IP Litigation Docketing Specialist in Plano, TX

Law Firm

Plano, TX

IP Litigation Docketing Specialist in Plano, TX

Law Firm Non Legal Department

Min 2 yrs required

No

Job Title: IP Litigation Docketing Specialist

Job Responsibilities:
The IP Litigation Docketing Specialist is an integral member of the Litigation Docketing Department, operating under the supervision of the Litigation Docketing Manager. The primary responsibilities include:

- Collaborating closely with attorneys and legal staff to deliver accurate intellectual property litigation calendaring services for federal, state, and agency matters, including the International Trade Commission (ITC).
- Reviewing court documents, legal correspondence, and case team requests, and entering deadlines into the law firm’s rules-based calendaring software, CompuLaw Vision.
- Following all firm docketing procedures, best practices, and workflows.
- Independently reviewing patent, trademark, trade secrets, and copyright litigation court documents and legal correspondence.
- Ensuring compliance with department procedures, best practices, and workflows.
- Responding to requests from attorneys and legal staff regarding deadlines and court rules.
- Conducting jurisdictional research and providing comprehensive summaries to case teams, with oversight from Senior Litigation Docketing Specialists and Manager as needed.
- Ensuring assigned calendaring is accurate and completed in a timely manner.
- Providing back-up litigation docketing services for the Houston and Dallas centralized inboxes.
- Maintaining policies and protocols to ensure accurate entry of deadlines and docket entries into CompuLaw Vision.
- Creating and circulating reports to case teams for review and confirmation of deadlines.
- Performing quality review of work product according to internal department procedures.
- Escalating questions to senior docketing staff and the litigation docketing manager in a timely manner.
- Providing suggestions to the litigation docketing manager to assist with improving department procedures and workflow.
- Staying informed of developments, procedures, and rules in the forums where the law firm practices, as well as general state and federal practices.
- Working on projects as needed.

Education and Experience Information:
The ideal candidate for the IP Litigation Docketing Specialist position should have the following qualifications:

- A degree from an accredited college or university, a paralegal certificate, or equivalent experience/education.
- A minimum of two years of intellectual property litigation docketing experience in a law firm setting.
- Docketing experience in forums such as the International Trade Commission (ITC), federal district courts, arbitration, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
- Prior experience computing deadlines in both federal and state courts is required.
- Experience in CompuLaw Vision is preferred.
- Familiarity with rules-based calendaring software Milana is helpful.
- Knowledge of nuanced intellectual property litigation rules, including claim construction and Markman, as well as the interplay between federal, local, and judge’s rules.
- Understanding of the litigation lifecycle, legal procedures, terminology, and court rules in both federal and state courts.

Other Essential Skills:
- Strong attention to detail, analytical and organizational skills.
- Strong work ethic with the ability to take direction without constant supervision.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and effectively summarize.
- Excellent communication and people skills, with a high degree of professionalism and diplomacy.
- Ability to work well under pressure to meet strict deadlines and be highly adaptable to a fluid and ever-changing work environment.
- Service-oriented and able to work collaboratively in a team setting.
- Strong proficiency in MS Office is preferred.
- Ability to work overtime when required.

Salary Information:
No specific salary information is provided in the text.

Company Overview:
The law firm has more than 1,000 attorneys, policy advisers, e-discovery professionals, and other business professionals across offices in various states including California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and throughout North Carolina and South Carolina. The law firm has strong roots in the business community and an appreciation for new directions in the business world.