Judicial Case Manager I - Civil
Delaware State
- Sussex County, DE
- $38,712 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Reviews legal/court documents for completeness, accuracy and compliance with applicable time limitations, costs and court procedures and determines appropriate procedural requirement for processing.
- Prepares and issues a wide variety of court and legal documents.
- Researches case files, records, databases and other sources of information to insure accuracy of case data and resolve discrepancies.
- Enters information into manual or automated systems.
- Prepares and maintains files and records insuring all required documents are included.
- Provides information on court/unit procedures and event status to the public, judges, attorneys and litigants.
- Attends hearings and proceedings to provide files, records and case information to judicial officer; records event disposition and administers oaths.
- Assesses case filings to determine placement in case track/program or recommends referral to alternative case tracks.
- Interprets and applies court rules, laws and procedural requirements for case events and caseflow management.
- Monitors and coordinates case activity through multiple legal events and processes. Tracks case events/status, anticipates case flow problems/causes for delay and initiates appropriate action to expedite cases effectively and efficiently including contacting participants to resolve issues that inhibit case flow.
- Develops case management procedures for use by judge or team.
- Advises judicial officers regarding various case events that ultimately lead to final case disposition.
- Coordinates case activity and events with judicial officers, attorneys, law enforcement agencies and litigants.
- Resolves technical case processing issues requiring research of case data and coordinating activities with other agencies and courts.
- Researches case files, records and other sources of information to insure accuracy of case data, prepare and issue court documents and resolve discrepancies and issues related to caseflow.
- Establishes and maintains contacts with the legal community, other agencies and courts/units, both externally and internally, to ensure case flow is expedited.
- Enters case data into automated case management systems; prepares and maintains case files and records.
Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas: * Six months experience in managing cases as they move through the legal process.
- Six months experience in applying laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures.
- Six months experience in using an automated information system to enter, update, modify, delete, retrieve/inquire and report on data.
- Knowledge of narrative report writing.