Intellectual Property Partner Lateral

Silicon Valley Office

3000 Sand Hill Road, Suite 220

Menlo Park, CA 94025

Position Overview

Argue, Points & Tally is evaluating an experienced Intellectual
Property partner lateral to help establish and develop the firm’s
Silicon Valley presence.

This is not structured as a conventional replacement hire. The position
is intended for an established partner capable of contributing substantive
intellectual-property capability, client relationships, practice leadership,
business development, and market credibility while participating directly
in the formation and growth of a new AP&T office.

The successful lateral would be expected to operate as both a practicing
attorney and a senior institutional participant, working with firm leadership,
other partners, attorneys, clients, and professional staff to develop an
integrated Silicon Valley platform.

Strategic Mandate

AP&T’s objective is to establish a credible Silicon Valley presence
anchored by an experienced Intellectual Property partner with meaningful
technology-sector relationships and the ability to help build a sustainable
local practice.

The role therefore combines client service, business generation,
practice development, attorney leadership, office integration,
market development, and collaboration with AP&T practices in
other locations.

Partner Profile

AP&T is interested in an established Intellectual Property partner
whose practice demonstrates substantive depth, sound professional judgment,
durable client relationships, and the ability to contribute to the
development of a new office and broader firm platform.

The position may be appropriate for a partner whose practice includes
patent, technology, intellectual-property transactions, strategic IP
counseling, licensing, prosecution, litigation, portfolio development,
or a complementary combination of those areas, depending on the partner’s
clients and broader strategic fit with AP&T.

Representative Responsibilities

• Lead and develop sophisticated Intellectual Property matters for
  technology, growth-stage, institutional, and other clients.
• Maintain and expand senior-level client relationships consistent
  with professional obligations and applicable conflicts requirements.
• Help establish AP&T’s Silicon Valley market presence and contribute
  to the development of the new office.
• Participate in business development, relationship development,
  market positioning, and cross-practice client opportunities.
• Work with AP&T partners in Corporate, Venture Capital,
  Litigation, Tax, Employment, Finance, and related practices
  where client needs cross practice boundaries.
• Participate in recruiting, mentoring, supervision, and development
  of attorneys and professional staff supporting the Silicon Valley office.
• Contribute to practice planning, staffing, succession, client coverage,
  knowledge development, and institutional integration.
• Participate with firm leadership in decisions concerning office growth,
  practice development, resource needs, and long-term strategic direction.

Portable Business & Client Relationships

The nature, durability, concentration, and potential portability of
client relationships are material considerations for this lateral opportunity.
AP&T does not treat historical origination or prior-year collections,
standing alone, as proof that business will transfer.

Evaluation may include the partner’s historical client relationships,
current matter activity, recurring work, relationship responsibility,
client concentration, billing and collection history, institutional
dependencies, geographic considerations, conflicts, and the likelihood
that particular relationships could continue within the AP&T platform.

Any representation concerning portable business remains subject to
appropriate review, clarification, conflicts analysis, client choice,
professional obligations, verification where applicable, and authorization.

Team Portability & Staffing

AP&T may consider whether attorneys or professional staff associated
with the partner’s existing practice are relevant to the successful
transition and development of the Silicon Valley office.

Team composition, individual interest, staffing requirements,
conflicts, compensation, role structure, hiring authority,
transition timing, and any potential movement of additional personnel
would require separate review and authorization. A partner’s lateral
evaluation does not itself authorize the recruitment or transfer
of other attorneys or staff.

New Office Leadership

Because this lateral is connected to the development of a new office,
AP&T will evaluate more than substantive practice strength and
portable business.

Relevant considerations may include leadership judgment, collaboration,
attorney development, staffing philosophy, professional reputation,
market relationships, cultural integration, operational discipline,
willingness to build across practices, and the ability to represent
AP&T effectively in a new market.

Office leadership authority, management responsibilities, committee roles,
budgets, hiring authority, and other institutional powers are not implied
by the position title and would require separate definition and authorization.

Cross-Practice Platform

A material objective of the Silicon Valley expansion is to create
opportunities for clients to access AP&T capabilities beyond a
single Intellectual Property practice.

The partner should be prepared to collaborate with attorneys in
Corporate, Venture Capital & Emerging Companies, Litigation,
Employment, Tax, Finance, and other practices where those capabilities
support client needs. Cross-practice potential will be evaluated as
part of overall platform alignment rather than assumed from the existence
of a client relationship.

Professional & Leadership Expectations

AP&T expects a partner lateral at this level to demonstrate
substantive legal capability, strong professional judgment,
client stewardship, commercial awareness, leadership discipline,
collaboration, and responsible supervision of attorneys and staff.

The successful partner should be capable of functioning as an
institutional contributor rather than solely as an individual
producer, with attention to firm integration, shared client service,
attorney development, succession, risk management, and long-term
practice sustainability.

Conflicts & Professional Obligations

Conflicts analysis is a material component of any partner lateral
evaluation and may affect client portability, matter acceptance,
team transition, timing, and overall feasibility.

Client and matter information used for conflicts or lateral evaluation
must be handled through the applicable governed process and consistent
with confidentiality, professional responsibility, privacy,
authorization, and other applicable obligations.

Compensation & Economic Alignment

Partner compensation would depend on the final structure of the lateral
relationship and may take into account practice contribution, historical
economics, expected portable business, collections, origination,
client responsibility, team requirements, leadership responsibilities,
office-development commitments, and broader institutional contribution.

No compensation structure, equity status, guaranteed compensation,
draw, credit allocation, capital requirement, or other economic term
should be inferred from this Position Listing. Those matters require
separate review, negotiation, approval, and authorization.

Integration & Transition

A successful lateral transition would require coordinated planning
concerning clients, active matters, conflicts, personnel, technology,
records, office operations, communications, business development,
billing arrangements, and other implementation requirements.

Preparation for transition does not itself authorize client movement,
personnel movement, public announcement, outreach, disclosure,
new-matter acceptance, or other operational action.

Additional Position Context

Senior lateral evaluation frequently requires information that cannot
responsibly be reduced to a conventional job description. Some subjects
may therefore be developed or clarified through governed exchanges
as the evaluation progresses.

Topics may include:

• Practice composition and substantive focus
• Historical business and expected portability
• Client concentration and relationship responsibility
• Origination and collection history
• Conflicts and client restrictions
• Team portability and staffing requirements
• Office-launch responsibilities
• Leadership and management expectations
• Cross-practice opportunities
• Market-development expectations
• Compensation and economic structure
• Equity or non-equity status
• Capital requirements where applicable
• Client transition and implementation timing
• Succession and long-term client coverage
• Long-term professional and institutional alignment

This Position Listing is a permitted presentation of approved AP&T
position information. It is not itself the complete Position Record.

Information concerning clients, portable business, compensation,
conflicts, team composition, office leadership, or other lateral
considerations does not become established Position Record information
merely because it is discussed during an exchange.

Exchange-derived information may require structured capture,
employer confirmation, verification where applicable, conflicts review,
authorization, and other appropriate professional review before it is
used for LexAlign, lateral evaluation, decision-making, disclosure,
implementation, or an Authorized Result.

Explore This Partner Opportunity with AP&T Verolex

Continue beyond the Position Listing through the AP&T governed
employment experience.

Depending on the applicable pathway and stage, the AP&T Employment
Communicator may help explore the Intellectual Property practice,
Silicon Valley office strategy, client and practice considerations,
team structure, compensation context, conflicts, LexAlign,
interview preparation, governed interviewing, verification requirements,
and the appropriate next step.

AP&T Demonstration Notice

Argue, Points & Tally and this partner opportunity are part of the
Verolex Managed Employer demonstration environment. The Verolex functions
demonstrated through this environment are real and operational; the
institution, position, and real-world employment consequences are simulated.