Manager, Litigation Docketing

🕒 July 28

🏄 California, District of Columbia, +3 more states – Remote

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💵 $136k - $145k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

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1001 - 5000 employees

⚖️ Legal

💼 Consulting

🤝 B2B

Legal • Consulting • B2B

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is an Am Law 100 law firm dedicated to advancing its clients' success and simplifying their most complex challenges. Founded on the principles of ability, integrity, and service, the firm has grown to include over 600 attorneys across 11 offices in the United States, while maintaining its commitment to these core values.

📋 Description

• Manage the litigation docketing team, including workload distribution, training, quality review, feedback, and professional development • Oversee the calculation, entry, review, maintenance, and reporting of litigation deadlines, court dates, filing dates, discovery deadlines, appellate deadlines, and related events • Develop and improve docketing policies, procedures, workflows, checklists, best practices, and quality control standards • Serve as a resource for attorneys and staff on court rules, local practices, deadline calculations, and docketing protocols • Monitor court rule and procedure changes and update docketing practices and reference materials as needed • Review docket reports for accuracy, completeness, and timely communication of critical deadlines • Assist Director with administering docketing platforms, including calendaring rules, reporting, user adoption, data accuracy, troubleshooting, and vendor coordination • Support software updates, enhancements, testing, implementations, and system conversions in coordination with docket team, IT, vendors, practice groups, and end users • Deliver training on docketing procedures, software functionality, workflows, and best practices • Maintain procedures, training guides, workflow documentation, internal communications, and reference resources • Manage escalations involving complex deadline calculations, court notices, disputed dates, and advanced rules analysis • Maintain confidentiality and professionalism when handling sensitive client, matter, personnel, and firm information

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of litigation docketing, calendaring, or case management experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, court, or similar legal environment • Bachelor's Degree preferred; equivalent litigation docketing, court, or legal operations experience may be considered • Supervisory, lead, or management experience in docketing or legal operations strongly preferred • Hands-on experience with docketing software such as CompuLaw or CourtAlert, including calendaring, reporting, rules-based calculations, matter maintenance, and user support • Experience with software upgrades, rule updates, enhancements, data migration, implementations, or system conversions preferred • Advanced knowledge of litigation deadlines, federal and state court rules, local rules, appellate rules, and court-specific practices • Ability to interpret court rules, analyze complex procedural questions, document findings, and clearly communicate guidance • Excellent writing, communication, organization, judgment, discretion, and attention to detail • Ability to manage high-volume, deadline-driven work and interact professionally with attorneys, staff, vendors, court personnel, and firm leadership • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications; experience with document management and matter management systems preferred.

🏖️ Benefits

• Choice of health and vision insurance plans • 2 paid volunteer days for qualifying community service work • Dental plan • Fertility and adoption benefit • Paid sabbatical after 13 years of service • Tuition reimbursement • Commuter benefits • Retirement contribution