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About the Role
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, a global law firm, is seeking a Litigation Docket Specialist to support its litigation practice. This role involves providing comprehensive docket reports, researching complex issues, and training staff and attorneys on docket software and procedures. The specialist will report to the Legal Practice Support Management team and can seek guidance from senior staff.
Responsibilities
- Maintains the computerized docket system for litigation attorneys across multiple courts and jurisdictions.
- Reviews correspondence, pleadings, discovery, filings, and deposition notices for deadlines and performs daily data entry into the calendaring database.
- Manages complex docketing work, including scheduling orders.
- Researches questions from attorneys, paralegals, and secretaries regarding deadlines, calculations, and local rules.
- Responds to requests concerning calendared events, pleadings, court procedures, and modifications to compliance dates.
- References and researches court codes, statutes, court websites, and legal databases.
- Enters parameters, runs, prints, and distributes reports as needed.
- Prioritizes and processes requests to docket litigation deadlines for clients.
- Trains staff and attorneys on the computerized docket system and proper docketing/calendaring procedures.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- A minimum of seven years of related experience.
- Understanding of court docketing and calendaring procedures.
- Familiarity with court filings and general rules of court for processing pleadings at federal, state, and county levels is strongly preferred.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong proofreading skills and exceptional attention to detail.
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and balance competing demands and meet deadlines in a fast-paced professional environment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Ability to adapt to new software programs.
- Flexibility to work overtime is required.
Skills
- CompuLaw or comparable docketing software a plus.
Location
- Century City, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- Orange County, CA
- Seattle, WA
- San Francisco, CA
- Silicon Valley (Palo Alto), CA
Work Type
- Hybrid in-office/remote
- Overtime
Experience Level
- Seven years of related experience
Education Level
- High School diploma or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- For positions in Century City, CA, Los Angeles, CA, and Orange County, CA the salary range for this position is: $67,000.00 - $107,825.00.
- For positions in Seattle, WA, salary range for this position is: $64,700 - $103,475.
- For positions in San Francisco, CA, and Silicon Valley, CA, the salary range for this position is: $70,070.00 - $112,093.00.
- The base salary wage range for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to prior experience, relevant expertise, current business needs, and market factors.
- The total compensation package for this position will also include eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus.
Benefits
- Medical coverage, with a variety of plans
- Health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts
- Domestic partner coverage
- Parental leave
- Vacation and holiday leave
- Life and accident insurance
- Income protection, including sick leave, salary continuation, and long term disability.
- 401(k) plan
- Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, life, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, business travel accident insurance plans
- Health savings and flexible spending accounts
- Employee Assistance Program
- Work/Life Services
- Health Advocate
- Bright Horizons Back-Up Child Care
- WageWorks Commuter Benefits
- 9 paid holidays per calendar year
- 2 personal days per year
- Up to 20 days of vacation per year
- 1 paid sick leave hour for 30 hours worked
- Up to five days off for bereavement leave
- Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave per year
- Up to 10 weeks of paid pregnancy disability leave per pregnancy
About the Company
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is one of the world’s leading global law firms with offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
- Morgan Lewis recognizes the benefits of supporting flexible working arrangements.
- Our compensation structure rewards exceptional performance and recognizes the talent and experience that our people gain with each year of service.
- We are committed to offering the best and most comprehensive benefits.
Equal Opportunity
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.
- We value inclusion and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
- Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- California Applicants: Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act, the following link contains the Firm's California Consumer Privacy Act Privacy Notice for Candidates which explains the categories of personal information that we collect and the purposes for which we use such personal information.
- Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP reasonably accommodates applicants and employees who need them to perform the essential functions of the job because of disability, religious belief, or other reason protected by applicable law.
- If hired, your employment relationship with the firm will be on an "at-will" basis, meaning that the firm may modify the terms and conditions of your employment at any time, and that either you or the firm will be free to end the relationship at any time with or without cause and with or without advance notice, although reasonable notice would be expected.