About the Role
The Docketing Coordinator will oversee the Firm’s centralized litigation calendaring functions, ensuring accurate, timely, and consistent management of all deadlines across jurisdictions. This role serves as the coordinator of the department’s calendaring inbox and related requests, assigning and tracking docketing tasks, supervising new matter setup, and acting as a key resource for case teams on complex date calculations, procedural rules, and department capabilities. The Docketing Coordinator will troubleshoot calendaring and vendor related technical issues, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to enhance systems and develop protocols that promote efficiency and reduce risk. This role requires close collaboration with attorneys, legal assistants and practice support staff to provide reliable calendaring information, resolve discrepancies and promote best practices in deadline management. It also includes training team members, preparing training presentations for the department, and serving as a liaison for the department’s IP docketing operations.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the designated coordinator of the department’s centralized calendaring inbox and related calendaring operations and workflows
- Monitor and manage calendaring requests to ensure prompt review and distribution
- Assign docketing and calendaring tasks to team members based on workload, jurisdiction, and complexity
- Track calendaring requests to completion to ensure accuracy and timeliness
- Oversee setup of new matters in the firm’s docketing system, ensuring triggering dates, deadlines and jurisdiction specific requirements are properly entered
- Ensure case teams receive confirmation of case setups and calendared deadline reports
- Address complex calendaring questions and issues raised by case teams and provide guidance
- Act as key point of contact for case teams regarding calendaring capabilities and limitations, alert coverage, and jurisdiction-specific practices
- Troubleshoot technical issues involving calendaring software and third-party alert providers
- Collaborate with internal IT teams and external vendors to resolve system issues and improve functionality
- Develop and maintain internal protocols for inbox management, task assignment, and quality control practices
- Identify and recommend process improvements to enhance workflow efficiency and reduce risk
- Assist in training team members on date calculation, best practices, and docketing system features
- Stay informed of rule changes and assess their impact on calendaring processes
- Prepare presentation materials for weekly meetings, addressing recent rule changes, refreshers, and highlighting key rules and deadline differences in new jurisdictions
- Oversee IP docketing inboxes and serve as the primary liaison between the internal IP team and the external docketing vendor and support team, clarifying practices and procedures and assisting with technical issues
Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience working a Managing Attorney’s/Clerk’s Office at large law firm
- Advanced knowledge of federal and state court rules and deadline calculation
- Proficiency with docketing and case management software, such as CourtAlert, Milana or Compulaw.
- Familiarity with CompuLaw, CourtAlert, Bloomberg Law, and ECFx, Courthouse News, CourtAlert, Bloomberg Law, PacerPro, and ECFx
- Strong technical skills and experience troubleshooting software or vendor-related issues
- Comprehensive understanding of litigation stages and associated workflows
- Ability to handle, prioritize, and complete assignments with competing deadlines
- Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in all work activities
- Positive, resourceful, and flexible approach
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $80,000-$110,000
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life coverage
- Disability coverage
- 401(k) retirement savings
- Vacation time
- Leave programs (including parental leave)
- Performance bonus eligible (for exempt roles)
About the Company
- White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide.
- With a long history as an international firm, we are well-positioned to help clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may arise.
- Operating across six continents and working in virtually every country, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality, full-service practice that competes at the top of the market.
- We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in key financial markets and our expertise in handling complex cross-border work.
- What sets us apart is not just our global network of offices but the interconnectedness of our Firm.
- Our people and clients value our collaboration across geographic and practice boundaries, which is why we attract and retain significant cross-border work.
- Representing multiple nationalities from across the world and speaking a vast array of languages, our lawyers and Business Services professionals are globally minded, enterprising, and committed to excellence.
Equal Opportunity
- White & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace.
- It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.
- Applicants who are interested in applying for a position and require an accommodation during the process should contact talent.acquisition@whitecase.com.
