Careers at Our Firm

Our Core Values

Torrey Pines Law Group is dedicated to a set of core values, including:

Excellence by applying the highest levels of preparation, thought, and focus to each matter for each client
Service by always seeking to fully grasp our client's evolving needs through frequent and open communication, and then meeting and exceeding those needs
Integrity by modeling and demanding candor, reliability, loyalty, and observance of professional standards of responsibility and ethics
Imagination by bringing open minds, novel perspectives, and fresh solutions to our clients, and
Teamwork by acknowledging and fostering the many forms of contribution and insight provided by all members of our team.

We invite qualified individuals to find out what a career with us is all about. Please send inquiries to careers@torreypineslaw.com.

Current Openings:

Biotechnology Patent Attorney or Agent

San Diego: In-Office, Remote, or Hybrid

We are seeking a biotechnology patent attorney or patent agent to engage with our early- to mid-stage biotechnology, bioinformatics, biopharmaceutical, and diagnostics clients. The position requires 5 to 8 years of experience and registration to practice before the US Patent & Trademark Office. Primary responsibilities of the position include:

Directly engaging with and coordinating invention disclosures with our clients
Drafting life sciences patent applications
Prosecuting US patent applications
Overseeing prosecution of foreign patent applications
Conducting patentability, landscape, freedom-to-operate, validity and infringement analyses, and
Supporting IP due diligence in investments, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, collaborations, and international licenses.

Qualified candidates should at a minimum have an undergraduate degree in the life sciences (molecular biology, biochemistry, biomedical engineering, organic chemistry, immunology, etc.). Advanced degrees are preferred. You will become part of a highly experienced and entrepreneurial team working with experts in convergent technologies (e.g., Artificial Intelligence (AI) and medical devices), as well as FDA regulatory advisors and technology transactions lawyers.

We offer a percentage-based compensation plan that generously rewards hard-working practitioners while providing flexibility to maintain a reasonable work/life balance. Our firm is diverse, inclusive, entrepreneurial and family-oriented, and our dedicated paralegals and administrative support team are best-in-class. Our San Diego offices are in Carmel Valley, and we support in-office, remote, and hybrid working arrangements.

If you are interested, please send your resume and a writing sample by email to careers@torreypineslaw.com.

Torrey Pines Law Group, PC serves technology innovators with protecting intellectual property, obtaining regulatory approvals and clearances, and making deals and closing technology transactions throughout the U.S., including in major technology hubs such as San Diego, San Francisco, Palo Alto, San Jose, Silicon Valley, Boston, Cambridge, Chicago, Minneapolis, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, Portland, Boulder, Orlando, the Research Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill), the Mid-Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC), Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Ann Arbor, and throughout Southern California in Los Angeles, Orange County, Irvine, Torrey Pines, Sorrento Valley, and La Jolla.

We have experience with international intellectual property, regulatory and transactional matters pending in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou China; Tokyo, Japan; Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt Germany; Tel Aviv Israel; Mumbai, Bengaluru, and New Delhi India; London and Edinburgh United Kingdom; Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and Montreal Canada; Dublin, Ireland; Cape Town, South Africa; Mexico City and Tijuana Mexico; Brussels, Belgium; Copenhagen, Denmark; Paris, France; Madrid and Barcelona Spain; Moscow, Russia; Santiago, Chile; Montevideo, Uruguay; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Seoul, South Korea; Taipei, Taiwan; Hong Kong; Hanoi, Vietnam; Bangkok, Thailand; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Milan, Italy; Singapore; Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide Australia; Auckland, New Zealand; Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; Kiev, Ukraine; Budapest, Hungary; Vienna, Austria; Prague, Czechia; Geneva and Lausanne Switzerland; Bahrain; Doha, Qatar; Abu Dhabi and Dubai UAE; and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.