SUMMARY
A resourceful Managing Attorney Clerk with extensive experience in the legal industry assisting attorneys and associates in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment. Excellent office management and client-attorney relations skills and ability to work independently and also as part of a team. Ability to review, analyze, process, organize and file documents with good communication and organizational skills. Instrumental in starting up, establishing and introducing the Managing Clerk Department in firms for the first-time including Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman and Wilmer Cutler & Pickering (Prior to Merging with Hale & Dorr). Excellent knowledge of Courtlink/LexisNexis name search, PACER, Electronic Filing (Federal, State Courts and NY Appellate Courts), CPLR, FRCP, FRAP, ECF Rules, NYS Appellate Rules, NYS Courts Commercial Rules and extensive personal contacts in USCA 2nd Cir., SDNY and State Court. Member of the Managing Attorney/Clerk’s Association
SKILLS
Docket & Litigation
Legal Proceedings
Coordination
Scheduling
Reporting
Legal Research
Legal Terminology
Court Assignment Distribution
Office Management
Document Retrieval
Team Leadership
Good Communications
Mentoring
Client Relations
Operations Improvement
Case Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER & GROSSMANN, LLP, New York, NY 5/11-12/2018
MANAGING CLERK
NYLJ daily M.A. 3000 search, open new cases; review and docket all litigation documents serve on the firm and from PACER
Calendar all relevant dates in the M.A. 3000 for weekly firm-wide calendar and attorney ticklers
Review and coordinate filings of all litigation court documents and serving of all documents, from initial pleadings to appeal
Advise attorneys as to procedure for filings with all courts, and on motion practices; attend calendar call
Knowledge of Courtlink/LexisNexis name search, PACER
Electronic Filing (Federal & State Courts, and NY Appellate Courts)
CPLR, FRCP, and FRAP, ECF Rules, and NYS Courts Commercial Rules, and keeping Attorneys’ ECF filing credentials for NextGen and non-NextGen courts.
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE & DORR, LLP, New York, NY 7/03-5/11
MANAGING CLERK.
Docket all litigation documents serve on the firm and from PACER
Calendar all relevant dates in the M.A. 3000 for weekly firm-wide calendar and attorney ticklers
Coordinate filings of all litigation court documents and serving of all documents, from initial pleadings to appeal;
Advise attorneys as to procedure for filings with all courts, and on motion practices
Attend calendar call
Knowledge of Courtlink/LexisNexis name search, PACER;
Electronic Filing (Federal & State Courts, and NY Appellate Courts)
CPLR, FRCP, and FRAP, ECF Rules, and NYS Court Commercial Rules, and keeping Attorneys’ ECF filing credentials for all courts.
KAY & BOOSE, LLP New York, New York 7/02-01/03 MANAGING CLERK
ROBINSON, BROG, LEINWAND, GREENE, GENOVESE & GLUCK, LLP New York, New York 5/01-9/01 MANAGING CLERK
HALL, DICKLER, KENT, GOLDSTEIN & WOOD, LLP, New York, New York 5/96-5/01
MANAGING CLERK
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM, LLP, New York, New York 6/90-5/96
SENIOR COURT CLERK
FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON, LLP, New York, New York 5/88-6/90
COURT CLERK
EDUCATION
THE NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY, New York, New York
Bachelor of Arts: Liberal Arts
Master of Fine Arts
New York State Notary Public license
ERROL G. HALL
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