Litigation Docket Clerk

Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes. Our exceptional teams craft and deploy creative legal strategies that are meticulously tailored to every matter, however complex or high-stakes. The firm’s work is distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision.

Based in Los Angeles or Orange County, the Litigation Docket Clerk will be responsible for the daily activities in a Managing Attorney’s Office, with a focus on calendaring using the firm’s calendaring database (CourtAlert), retrieval of court documents; maintaining and updating all related databases; processing and calendaring incoming court documents, checking dockets for updates and running calendar reports; communicating with  attorneys and other members of the firm regarding MAO calendaring and docketing  procedures.

This role reports to the Litigation Docket Supervisor.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing support to litigation attorneys, including calculating deadlines, retrieval of documents.
• Tracking critical dates and related details and communicating information with attorneys, paralegals and/or staff as necessary.
• Reviewing court filings and entering calendar deadlines in centralized docketing software (CourtAlert).
• Searching cases using software and internet resources as necessary.
• Backup assistance with review of court filings to ensure compliance with court rules and procedures.
• Backup assistance for electronic court filings for state, federal district and appellate courts.
• Assisting with other administrative projects or provide general back-up support as necessary.

Qualifications:

• An understanding of court docketing and calendaring procedures and familiarity with court filings and general rules of court for processing pleadings.
• Excellent organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• General level of knowledge of court rules and procedures in California state and federal courts.
• Strong research ability and knowledge of court rules and procedures.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey information clearly and effectively.
• Flexibility to work overtime and weekends, based on department needs is required

Experience:

• Experience working in a large law firm highly desired.
• Minimum of 2 years of prior experience in litigation docketing desired.
• Familiarity with CourtAlert (or other rules-based calendaring software) preferred.
• Experience with firmwide calendaring preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and experience with rules-based calendaring software (e.g. CourtAlert, CompuLaw, MA3000, et al.).
• Experience with federal, state and local court systems, including electronic filing systems (i.e. NYSCEF, NexGen, PACER, et al.).

Gibson Dunn will consider for employment qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of local law.

Compensation & Benefits:

The annual compensation range for this position is $85-100k. The salary offered within this range will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations.

Benefits offered for this position include health care; retirement benefits; paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time; parental leave; basic life insurance; Flexible Spending Accounts; as well as discretionary, performance-based bonuses.