Description
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is looking for a Temporary Court/Docket Clerk to join our team in our New York office.
This is a temporary position lasting six months, with potential to convert to a full-time opportunity for the right candidate.
This is an essential position that will require five day in-office.
Under direct supervision of the Office Administrator, this role is critical to ensuring the accurate and timely management of case deadlines, filings, and court-related documentation. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced legal environment, possess exceptional organizational skills, and demonstrate a commitment to excellence in supporting attorneys and legal staff.
At Davis Wright Tremaine, you will find challenging assignments, opportunities for professional growth and community involvement, and a culture of inclusion. DWT fosters inclusiveness and authenticity. Regardless of position, everyone here has a voice and the support is unparalleled.
On a typical day you will:
Essential responsibilities for this role are to work with members of the Managing Clerk's office, and a team of attorneys, and legal assistants on all aspects of state and federal litigation and arbitrations, including but not limited to:
- Docket Management: Maintain and update the firm's docketing system with court deadlines, filing dates, and other case-related information. Compute and calendar corresponding due dates on computer system
- Deadline Tracking: Monitor and ensure compliance with all court and administrative deadlines, proactively notifying attorneys and staff of upcoming obligations.
- Document Processing: Review and process incoming court documents, pleadings, and correspondence to identify and record relevant deadlines.
- Court Filings: Assist with electronic and physical court filings, ensuring compliance with jurisdictional rules and procedures.
- Communication: Liaise with attorneys, paralegals, and other staff to clarify docketing requirements and resolve discrepancies.
- Quality Control: Conduct regular audits of docket entries to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Research: Stay updated on court rules, procedures, and changes that may impact docketing practices.
- Administrative Support: Provide general administrative assistance to the docketing team and legal staff as needed.
- Generate and distribute individual customized daily and weekly reports for attorneys, confirming deadlines and providing managing clerk's office members with outcome
- Assist with tracking of cases of interests, daily and weekly monitoring of pending appellate decisions across multiple jurisdictions
- Alert litigation attorneys and paralegals to receipt of court papers and notices, and to impending deadlines
- Maintain positive, collaborative relationships with court personnel and internal colleagues
- Assist with other special projects, tasks, and/or support as assigned
- Maintain regular and consistent attendance and punctuality. Adhere to schedule by being timely on breaks, lunches and meetings
Join us if you have:
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a legal docketing role or similar position or equivalent experience dealing directly with the courts, is required; civil litigation legal assistant/paralegal or experience is a plus
- College degree or completion of a legal assistant program desired
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in docketing software and Knowledge of civil procedures; court procedures and rules of all local courts including but not limited to all local courts (or we could list them SDNY, EDNY, DNJ, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of the United States, New York County Civil Court, New York County Supreme Court, Queens County Supreme Court, Kings County Supreme Court, Bronx County Supreme Court, Richmond County Supreme Court, Appellate Division First Department, Appellate Division Second Department, New York State Court of Appeals, New Jersey State Court (small claims, Superior, and Appellate Division), United States Supreme Court, New York City small claims and civil court cases, New York City Surrogate's Courts
- Database knowledge of databases; Pacer; Lexis/Nexis; Westlaw; Compulaw, ProLaw, CourtAlert; MA3000; MSWord; Excel; PowerPoint, courthouse news, Bloomberg law
- Willingness to adapt to and learn new technology, software programs, and upgrades
- Excellent grammar, proofreading and superior organizational skills required
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with clients, attorneys, and staff members and other business contacts are required
- Ability to communicate and handle stressful situations in a professional, calm, courteous manner
- Willingness to work in a team-oriented, service environment. Exhibit professional maturity and approach litigation as proactive rather than reactive
- Demonstrate firm commitment to providing customer service excellence, i.e., identify and address requests before they arrive, prevent common mistakes that occur during the litigation work process
- Ability to problem solve, think outside of the box to find solutions, and willingness to utilize other areas of the firms resources such as the Library, IT, Word Processing teams
- Ability to prioritize multiple competing requests and clearly communicate to pending and incoming request holders expected completion times
- Demonstrate follow-up skills; follow through a project from beginning to end
- Willingness to learn and assist with attorney admission applications and pro hac vice applications process in any necessary jurisdiction across the country
- Exhibit a desire to team with support staff, peers, attorneys and administrators by demonstrating willingness to undertake additional responsibilities, research and learn litigation processes and procedures in different jurisdictions, teach and assist others as the need arises
- Ability to maintain reliable attendance record and punctuality
- Flexibility for overtime is essential
Who We Are
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is an AmLaw 100 law firm with 11 offices nationwide. We are relentlessly committed to client service and look for candidates who share that commitment. At DWT, client service means having empathy for each client's and each lawyer's work and personal pressures, business objectives, and legal needs; anticipating their needs; and having the capabilities and commitment to deliver what matters most to them.
Additional benefits include:
- First Stop Health Telemedicine: Speak with a licensed physician or mental health counselor 24/7, consultations covered by the firm
- TELUS Health Employee Assistance Program: Receive support with mental, financial, physical, and emotional wellbeing
- Voluntary Pet Insurance
- Milk Stork: Virtual lactation consulting, breast milk shipping and nutritional testing covered by the firm
- Wellness Benefits:
New York
The hourly range for this position in New York City is $39.01 to $47.25 hourly. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. Paid sick leave is accrued on a biweekly basis at a rate of 1 hour per 30 hours worked.
Temporary employees working at least 30 hours per week may be eligible for health insurance with an optional HSA, dental insurance, vision care, telemedicine and virtual short term solution based counseling services, Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, sick time, and an employee assistance program.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP fosters a culture where all talented individuals-including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession-can have, and can see, paths to success.Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion sits on four pillars: Community, Growth, Education, and Engagement.Learn more about the firm's commitment to DEI here:
www.dwt.com/dei
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Davis Wright Tremaine provides reasonable accommodations for those who need them to complete the application or recruiting process and for employees who need reasonable accommodations to perform the essential functions of their positions due to a disability or for religious reasons. If you need to request accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please email
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Davis Wright Tremaine
$39.01 to $47.25 hourly
dental insurance, sick time
Aug 05, 2025