Docketing & Court Services Clerk
Web ID: SFL7915
Classification: DocketingLegal
City: Remote
State: Remote
Compensation: $67,000.00 - $101,000.00 per year
Education: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience
Benefits: Comprehensive Benefits Package
Job Description: Location: Remote: Must be local to DC, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Palo Alto.
Summary:
Responsible for providing first-level support for the Firm’s automated docket and calendar system and procedures and federal cases including routine data entry, daily maintenance, and communications with case teams.
Requirements:
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. college or university is required.
- 2+ years of docketing or similar litigation calendar database experience at an AMLAW 100 or 200 firm.
- Hands-on experience with a strong working knowledge of the CourtAlert system.
- Working knowledge of DMV and federal court rules, including local rules of the various courts in the DMV.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal skills, and a strong service orientation; excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and a willingness to work reasonable overtime as needed.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software.
- Prior experience as a paralegal is a plus.
Location: Remote: Must be local to DC, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Palo Alto.
Summary:
Responsible for providing first-level support for the Firm’s automated docket and calendar system and procedures and federal cases including routine data entry, daily maintenance, and communications with case teams.
Requirements:
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited U.S. college or university is required.
- 2+ years of docketing or similar litigation calendar database experience at an AMLAW 100 or 200 firm.
- Hands-on experience with a strong working knowledge of the CourtAlert system.
- Working knowledge of DMV and federal court rules, including local rules of the various courts in the DMV.
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal skills, and a strong service orientation; excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and a willingness to work reasonable overtime as needed.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software.
- Prior experience as a paralegal is a plus.
Job Requirements:
- Enters docket dates from court documents and correspondence and ensures appropriate maintenance of data in the CourtAlert system.
- Ensures daily preparation and distribution of reports from the docketing system including weekly lawyer deadlines reports and other case- specific reports as needed.
- Provides necessary support and oversight for information workflows related to scheduling, calendaring, and procedures in litigation matters in the DC office, and as needed for Firm lawyers in other offices.
- Evaluates processes and recommends improvements to the current systems and procedures related to docketing for DC cases.
- Responds to requests related to litigation scheduling, court rules, etc., from lawyers and staff working on DC cases.
- Provides first-level support for DMV state and federal ECF, other pleadings and court papers filing, and case record file access and administration.
- As available, provides support for general paralegal tasks in the DC office.
- Performs other duties as assigned by Firm management.
- Uphold high standards of confidentiality, discretion, and integrity, particularly with respect to all sensitive and/or confidential firm and client information to which this position will have access.
- Enters docket dates from court documents and correspondence and ensures appropriate maintenance of data in the CourtAlert system.
- Ensures daily preparation and distribution of reports from the docketing system including weekly lawyer deadlines reports and other case- specific reports as needed.
- Provides necessary support and oversight for information workflows related to scheduling, calendaring, and procedures in litigation matters in the DC office, and as needed for Firm lawyers in other offices.
- Evaluates processes and recommends improvements to the current systems and procedures related to docketing for DC cases.
- Responds to requests related to litigation scheduling, court rules, etc., from lawyers and staff working on DC cases.
- Provides first-level support for DMV state and federal ECF, other pleadings and court papers filing, and case record file access and administration.
- As available, provides support for general paralegal tasks in the DC office.
- Performs other duties as assigned by Firm management.
- Uphold high standards of confidentiality, discretion, and integrity, particularly with respect to all sensitive and/or confidential firm and client information to which this position will have access.