Senior Litigation Docket Clerk
Gibson Dunn
$95,000 - $110,000 / year
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Description
Gibson Dunn is a leading global law firm, advising clients on significant transactions and disputes. Our exceptional teams craft and deploy creative legal strategies that are meticulously tailored to every matter, however complex or high-stakes. The firm’s work is distinguished by a unique combination of precision and vision.
The California Managing Attorney’s Office is growing and has added a new Senior Litigation Docket Clerk position. Based in any of our U.S. offices, the Senior Litigation Docket Clerk is responsible for calendaring using the firm’s calendaring database (CourtAlert), retrieval of court documents; maintaining and updating all related databases; processing and calendaring incoming court documents, checking dockets for updates and running calendar reports; communicating with attorneys and other members of the firm regarding MAO calendaring research and docketing procedures.
This role reports to the Litigation Docket Supervisor.
Responsibilities include:
- Providing support to litigation attorneys, including calculating deadlines, retrieval of documents.
- Tracking critical dates and related details and communicating information with attorneys, paralegals and/or staff as necessary.
- Reviewing court filings and entering calendar deadlines in centralized docketing software (CourtAlert).
- Searching cases using software and internet resources as necessary.
- Backup assistance with review of court filings to ensure compliance with court rules and procedures.
- Backup assistance for electronic court filings for state, federal district and appellate courts.
- Assisting with other administrative projects or provide general back-up support as necessary.
Qualifications:
- An understanding of court docketing and calendaring procedures and familiarity with court filings and general rules of court for processing pleadings.
- Excellent organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
- Strong level of knowledge of court rules and procedures in California state and federal courts.
- Strong research ability and knowledge of court rules and procedures.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey information clearly and effectively.
- Ability to work overtime and weekends as necessary, including ability to work rotating evening coverage as needed.
Experience:
- Experience working in a large law firm highly desired.
- Minimum of 4 years of prior experience in litigation docketing desired.
- Familiarity with CourtAlert (or other rules-based calendaring software such as CompuLaw, MA3000, et al.) preferred.
- Experience with firmwide calendaring preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Experience with federal, state and local court systems, including electronic filing systems (i.e. NYSCEF, NexGen, PACER, et al.).
- A general understanding of court rules and procedures in California state and federal courts and agencies is required.
Gibson Dunn will consider for employment qualified Applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of local law.
Compensation & Benefits:
The annual compensation range for this position is $95K - $110K. The salary offered within this range will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations.
Benefits offered for this position include health care; retirement benefits; paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time; parental leave; basic life insurance; Flexible Spending Accounts; as well as discretionary, performance-based bonuses.
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For technical difficulties with our online application, please contact us at staffrecruiting@gibsondunn.com. Our recruiting support team will respond as soon as possible.
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Gibson Dunn is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities. We strive to ensure an inclusive and accessible hiring experience. The Firm will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable participation in the application and recruitment process, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, participate in an interview, or otherwise take part in the recruitment process, please contact us at recruiting-accommodations@gibsondunn.com. Please note, this is a dedicated email inbox established exclusively to assist applicants with accommodation request related to the recruitment process. Inquiries about the status of an application or other non-accommodation matter will not receive a response.
Benefits
- parental leave
- life insurance
About this role
Gibson Dunn's California Managing Attorney's Office is seeking a Senior Litigation Docket Clerk to manage critical calendaring and deadline tracking for a high-volume litigation practice. You'll work primarily with CourtAlert docketing software to process court filings, calculate deadlines, retrieve documents, and maintain centralized databases that keep litigation teams aligned on case-critical dates. The role involves regular communication with attorneys and paralegals to ensure compliance with court rules across California state and federal systems, plus backup support for electronic court filings and occasional administrative projects.
This position suits someone with at least four years of litigation docketing experience in a large law firm environment, ideally with hands-on familiarity with rules-based calendaring software like CourtAlert. You'll need strong knowledge of California and federal court procedures, proficiency in Microsoft Office, and experience navigating various electronic filing systems. The role demands exceptional organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and clear communication abilities—along with flexibility to work overtime and weekends when litigation deadlines demand it.
Based in Los Angeles and reporting to the Litigation Docket Supervisor, this full-time in-office position offers a salary range of $95,000 to $110,000 plus comprehensive benefits including health care, retirement, paid time off, parental leave, and performance-based bonuses.
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