Docketing Clerk

About the role

Location: Open to all Harris Beach Murtha offices (Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Long Island (Uniondale), NYC, Rochester, Syracuse and White Plains, NY; Boston, MA; Bantam, Hartford, New Haven and Stamford, CT) for a hybrid or remote opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Review court notifications and communications from case teams for relevant dates to be calculated, updated, and entered in CourtAlert.
• Electronically file in state and federal court.
• Answer and/or research questions from attorneys and staff regarding court calendaring, civil procedure, and individual judge’s rules in State and Federal cases.
• Consult with attorneys and staff to ensure compliance with court rules and procedures, including Appellate and Bankruptcy proceedings.
• Prepare and provide various calendar and case reports, as well as daily reminders of upcoming deadlines to attorneys and staff.
• Review pleadings and court filings for compliance with court rules and protocols, including applicable fees, and work with case teams to correct any issues.
• Monitor, analyze, and document changes in court rules.
• Record all litigation documents in CourtAlert and calculate procedural due dates.
• Occasionally work overtime for after-hours electronic filing; evening e-filing coverage approximately once per week.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience within a law firm as a Docketing, Calendar, or EBT Clerk (preferred)
• Familiarity utilizing MA3000, CourtAlert, eLaw or similar docketing and calendaring tools
• Knowledge of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and/or Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
• Experience computing deadlines for state, federal and appellate courts and in government agencies across the country
• Knowledge of various court websites, docket searching, and document retrieval databases required (i.e., PACER, E-Track/E-Courts, S.C.R.O.L.L., NYCAL, Courtlink and Lexis/Nexis, etc.)

Qualifications

The firm recognizes everyone has a right to be included. You will be successful in your career at the firm if you exhibit the ability to be a self-starter who is motivated, flexible, and shows initiative, have exceptional verbal and written communication skills, believe in the firm's core values: collaboration, inclusion, ingenuity, respect, integrity, and commitment, and enjoy working with diverse personalities within various levels of the firm.

Skills

Self-starter, motivated, flexible, shows initiative, exceptional verbal and written communication skills, belief in the firm's core values, enjoys working with diverse personalities within various levels of the firm.

Benefits

Salary information will vary depending upon relevant experience for the position, geographic locations and weekly hours schedule. The anticipated weekly schedule for the Docketing Clerk is 40 hours per week.

• Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Rochester and Syracuse, NY: $24.04 - $31.25/hour
• New York, NY: $28.85 - $36.06/hour
• Uniondale and White Plains, NY: $26.45 - $33.66/hour

Pay

The anticipated weekly schedule for the Docketing Clerk is 40 hours per week.

• Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Rochester and Syracuse, NY: $24.04 - $31.25/hour
• New York, NY: $28.85 - $36.06/hour
• Uniondale and White Plains, NY: $26.45 - $33.66/hour

Schedule

The anticipated weekly schedule for the Docketing Clerk is 40 hours per week.