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

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to be a self-starter who is motivated, flexible, and shows initiative
• A belief in the firm’s core values: collaboration, inclusion, ingenuity, respect, integrity, and commitment
• The comfort to work with diverse personalities within various levels of the firm

Skills

• Self-starter
• Motivated
• Flexible
• Shows initiative

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.

Pay

• 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

• Hybrid or remote opportunity