Docketing & Court Filings Specialist

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 59,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP is seeking a Court Services Specialist, commonly known as a Managing Clerk, to join our San Francisco office workforce. This role supports attorneys by precise docketing, calendaring, and timely court filings across state and federal courts.

Responsibilities include rule-based calendaring, researching procedural rules, managing calendar requests, and coordinating with filing vendors to ensure compliance with firm procedures.

Qualifications

• Perform rule-based calendaring by reviewing pleadings, orders, notices, and correspondence to identify and calculate deadlines.
• Research state, federal, local, judge-specific rules of procedure when determining deadlines.
• Log and process calendar requests using docketing and calendaring systems.
• Coordinate with filing vendors to complete filings and maintain calendars.

Responsibilities

• Monitor court rules changes and disseminate notices to relevant staff.
• Support attorneys with filing and calendaring requirements based on firm procedures.
• Assist with obtaining court-specific procedural information from clerks’ offices.
• Maintain attorney filing credentials and manage filing accounts.

Skills

Calendaring

Court rules research

Docketing

Filing procedures

Attention to detail

Tools

Adobe Acrobat

SharePoint

Microsoft Access/Excel

iManage

Job description

Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP is seeking a Court Services Specialist, commonly known as a Managing Clerk, to join our San Francisco office workforce. This role supports attorneys by precise docketing, calendaring, and timely court filings across state and federal courts.

Responsibilities include rule-based calendaring, researching procedural rules, managing calendar requests, and coordinating with filing vendors to ensure compliance with firm procedures.