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Alston & Bird · 1 month ago

Docketing Clerk

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$65K/yr - $85K/yr

5+ years exp

Alston & Bird is a leading international law firm dedicated to excellence and professional development. The Docketing Clerk role involves providing essential support in managing the calendaring process, docketing, and handling court filings while ensuring compliance with California court jurisdictions.

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Comp. & Benefits

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Responsibilities

Responsibilities include providing comprehensive litigation computations of California court deadlines, maintenance and updating of the firm’s litigation calendar/docket

Prepares and coordinates docket calendar events for a group of attorneys and legal assistants

Answer court-related inquiries from docketing staff, attorneys, paralegals and legal administrative assistants

Responsible for reviewing all litigation documents, including those being delivered by overnight services (Fed Ex/UPS), the pouches, electronic deliveries to dept. email account, and ECF filing, hand deliveries, calculating deadline dates and inputting information into the firms docketing database

Generates reports detailing action items and due dates

Advise attorneys of issues relevant to clearing the docket and de-docket actions as needed

Research all States, Federal, Appellate and Local Court Rules, review Court/Judge Orders to insure accurate deadlines

Candidate will be required to work on local and firm-wide initiatives related to calendaring, departmental procedures, and protocol

Develop expert knowledge of the court filings and standards; resolve court filing questions and ensure court filings are completed accurately

Communicating directly with court/administrative offices to confirm rules and procedures

Performing all aspects of court services functions, including print and electronic filings, court rule updates, and engagement of attorney services companies relating to delivering the filings to courts and counsel, service of process and subpoenas

Communicate with litigation teams in advance of filings, confirming cite-checking has been completed, review the filing for conformity with court rules, filing with the court, delivering courtesy and service copies

Maintain accurate CA attorney filing credentials, create court admission accounts for CA attorneys and troubleshoot credential issues

Qualification

Docketing software proficiencyCalifornia court knowledgeLitigation process knowledgeElectronic filing systemsCourt rules knowledgeJudgmentCommunication skillsAttention to detailTime managementCollaboration skills

Required

Extensive knowledge and understanding of California court jurisdictions, venues, calendaring and pleadings

Providing comprehensive litigation computations of California court deadlines

Maintenance and updating of the firm's litigation calendar/docket

Preparing and coordinating docket calendar events for a group of attorneys and legal assistants

Answering court-related inquiries from docketing staff, attorneys, paralegals and legal administrative assistants

Reviewing all litigation documents, including those being delivered by overnight services (Fed Ex/UPS), the pouches, electronic deliveries to dept. email account, and ECF filing, hand deliveries, calculating deadline dates and inputting information into the firms docketing database

Generating reports detailing action items and due dates

Advising attorneys of issues relevant to clearing the docket and de-docket actions as needed

Researching all States, Federal, Appellate and Local Court Rules, reviewing Court/Judge Orders to insure accurate deadlines

Working on local and firm-wide initiatives related to calendaring, departmental procedures, and protocol

Developing expert knowledge of the court filings and standards; resolving court filing questions and ensuring court filings are completed accurately

Communicating directly with court/administrative offices to confirm rules and procedures

Communicating with litigation teams in advance of filings, confirming cite-checking has been completed, reviewing the filing for conformity with court rules, filing with the court, delivering courtesy and service copies

Maintaining accurate CA attorney filing credentials, creating court admission accounts for CA attorneys and troubleshooting credential issues

Proficient in using docketing software Milana, CompuLaw, CourtAlert

Excellent verbal, written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills

Experience with federal, state and local court systems, including electronic filing systems (i.e. NYSCEF, PACER, First Legal, One Legal, True Filing et al.)

General level of knowledge of court rules and procedures in various jurisdictions including California and New York

Working knowledge of litigation process, legal terminology, legal and court procedures, docket and records management and CA filing processes

A high degree of integrity and the ability to disperse accurate and timely information to attorneys, legal assistants, and docketing assistant teams

Strong attention to detail and accuracy in data entry

Excellent organization and time management skills

Ability to work independently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Preferred

Knowledge of legal terminology and procedures

Ability to collaborate with others

Good judgment

Minimum 5 years of legal experience

Bachelor's degree

Company

Alston & Bird

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Alston & Bird LLP is a law firm providing legal services in Intellectual property issues, and most prominently patent rights.

Founded in 1893

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.alston.com/

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