Legal Staff Other in Los Angeles, CA

Law Firm

Los Angeles, CA

Legal Staff Other in Los Angeles, CA

Legal Staff

2-3 yrs required

No

Legal Calendar Clerk
The candidate will track important legal and filing deadlines for designated clients and case. Manage and review records and enter schedules or deadlines into the calendar. Maintain the appearance calendar, docket all urgent eServe and Fax documents pertaining to appearances that are within 7 days and reach out to the courts to confirm calendared dates. Set Up CourtCalls and LA Court Connect. Profile new case email, conflicts email, and rule sets for case in ProLaw and docket any hearings and last day to answer complaint. Docket hearings, discovery and all information as it relates to court findings. Docket CourtCall information and remote call-in information for hearings and depositions. Correspondence and emails: Read over correspondence to see if there’s something to docket (such as a last day for our client to join a defense email tree), respond to accepting expert witnesses, response to settlement demands, meet and confer supplemental discovery responses deadlines, regarding closing of a specific case. Serve as a docket clerk, generating reports detailing action items and due dates. Should have good reading and writing skills, strong grammar and spelling, competent keyboard skills, good communication, an ability to work individually and as part of a team, and the ability to concentrate for long periods of time and attention to detail. Should have 2-3 years of calendaring experience at a law firm, a working knowledge of ProLaw, and is eager to join a growing and busy firm. Paralegals and legal secretaries are also welcome to apply for the role so long as you have the prerequisite experience in litigation calendaring. This is an hourly based temporary position, anticipated to last approximately 8 months (mid-July ’21 through mid-March ’22).