Legal Staff Other in Riverside, CA

Law Firm

Riverside, CA

Legal Staff Other in Riverside, CA

Legal Staff

Min 2 yrs required

No

Law Firm Seeking Docket Coordinator for Risk Management Department

H1: Law Firm Seeking Experienced Docket Coordinator for Risk Management Department

H2: Join Our Team at Best Best & Krieger LLP as a Docket Coordinator

Bold Headlines:

- Best Best & Krieger LLP: A Premier Law Firm with 135 Years of Success
- Inclusiveness and Collaboration: Core Values at BBK
- Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Docket Coordinator Role
- Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for the Docket Coordinator Position
- Job Competencies and Success Factors for the Docket Coordinator Role
- Work Environment and Qualifications for the Docket Coordinator Position
- Competitive Salary Range for Experienced Docket Coordinator at BBK

Law Firm Seeking Docket Coordinator for Risk Management Department

H1: Law Firm Seeking Experienced Docket Coordinator for Risk Management Department

H2: Join Our Team at Best Best & Krieger LLP as a Docket Coordinator

Bold Headlines:

- Best Best & Krieger LLP: A Premier Law Firm with 135 Years of Success
- Inclusiveness and Collaboration: Core Values at BBK
- Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Docket Coordinator Role
- Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities for the Docket Coordinator Position
- Job Competencies and Success Factors for the Docket Coordinator Role
- Work Environment and Qualifications for the Docket Coordinator Position
- Competitive Salary Range for Experienced Docket Coordinator at BBK

The Docket Coordinator position at Best Best & Krieger LLP (BBK) offers a unique opportunity to work for a nationally recognized law firm with a rich history of success. With nearly 250 attorneys and offices throughout California, Oregon, and Washington ., BBK is committed to providing effective and client-service oriented solutions to complex legal issues.

At BBK, inclusiveness and collaboration are core values that are reflected in our diverse workplace. We value the unique perspectives and experiences of our colleagues and strive to create a work environment that attracts the best talent.

As a Docket Coordinator, you will be responsible for executing a wide range of docketing functions in the Risk Management department. This includes tracking critical deadlines and dates for all matters, communicating with attorneys, paralegals, and secretaries, and maintaining the docketing database and calendar. This role will also require 2-3 days in the office for the first two months for training purposes.

The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of relevant experience in a law firm setting and a bachelor's degree or equivalent. They should possess effective interpersonal and communication skills, exercise good judgement with sensitive matters, and have excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Knowledge of iManage and Microsoft Office applications is also required.

Some of the essential functions and responsibilities of the Docket Coordinator role include:

- Maintaining the docketing database/calendar of cases for litigation and other deadlines
- Creating docketing profiles to support workflow processes
- Managing and reviewing records and entering schedules or deadlines into the calendar as needed
- Reviewing state and federal court rules and researching specific judges' preferences and standards for date calculations
- Generating reports detailing appointments and deadlines
- Reviewing previous litigation cases in the database for accuracy and entering new cases and cleaning up the database for completed matters
- Providing recommendations to the supervisor to improve the firm's docketing best practices
- Working within deadlines and effectively handling stress
- Establishing effective working relationships and appropriately interacting with others
- Other responsibilities as assigned

To be successful in this role, the Docket Coordinator should have a strong work ethic, be reliable, methodical, efficient, and proactive. They should also be able to work well both independently and as part of a team, adapt to changing environments, and pay attention to detail in entry, analysis, research, problem solving, and work product.

BBK is looking for candidates with a strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize, multi-task, and manage time efficiently, and experience with financial databases and applications. Knowledge of litigation calendar software and PACER/ECF filings is also preferred.

The work environment for this position is a professional office setting with standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, filing cabinets, and fax machines. The selected candidate can expect a normal law office environment with little exposure to excessive noise, dust, temperature, and the like.

The reasonably expected pay scale for this position with 2+ years of experience is $59,000 - $75,000 annually, non-exempt. The actual salary within that range will depend on the selected candidate's location and experience. BBK encourages all interested candidates to apply for this exciting opportunity to join our team as a Docket Coordinator in the Risk Management department.