Job Title: Managing Clerk
Department: Dispute Resolution & Restructuring
Office: New York
Report to: Paralegal Manager
Status: Exempt
Summary
We strive to be enterprising, respectful, inclusive, insightful, and tenacious in every aspect of our business, including our interactions with clients, colleagues, and the communities where we have a presence. We rely on these core values to serve clients in key practice areas and industries – the pillars of Brown Rudnick: crisis management, which includes restructuring, investigations, and special situations; global litigation; life sciences; technology; and brand and reputation protection.
Brown Rudnick is seeking a Managing Clerk to join the Dispute Resolution & Restructuring department. The Managing Clerk will provide guidance to multiple practice groups/attorneys on court rules and customs, procedural issues/strategies, and practical aspects of pending cases. The Managing Clerk will assume responsibility for the daily docket and court services including court filings, service of pleadings, service of process, motions, and other matters.
Responsibilities
- Maintain litigation docket and calendar
- Ensure compliance and record all incoming and outgoing documents in docket database and accurately calculate and record procedural deadlines and due dates
- Responsible for electronic filings in assigned courts. Must be familiar with and keep up to date on all filing rules, procedures, and judges individual practices
- Manage all case-specific information in jurisdictions
- Monitor case progress in assigned courts, obtain decisions and orders, obtain docket updates, and communicate case status changes to responsible attorneys
- Effectively communicate and present information, as well as respond to procedural inquiries and questions from attorneys and business professionals
- Act as liaison with court personnel - establish and maintain good working relations with court personnel, process servers, and couriers
- Establish and manage an internal timetable for completing work assignments and docketing deadlines in a timely and accurate fashion
- Respond to procedural inquiries and questions, including court research at the direction of attorneys, paralegals, and other business professionals
- Support projects such as Docket Audits, Outstanding Motions Lists, Appeals Lists, Business Development Lists, etc.
- Responsible for understanding and researching court procedural rules and determining if procedures need to be updated
- Keep abreast of developments, procedures, and rules in the forums where the firm practices, including general state and federal practice
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- 5 + years of Managing Clerk experience in a law firm environment
- Bachelors degree
- Proficient in searching and retrieving information from court-related databases (e.g. Courtlink, PACER, eLaw, CourtAlert) and other on-line sources of case information
- Hands-on experience with rules-based calendaring software (e.g. CourtAlert, CompuLaw or ProLaw)
- Must be highly familiar with litigation practice and able to quickly and accurately determine which filings and documents trigger future deadlines
- Demonstrated familiarity with federal, state and local court systems, including electronic filing systems
- Demonstrated familiarity with New York Civil Practice Law & Rules and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
- Proficiency in the Microsoft Suite - specifically, Word & Excel, along with Adobe Acrobat, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
- Ability to handle competing priorities
- Ability to develop and maintain collaborative working relationships
- Proactive problem solver
- Highly developed project management skills
- Exceptional judgment, flexibility, and professionalism
- Professional presence, strong interpersonal, management, and critical thinking skills.
- Ability to make sound decisions and demonstrate a high degree of trustworthiness in handling confidential and sensitive information
- Ability to prioritize and manage time effectively
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while exhibiting strong attention to detail
Who We Are
Brown Rudnick is a leading international law firm that provides exceptional, client-driven service in global litigation, crisis management (restructuring, investigations and special situations), brand and reputation management, life sciences and technology. We advise on high-profile cross-border matters while providing the kind of personal attention to clients that is typically found at boutiques. Our enterprising and tenacious lawyers serve our clients around the globe from offices in key financial centers in the U.S. and the U.K., and have been recognized by, among others, Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation and Law360 for excellence in their fields.
Salary range based on experience level and location is estimated to be in the range of $100,000-140,000.
Brown Rudnick LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to recruiting, developing, and advancing talented professionals from all backgrounds across the spectrum of diversity. All employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of their qualifications, consistent with applicable state and federal laws, without regard to race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, religious beliefs, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, or another protected characteristic, all as defined by applicable laws.