Case Administrator

United States Courts; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Boston Clerk’s Office of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts seeks a Case Administrator to electronically manage bankruptcy cases in CM/ECF, maintain official case records, monitor procedural steps, and perform the necessary noticing, administrative, and clerical tasks.

Duties include quality controlling the assigned caseload, scanning documents, docketing hard copies, issuing notices, daily filing, and coordinating with trustees and counsel.

Responsibilities

• Electronically manage bankruptcy cases in CM/ECF and maintain official records.
• Monitor procedural steps and perform noticing, administrative, and clerical tasks.
• Quality control of caseload, scanning and docketing documents, and issuing notices.
• Serve as back-up Electronic Court Recorder Operator and record proceedings when needed.

Job description

Overview of the Position This position is located in the Boston Clerk’s Office of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts. The Case Administrator electronically manages the progression of bankruptcy cases in an electronic case filing (CM/ECF) system by maintaining the official case records, monitoring the completion of the required procedural steps, and performing the necessary noticing, administrative, and clerical tasks. Duties include managing and quality controlling the assigned caseload to ensure timely progression in the CM/ECF system; scanning documents through an imaging system and monitoring the process; docketing hard copies of documents and issuing appropriate notices; daily filing; regular monitoring of email for issues/questions related to documents, files, and hearings; interacting with trustees and counsel; processing case conversions; preparing cases for closing; and providing non-legal information to the public. The Case Administrator may also be tasked with other duties as assigned including serving as a back-up Electronic Court Recorder Operator. In that role, the Case Administrator will attend court proceedings and be responsible for making a verbatim recording of the court proceedings through the use and operation of electronic sound recording equipment and creating electronic log notes of the proceedings.

The federal Judiciary is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.