Litigation Docket Specialist
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is a law firm seeking a Litigation Docket Specialist. This role is responsible for performing entry level litigation-related services, tracking case deadlines, updating case information, and monitoring court filings to ensure important dates are recorded accurately.
Responsibilities
- Review emails and requests received and draft appropriate responses to attorneys and Firm administration
- Perform entry level docketing and calendar updates within Firm docketing software
- Communicate with case teams on various litigation related matters
- Assist with and train on basic electronic filing in federal and state jurisdictions
- Perform due diligence litigation docket searches
- Perform quality checks on docket entries
- Escalate complex docketing questions or issues to Senior Docketing Specialist
- Communicate with court personnel via phone and email, as necessary
- Selectively bill time as authorized by partners
- Confer with outside vendors for retrieval of legal documents and transcripts
- Support the litigation support team with administrative and operational tasks as related to docketing and case tracking
- Perform other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree is required
- 0 to 2 years of relevant experience required
- Ability to manage multiple/simultaneous requests, assign priorities and achieve solutions within deadlines
- Knowledge of the entry level litigation docketing and calendaring process
- Ability to communicate basic litigation processes to case team and attorneys
- Must be able to work independently and collaboratively in a highly competitive and demanding environment
- Strong attention to detail and self-motivated to produce accurate, timely and complete work product
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and excellent research and analytical skills
- Knowledge of various court websites, docket searching and document retrieval databases (i.e., PACER, Milana, CasePortal, Bloomberg, and Lexis/Nexis)
- Knowledge of basic filing procedures in federal and state courts
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