Litigation Clerk - CA - Moore Law Group

Position Summary

Litigation clerk is responsible for executing on litigation processes as directed by their supervisor or attorney.  Responsibilities to include production of court documents, filing of documents, and follow-up as needed with the correct parties.  Clerk will need to be comfortable calling and/or emailing courts, process servers, and/or sheriffs.  Clerk is able to work in a fast paced environment and is familiar with meeting daily and monthly operations goals. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Prepare, review and edit litigation documents in accordance with client and firm policies and procedure
• Request documentation from clients and courts or vendors
• Prepare and file legal filings with state and federal courts
• File and follow up on court filings
• Communicate with staff and outside parties
• Accurately enter data into internal systems
• Personally accountable for adhering to compliance with all state and federal laws and regulations per all client and company policies and procedures.
• Data entry - Log-in of filings, correspondence, document preparation, note taking, and use of client codes.
• Communicate updates, modifications, and requests with collectors, managers, attorneys when necessary.
• Update account statuses accordingly.
• Monitor and adhere to court mandated changes.    
• Perform other duties, as requested.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

Previous litigation or collections experience. High level of accuracy and attention to detail.  Must be able to work with minimal guidance to prioritize and handle multiple concurrent tasks. Must have basic reading, writing, and math skills and good oral communication. 

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential job functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Working conditions are normal for an office environment.  This position involves sitting most of the time.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception and color vision in reading a computer monitor.  Clear speech is needed to communicate on the telephone.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Sedentary work with repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as viewing a computer terminal, reading, typing, and analyzing data. Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

OTHER DUTIES

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EEO STATEMENT

The Moore Law Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absences, compensation, and training.

The Moore Law Group is a drug-free workplace.

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Moore Law Group and need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, contact our human resources department at HR@collectmoore.com or (714) 431-2012 ext. 251.

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