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# Docketing Specialist

- **Company:** O'Hagan Meyer
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $60,000.0 - $80,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office
- **Published:** October 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f1fcf0dd5b17ad83

## About the Role

* 4-6 years of progressive docketing experience, with a background in docketing or litigation support and administration in a high-volume setting.
 * Strong understanding of the litigation process and federal, state, and local court rules and procedures.
 * Strong understanding of docketing software
 * Proficiency in Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Office, including Outlook and Excel.
 * Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
 * Exceptional attention to detail, organization, and time management.
 * Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.

Preferred:

 * Knowledge of Illinois state and federal court rules and procedures (strongly preferred).
 * Multi-state docketing experience.
 * Experience with CourtAlert
 * Familiarity with eFileIL and the Cook County Clerk's online case search.
 * Paralegal certificate or other legal education.

## Description

Primary duties include, but are not limited to:

 * Perform litigation docketing for state, federal, appellate, bankruptcy, and administrative matters.
 * Docket matters in the Circuit Court of Cook County and collar county courts (DuPage, Lake, Will, Kane, and McHenry), the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Central, and Southern Districts of Illinois, the Illinois Appellate and Supreme Courts, and the Seventh Circuit.
 * Apply the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, Illinois Supreme Court Rules, Cook County Circuit Court rules and General Orders, and N.D. Ill. Local Rules when calculating deadlines.
 * Support docketing for other offices, states, and practice areas (e.g., trademark, IP, federal court nationwide), applying each jurisdiction's rules for service, response periods, and court holidays.
 * Independently analyze pleadings and court orders to determine all applicable deadlines.
 * Calculate deadlines involving multiple service methods, continuances, and stipulations, and research procedural rules, statutes, and local rules when deadlines are unclear.
 * Monitor court queues for updates requiring immediate action.
 * Manage high-volume docket requests, including expedited and high-priority ("RUSH") requests, with exceptional accuracy.
 * Perform quality control review of docket entries in collaboration with legal support staff
 * Process complex case transfers, consolidations, removals, remands, appeals, and related proceedings.
 * Maintain accurate case records and docket history, and prepare reports and deadline summaries.
 * Serve as a subject matter expert on court rules and procedural deadlines for attorneys and legal staff.
 * Coordinate with attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants, and litigation teams on procedural issues.
 * Participate in testing and implementing docketing software, system enhancements, SOPs and workflow improvements.
 * Stay current on rule changes affecting litigation deadlines.