Senior Litigation Docketing Specialist

Fish & Richardson P.C.; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fish & Richardson, the premier global intellectual property law firm, seeks a Senior Litigation Docketing Specialist to join The Hub, our remote-first group. This role focuses on calculating and recording docket dates, reviewing source documents and court dockets, and ensuring deadlines are accurately captured in Milana.

You will support litigation teams, perform quality reviews, assist with training on court rules, respond to inquiries, and prepare regular docket reports in accordance with firm

Qualifications

• Experience reviewing legal documents and calculating docket dates per court rules.
• Ability to review court dockets and verify jurisdiction, venue and authorities.
• Experience entering deadlines into a litigation docketing system (Milana).
• Willingness to train others on court rules interpretation and docketing practices.

Responsibilities

• Review legal documents and calculate, record, and disseminate docket dates per court rules.
• Enter deadlines for firm matters into Milana accurately.
• Provide proactive support to litigation teams and coordinate with docketing attorneys.
• Quality review own work per department protocols and escalate questions.
• Assist with inter-department training on court rules and docketing practices.
• Respond to inquiries about docketed events, deadlines, and court rules.
• Prepare and distribute regular docket reports to case teams.

Skills

Docketing

Legal document review

Deadline management

Milana platform

Tools

Milana

Job description

Fish & Richardson, the premier global intellectual property law firm, is trusted by the world’s most innovative and influential companies. Fish was established in 1878, and now has more than 400 attorneys and technology specialists in the U.S., Europe, and China. Our success is rooted in our creative and inclusive culture, which values the diversity of people, experiences, and perspectives. Join Fish’s team as a Senior Litigation Docketing Specialist. This role is part of The Hub, Fish’s remote-first group of professionals. Hub employees work primarily from home with no expectation of a regular in-office presence.

How Will You Make a Difference?

• Independently review legal documents and litigation correspondence in order to accurately calculate, record, and disseminate docket dates pursuant to applicable court rules procedures, including:
  • Understanding source documents,
  • Reviewing court dockets as needed,
  • Verifying jurisdiction, court/venue, and relevant authorities, and
  • Analyzing and verifying calculated dates and adjusting for federal, state, statutory, or agency rules as well as local rules and practices.
• Accurately enter all deadlines for firm litigation matters into Milana, the firm’s litigation docketing platform.
• Provide proactive support to litigation teams and coordinate with the docketing attorneys to ensure all deadlines are docketed correctly.
• Quality review own work product according to internal department protocols and demonstrate sound judgment for escalating questions to the Litigation Docketing Manager and docketing attorneys.
• Assist with inter-department training with a particular focus on court rules research and interpretation of those rules. Quality review Docketing Specialists work product.
• Respond to inquiries from the litigation teams regarding docketed events, deadlines, and court rules.
• Prepare and distribute regular docket reports to case teams in accordance with firm policy as well as any additional reports upon