Docking Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Docketing Specialist

Position Details :

The Docketing Specialist will be a part of the Business and Reorganization Team (“BRT”) and Dispute Resolution Team (DRT) and will work closely with BRT and DRT attorneys, paralegals and legal staff to provide expert support in litigation and bankruptcy calendaring and docketing, court rules, case research, legal procedures, electronic filing procedures across various offices and courts, following detailed firm and team protocols, with a strong emphasis on risk management and quality control.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Apply docketing / calendaring expertise to calculate and calendar essential matter-related deadlines, utilizing the firm's court rules-based docketing software.
• Review bankruptcy and litigation documents for relevant dates, and alert attorneys and paralegals of upcoming deadlines by effectively using the docketing system to enter applicable dates.
• Conduct high-level research and retrieve pertinent information on litigants, court cases, dockets and judge information from all court-related databases (i.e. PACER, Westlaw, CourtDrive) and other online court and vendor services.
• Respond in a timely and efficient manner to procedural requests / inquiries from attorneys and staff regarding calendared events and deadlines, pleadings, court procedures, applicable court rules, and date calculations.
• Create, prepare, and distribute docket reports with upcoming deadlines to the teams and apply quality control measures to all docketing / court data.
• Strong knowledge of State and Federal Court Rules and procedures that apply to all aspects of performing calendaring / docketing functions.
• Perform ad hoc calendaring / docketing, research and miscellaneous projects as assigned.
• Participate in weekly team meeting, working closely with the paralegals and attorneys on agenda items to be discussed in a group setting

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