Litigation Docket Clerk

Must possess strong knowledge of the State, Federal, Local rules. Must have a thorough understanding of the litigation process, as well as computation of time procedures, for accurate calculations of deadline.

1-5 years of litigation docket and calendaring experience in a law firm legal docketing department or clerk's office.

Strong knowledge of state and federal rules of civil procedures.

Familiarity with using an automated, rules-based docket and calendar system [Milana, Compulaw,] and ability to make use of court rules, dockets, and other resources to aid in processing document

Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel) and PDF editing programs

Ability to comprehend, manage and sift through heavy court calendaring data

A Litigation Docket Clerk electronically calendars, oversees, updates, and maintains the firm’s events on behalf of the legal team through a litigation docketing software. The Clerk schedules court sessions, legal hearings, and all proceedings related to the client matters.

Sets up new cases in the firm’s electronic calendaring/docketing software: Milana

Reviews all documents received, identifies events to calendar and enters into Milana.

Requests calendar review by attorneys when previously entered events are rescheduled to determine if resulting deadlines change.

As necessary requests rules clarifications from Milana if attorneys question deadline calculations.