Managing Clerk

Location: New York, New York office with a hybrid in-office/remote working schedule

Salary: $149,300–$238,775 per year

Company

Global law firm supporting litigation, legal practice, and business services across offices in North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

What you will do

• Maintain litigation dockets for the New York and Princeton offices and accurately record incoming and outgoing documents, deadlines, and due dates.
• Monitor active matters in state and federal courts, government agencies, and administrative bodies, providing docket updates and case status changes to attorneys.
• Manage electronic filings and remain current on court filing rules, procedures, and judges’ individual practices.
• Advise attorneys and staff on federal, state, and local court rules, procedural issues, and court practices.
• Coordinate external legal services such as service of process and document retrieval, while maintaining relationships with court personnel, process servers, and couriers.
• Support litigation docketing procedures, recruiting, onboarding, training, research, and problem solving for clerks and specialists.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least five years of related experience in litigation support or docketing.
• Proficiency with court-related databases and online case-information sources, including PACER, NYSCEF, CourtAlert.com, and Bloomberg.
• Hands-on experience with rules-based calendaring software such as CompuLaw or ProLaw.
• Familiarity with federal, state, and local court systems, Manhattan and New York Civil Practice Law & Rules, and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and prioritization skills, with the ability to balance competing demands.

Nice to have

• Notary experience.
• Experience obtaining certificates of good standing and arranging document legalization for use in foreign countries.
• Experience maintaining databases of forms and precedents and administering PACER and NYSCEF accounts.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangement based in the New York office.
• Medical coverage with multiple plan options.
• Health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts and domestic partner coverage.
• Parental leave, vacation, holiday leave, and sick leave.
• Life and accident insurance, salary continuation, and long-term disability protection.