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The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee is seeking applicants for the position of Intake Deputy Clerk. The incumbent’s responsibilities will include: receiving, reviewing, filing documents and maintaining court files in compliance with federal and local rules and procedures. The Intake Deputy Clerk provides customer service, cashier duties, procedural information and collects court fees. Duties will also include performing initial case docketing.
The Clerk’s Office of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa is seeking applications for a full-time permanent IT Director in its Sioux City office. This challenging professional level position oversees long and short-term planning; research and development; systems analysis and integration; IT policy setting; budgeting; automation training; and operational maintenance/support. Technologies supported include but are not necessarily limited to the following general areas: local area and wide area networks; Internet and Intranet services; telecommunications and video conferencing; courtroom technology; jury management systems; electronic case management systems; property management system; leave tracking system, and numerous PC-based automation applications
Are you interested in a position that supports the federal Judiciary’s mission of ensuring equal justice under the law? Do you exhibit exceptional leadership, enhance office morale, and work well with different personnel and departments? The Clerk’s Office of the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is seeking a talented Operations Supervisor to join our team.
Representative Duties
- This position is in the Clerk’s Office in San Francisco and reports to the Chief Deputy Clerk for Operations. The Operations Supervisor will supervise various departments within the Clerk’s Office, including the calendar and case materials units, and staff members who perform those functions.
- Oversees the flow of cases and materials and the creation of and assignment of cases to oral argument calendars, regularly analyzes efficiency and accuracy, identifies opportunities for improvements, and implements changes in consultation with the Clerk and Chief Deputy Clerk.
- Ensures the quality of case related data and establishes processes to ensure efficiency and accuracy of recusal system and case materials.
- Manages staffing, workload, and coverage of relevant teams, and takes primary responsibility for the hiring and training, development, and evaluation of staff.
- The successful candidate will be acting as a role model for the office and work closely with judges, management, other court personnel, other courts and governmental agencies to improve the case flow process and overall operations of the court.
The Chief Deputy Clerk is an executive-level management position that serves as a second-in-command to the Clerk of Court assisting the Clerk in the supervision, management, and administration of the Clerk’s Office and acts on behalf of the Clerk in the Clerk’s absence. The Clerk’s Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia has points of holding court located in Beckley, Bluefield, and Huntington, with the main office located in Charleston, West Virginia. The Clerk’s Office is comprised of 42 employees who support five active Article III judges, two senior Article III judges, and three full-time magistrate judges.
This position is located in the Clerk’s Office, reporting directly to the Operations Supervisor. The employee performs general and specialized case management functions. The duties involve managing the magistrate judge’s caseload, attending and logging court proceedings, drafting orders, processing orders, and recording proceedings. This job entails a high level of knowledge and complexity regarding court or courtroom operations. In addition, the employee functions at the fully proficient level of courtroom work, including complete calendar responsibilities. Work is performed in an office setting or a courtroom. Some lifting may be required to handle and set up equipment in the courtroom. Occasional travel inside and outside of the district is required. Occasional work during non-business work hours may be required.
The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is accepting applications for the full-time position of Chief Deputy Clerk. This position reports directly to the Clerk of Court and has a duty station in Harrisburg. The court supports two bankruptcy judges and has a clerk’s office staff of 20 employees. The court has a headquarters office in Wilkes-Barre and one divisional office in Harrisburg.
The United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is accepting applications for the position of Chief Deputy Clerk II.
POSITION SUMMARY: The Chief Deputy Clerk serves as the Second-in-Command to the Clerk of Court, with full supervisory and management responsibility for the office. The Chief Deputy Clerk is a senior-level management position that reports directly to the Clerk of the Court. In the absence of the Clerk, the incumbent assumes the functions and responsibilities of the Clerk. The Chief Deputy Clerk assists the Clerk in providing support to the judges of the Court of Appeals by overseeing and leading the court’s extensive administrative and operational functions, including such areas as intake, records management, budgeting and finance, procurement, and human resources. The Chief Deputy Clerk also serves as the court’s Security Officer and liaison with the media.
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit invites applications from highly qualified candidates for a Bankruptcy Judgeship for the District of Oregon. This position is available immediately; however, the selection process may take up to 18 months to complete. The official duty station for this position is Eugene, Oregon.
The Middle District of Florida seeks a full-time Courtroom Deputy Clerk in the Jacksonville division, serving the Court in its mission to provide fair and impartial justice to all. The ideal candidate possesses excellent interpersonal, computer, analytical, organizational, and communication skills; a strong work ethic; and resilience.
The Courtroom Deputy Clerk manages all aspects of criminal and civil cases pending in the Middle District of Florida by scheduling trials, hearings and other events; monitoring case filings by using reports and information from the automated case management system; preparing files for the judge’s use in court; drafting judgments and other orders for the judge’s approval; docketing judgments, orders and notices; and working with the judge and chambers staff to ensure cases are progressing smoothly and efficiently.
The Courtroom Deputy Clerk attends court sessions, assisting with the orderly flow of proceedings, including arranging the courtroom, assuring the presence of all necessary participants, ensuring courtroom technology is working properly, managing exhibits, assisting witnesses and jurors, maintaining courtroom decorum, taking notes of proceedings and rulings and preparing and docketing minute entries for the record.
The Courtroom Deputy Clerk acts as a liaison among the clerk's office, other court agencies, the bar, and the judge, and serves as a primary source of information about courtroom equipment for litigants and about the court's schedule, including trials and hearings.