Docket Clerk

Nixon Peabody LLP; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 58,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work available

Job summary

Nixon Peabody LLP is seeking a Docket Clerk to support attorneys across litigation groups, ensuring accurate docketing, court rules compliance and timely calendar management. This role offers a remote work arrangement and standard business hours (9:00-5:30pm PST) with in-office attendance as needed.

You will maintain calendars, review filings, prepare reports in the CompuLaw Vision system, and collaborate with staff to meet deadlines and procedural requirements across California courts.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience in a docketing role.
• Bachelor’s Degree required; work experience in lieu of a degree considered.
• Knowledge with litigation calendaring using rule base systems and web-based researching skills.
• Working knowledge of California Rules of Court, California Code of Civil Procedure, FRCP and local rules.
• Experience using CompuLaw or other court docketing systems.
• Experience with searching Pacer, NYSCEF and local courts’ filing systems.
• Excellent organizational, communication, analytical and attention to detail skills.
• Ability to work efficiently and effectively with limited supervision.
• Willingness to work with a national team of experienced docketing staff to provide consistent quality services.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the firm’s calendar for assigned offices regarding all litigation activities.
• Review court filings, discovery documents, and other litigation documents and docket related deadlines using the firm’s docketing system CompuLaw Vision.
• Prepare various calendar and case reports from CompuLaw Vision.
• Consult with staff and attorneys to ensure compliance with court rules and procedures, including appellate and bankruptcy proceedings.
• Search, retrieve and download online court dockets and filed documents as requested
• Assist attorneys and staff with docketing requests as needed.
• Provide ancillary support for electronic filing in CM/ECF.
• Provide instruction to other staff in electronic filing rules and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Docketing experience

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Work experience in lieu of degree

Tools

CompuLaw

Pacer

NYSCEF

Job description

Job Description

The Docket Clerk is responsible for supporting attorneys in various practice groups by providing in-depth expertise in docketing, court rules, procedures, legal proceedings, and case trial activity. A remote work arrangement is available for this position. Hours are 9:00-5:30pm PST.

A career at Nixon Peabody is the opportunity to do work that matters. It’s the chance to use your knowledge to shape what’s ahead. To share, to innovate, to learn at a firm that taps the power of collective thinking.

We’ve created a dynamic, energizing environment that promotes success for our clients and each other. We offer fast growth, connectedness and training in business as well as law. And our rigorous standards assure you are part of a diverse team of top talent at every turn.

Location

Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA

• Maintain the firm’s calendar for assigned offices regarding all litigation activities.
• Review court filings, discovery documents, and other litigation documents and docket related deadlines using the firm’s docketing system CompuLaw Vision.
• Prepare various calendar and case reports from CompuLaw Vision.
• Consult with staff and attorneys to ensure compliance with court rules and procedures, including appellate and bankruptcy proceedings.
• Search, retrieve and download online court dockets and filed documents as requested
• Assist attorneys and staff with docketing requests as needed.
• Provide ancillary support for electronic filing in CM/ECF.
• Provide instruction to other staff in electronic filing rules and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential job responsibility listed above, satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation. Nixon Peabody retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position. The requirements listed below are representative of the skills and abilities required.

• 3-5 years’ experience in a docketing role. Experience using CompuLaw preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree required. Work experience in lieu of a degree considered.
• Knowledge with litigation calendaring using rule base systems and web-based researching skills.
• Working knowledge of California Rules of Court, California Code of Civil Procedure, FRCP and local rules.
• Experience using CompuLaw or other court docketing systems.
• Experience with searching Pacer, NYSCEF and local courts’ filing systems.
• Excellent organizational, communication, analytical, critical thinking and attention to detail skills.
• Ability to work efficiently and effectively with limited supervision.
• Willingness to work with a national team of experienced docketing staff to provide consistent quality services.
• General familiarity with best practices regarding docketing, calendaring and record keeping as they relate to loss prevention issues in the legal environment.

In accordance with applicable Federal and State laws, the anticipated annual salary range for this position, depending on location, is as follows:

• Los Angeles, CA: $57,500 to $79,200
• San Francisco, CA: $63,000 to $86,900

In addition to a standard benefits package, this role may be eligible for additional contingent compensation based on an array of factors, including but not limited to: work performance, geographic location, work experience, education, and qualifications. Because such contingent compensation is not yet calculable or may be zero ($0) in some circumstances, the above-listed salary range(s) are Nixon Peabody’s good faith estimate of the annual salary(ies) it reasonably expects to pay for the position at the time of this posting.

Nixon Peabody LLP is an Equal Opportunity / Aff

Nixon Peabody is committed to creating a fair workplace and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

To comply with Federal law, Nixon Peabody participates in E-Verify. All newly hired employees are verified through this electronic system established by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to confirm their identity and employment eligibility. Please refer to the Notice of E-Verify Participation and the Right to Work posters on the Nixon Peabody Careers page for more information.