Mandarin-fluent Patent Litigator
Substantive Legal Experience
Substantive Legal Experience
Legal Staffing
Apr 21, 2026
Lawyers on Demand, a Consilio Company, is one of the largest and fastest growing global legal services businesses, and as a ‘new law’ pioneer, we continue to lead the market we’ve created.
With a global team of over 600 attorneys and consultants working across our secondments, legal advisory services, and legal operations & tech solutions, we want you to be a part of our exciting journey!
Lawyers on Demand (LOD), a Consilio company, is assisting a commercial law firm in seeking a Mandarin-Fluent Patent Litigator for a long-term, temporary engagement. This role is ideally structured as a hybrid position, with time spent in either the New York or Newark, NJ office.
Role Details
Position Overview
The client is seeking an experienced patent litigator with strong technical and litigation skills to support complex patent disputes. Fluency in Mandarin is required to effectively support matters involving Mandarin-language documents and Chinese-based clients.
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications
LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion is a core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including people with disability, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.
With a global team of over 600 attorneys and consultants working across our secondments, legal advisory services, and legal operations & tech solutions, we want you to be a part of our exciting journey!
Lawyers on Demand (LOD), a Consilio company, is assisting a commercial law firm in seeking a Mandarin-Fluent Patent Litigator for a long-term, temporary engagement. This role is ideally structured as a hybrid position, with time spent in either the New York or Newark, NJ office.
Role Details
- Start: ASAP
- Duration: 3–6 months
- Hours: Full-time (40 hours per week)
- Location: Hybrid preferred (2–3 days per week onsite in New York, NY or Newark, NJ)
- Pay Rate: $100/hour
Position Overview
The client is seeking an experienced patent litigator with strong technical and litigation skills to support complex patent disputes. Fluency in Mandarin is required to effectively support matters involving Mandarin-language documents and Chinese-based clients.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage all phases of patent litigation in federal courts and before the PTAB
- Draft motions, briefs, and other litigation filings
- Oversee and participate in discovery, including depositions and deposition preparation
- Support hearings, strategy discussions, and interactions with opposing counsel
- Collaborate with internal teams and clients on case strategy and execution
Qualifications
- 5+ years of patent litigation experience, ideally within a large law firm environment
- Demonstrated experience handling matters in federal courts and PTAB proceedings
- Fluency in Mandarin (required)
- Active license to practice law in any U.S. jurisdiction (in good standing)
- Admission in New York and/or New Jersey preferred
- USPTO registration is a plus
LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion is a core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including people with disability, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.