Litigation Docket Specialist
About The Position
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, a leading global law firm, is seeking a Litigation Docket Specialist to support its litigation practice firmwide. This role involves providing comprehensive docket reports, answering case team questions, and researching complex issues before escalation. The specialist will also train staff and attorneys on the firm's docket software and related procedures. Reporting to the Legal Practice Support Management team, the position allows for guidance from the Senior Litigation Docket Specialist and the Supervisor of Legal Practice Support Operations. The firm supports flexible working arrangements, and this position can be based in Boston, Century City, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Orange County, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, Silicon Valley (Palo Alto), or Washington D.C., with a hybrid in-office/remote schedule. Flexibility to work overtime is required.
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- A minimum of seven years of related experience.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong proofreading skills and exceptional attention to detail.
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with a wide range of individuals.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and balance competing demands and meet deadlines in a fast-paced professional environment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ability to adapt to new software programs.
Nice To Haves
- An understanding of court docketing and calendaring procedures and familiarity with court filings and general rules of court for processing pleadings at the federal, state, and county level strongly preferred.
- CompuLaw or comparable docketing software a plus.
Responsibilities
- Maintains the computerized docket system for litigation attorneys practicing in multiple courts and jurisdictions.
- Reviews correspondence, pleadings, discovery, filings and deposition notices for relevant and pertinent deadlines and extensive daily data entry into the calendaring database according to firm wide and department standards.
- Manages complex, high end docketing work (e.g. scheduling orders).
- Research questions from attorneys, paralegals and/or secretaries regarding deadlines, calculations of deadlines, local rules, etc.
- Responds to requests regarding calendared events, pleadings, and court procedures and modifications to compliance dates on the docket calendar.
- References and research court codes, state and federal statutes, court websites and Lexis-Nexis and Westlaw as appropriate.
- Enters parameters, run, print, and distribute reports as necessary.
- Prioritizes and processes requests received from attorneys, paralegals and/or secretaries to docket litigation deadlines in active litigation for clients.
- Trains staff and attorneys on the computerized docket system and proper procedures related to docket/calendaring on an ongoing basis as required.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical coverage, with a variety of plans
- Health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts
- Domestic partner coverage
- Parental leave
- Vacation and holiday leave
- Life and accident insurance
- Income protection, including sick leave, salary continuation, and long term disability.
- 401(k) plan
- Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, life, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, business travel accident insurance plans
- Health savings and flexible spending accounts for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents.
- Employee Assistance Program
- Work/Life Services
- Health Advocate
- Bright Horizons Back-Up Child Care
- WageWorks Commuter Benefits for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents.
- 9 paid holidays per calendar year
- 2 personal days per year
- up to 20 days of vacation per year.
- 1 paid sick leave hour for 30 hours worked.
- up to five days off for bereavement leave
- up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave per year
- up to 10 weeks of paid pregnancy disability leave per pregnancy.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
