- Track and file Unclaimed Property

- Perform journal entries, account reconciliations, monthly financial statements, and other standard and ad-hoc reports as necessary.

- Perform internal audit of general ledger accounts

- Track and reconcile payroll deductions

- Perform new vendor audits

- Research and resolve questions received regarding financial statements and general ledger activity.

- Assist with various operations of the general ledger accounting processes and activities.

- Prepare audit schedules related to bank accounts, bank reconciliations, fixed assets, charitable contributions, and assist the auditors in their general ledger inquiries.

- Assist with tracking of fixed assets

- Assist with tracking of tax payments

- Perform other duties as assigned.

**Position Requirements**

- High School Diploma or GED required, 2-year degree preferred.

- 3-5 years’ experience required.

- Detail-oriented with a demonstrated understanding of accounting principles.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, with an emphasis on Excel.

- Excellent proofreading and analytical skills required.

- Excellent organizational skills required.

- Travel required

~~The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions, responsibilities, or requirements. The Firm will provide reasonable accommodations as necessary to allow an individual with a disability to apply for and/or perform the essential functions of a position. If you need assistance to accommodate a disability, please contact HR.~~

**Compensation And Benefits**

Employees are entitled to compensation commensurate with skill and experience. The exact compensation will vary based on skills, experience, location, and other factors permitted by law. The expected compensation ranges for this position in various states and jurisdictions are as follows:

- State of Colorado: $47,000 - $83,000

- State of Illinois: $46,000 - $89,000

- State of Massachusetts: $50,000 - $97,000

- State of Maryland: $49,000 - $74,000

- State of Minnesota: $50,000 - $84,000

- Washington, D.C.: $65,000 - $96,000

The above salaries do not include a discretionary bonus, however bonus opportunities are non-guaranteed, and are dependent upon individual and firm performance. Full-time employees receive benefits including: medical and dental coverage; life insurance; short-term and long-term disability insurance; pre-tax flexible spending account for certain medical and dependent care expenses; an employee assistance program; Paid Time Off; paid holidays; participation in a retirement plan program after meeting eligibility requirements; and more.

Please include a cover letter and resume when applying.

EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Vet. Principal Applicants Only.

Staff Accountant

We partner with low-income and working people to build economic and racial equity. We do this by confronting economic abuse and investing in community wealth. 

We use an ever-evolving set of legal, economic and advocacy tools to challenge and dismantle unjust systems, building quickly towards a world where all people have what they need to live and thrive.

Industry: Legal Services
Company Size: 51-200 employees

Community Economic Defense Project

**About the Community Economic Defense Project (CEDP): **

**Our Mission **

We partner with low-income and working people to build economic and racial equity. We do this by confronting economic abuse and investing in community wealth. We use an ever-evolving set of legal, economic and advocacy tools to challenge and dismantle unjust systems, building quickly towards a world where all people have what they need to live and thrive.

**Our Organization **

The Community Economic Defense Project (CEDP) is a Colorado-based nonprofit. Launched in 2020 as the COVID-19 Eviction Defense Project, our organization was formed to keep our neighbors housed during the pandemic. Working with clients, we built a deeply integrative approach to eviction, foreclosure, and homelessness prevention that centers the legal and financial needs of housing-insecure families and uses a variety of tools to keep them housed.

Our team now serves more than 1,000 people per month, bringing together housing lawyers, economists, data analysts, policy-experts, organizers, and technologists to serve our clients. We have served more than 68,000 low-income Coloradans across 54 counties, distributing more than $280 million in emergency assistance. We have also contributed to the passage of major legislation to prevent eviction, stop economic abuse, and make credit and life-saving medication cheaper. CEDP’s model has been cited as a best practice by the White House and HUD in 2022-2023, think tanks like the Urban Institute, and in the media.

Building on our work to stop evictions, CEDP has further expanded its integrated services model to include disaster response, predatory towing, debt collection, benefit access & navigation, long-term rental assistance, and homelessness response. Similar to CEDP’s work on rental housing, these efforts offer a continuum of care that includes navigation and advisory services, targeted payments, legal support, and the ability to participate in advocacy.

**More about the role: **

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will serve as a core member of CEDP’s executive team, responsible for securing the organization’s financial sustainability, instilling operational excellence, and informing program strategy. The CFO will play a central role in steering CEDP through a volatile funding and budget environment while still pursuing targeted opportunities for growth. The ideal candidate will be both a strategist and an operator—someone who can establish a long-term financial strategy, clearly communicate it and galvanize a team around it. This pivotal leadership role is ideal for a nonprofit executive who thrives in complex, fast-paced, mission-driven environments, and has experience navigating complex public funding, audits, and compliance landscapes.

**Responsibilities: **

Strategic Leadership

- Lead the development of a proactive long-term financial strategy to promote organizational sustainability and resilience

- Translate complex financial data into accessible and actionable insights for executives, funders, and board members

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

- Develop and manage annual budgets and multi-year financial plans aligned with programmatic goals and funding expectations

- Build and institutionalize financial forecasting, variance analysis, and cash flow management tools

- Proactively identify and mitigate financial risks, providing timely financial guidance to the management team

Accounting, Grants, and Compliance

- Oversee all grant accounting and reporting, maintaining strict compliance with specific government grant requirements

- Ensure timely and accurate billing across 20+ public and private grants in close collaboration with program leadership

- Lead comprehensive interim and year-end financial audits in conjunction with external auditors, ensuring clean audits with no findings and no concerns

Operational Execution

- Develop standardized, repeatable processes for operational activities across accounting, reporting, and forecasting

- Adhere to a timely and accurate month-end close process and management reporting cadence

- Pursue opportunities for continuous improvement, process streamlining, and operating cost reductions

Relationship Management

- Partner closely with the rest of CEDP’s executive team, including the Co-Founders and Chief Program Officer, to infuse financial guidance into strategic decision-making

- Communicate the organization’s financial status and insights to the rest of the organization, the Board of Directors, funders, and other stakeholders

- Own relationships with external audits, banks, and government agencies

People Leadership and Development

- Lead, manage, and develop a team of experienced financial professionals, ensuring clarity of roles and effective delegation of responsibilities

- Institute a culture of ownership, accuracy, accountability, and continuous improvement within the Finance department

**Position Requirements: **

- 10+ years of progressive finance leadership and 3+ years in a CFO or executive role in a nonprofit or mission-oriented organization

- Proven ability to recruit strong talent, lead high-performing teams, develop capable leaders, and manage low performers

- Exceptional communication skills; demonstrated ability to distill complex financial information into actionable insights for diverse audiences

- Extensive experience managing publicly funded programs, multi-grant billing, and complex reporting requirements

- Experience with external auditors, compliance management, and regulatory oversight; knowledge of federal audit standards and GAAP accounting is required

- Expertise in strategic planning, budgeting & forecasting, financial analysis, and risk management

- Advanced proficiency with Excel / Google Sheets, QuickBooks, and other analytics and reporting softwares

**Preferred Qualifications: **

- A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year university or equivalent professional experience

- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation

- Knowledge of the affordable housing landscape including regulatory environment, compliance, leading organizations, and major funders

- Experience raising loan capital and/or writing grants and proposals is a strong plus

**Why Us? **

- We are a social enterprise with a sustainable business model focused on one of the most important issues in society – keeping people in their homes and maintaining access to affordable housing

- Opportunity for local involvement while making a statewide and even a national impact

- Our co-founders have collaborated for 5+ years and are committed to building a company where everyone loves to work

- Unlimited growth potential within the organization

- The opportunity to step into a new organization five years after its founding and play a substantial role in its growth

**Additional Details: **

- The position includes competitive pay, flexible time off, a benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), and 401k.

- A competitive salary of $192,000 a year

- Employees who utilize two languages or more at work are eligible for a $2,000 salary differential per year added to the salary grade listed above. For qualified roles, language assessment will be conducted by the organization as a requirement to receive the differential

- All employees are eligible for a technology stipend of $720 per year. Alternatively, they may opt out of the stipend and receive an organization-issued cell phone instead.

- Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, but must be received by March 28, 2026

- The estimated time to complete the recruitment process will be by April 15, 2026

- As in-person work is sometimes required, all employees at CEDP & CED Law are expected to maintain current vaccination status in keeping with CDC recommendations.

- CEDP is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Chief Financial Officer

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