Pleadings & Response Clerk
The Pleadings & Response Clerk prepares, organizes, and tracks all responsive filings and default actions. They ensure every motion, answer, and procedural document is accurate, timely, and properly routed for attorney review.
Apply for this role→- Experience in a US law firm
- Strong written and spoken English
- Reliable internet
- A working camera and microphone
You work from home, during the firm's business hours, inside the firm's case software.
What the job involves.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft responsive pleadings (answers, motions to dismiss, etc.) for attorney review.
- Track filing deadlines for answers and procedural responses.
- Prepare default packets and monitor court responses.
- Proof and assemble exhibits and certificates of service.
- Maintain an index of all pleadings filed in each case.
- Communicate with the docketing and filing teams to coordinate submissions.
- Update CMS and case calendars after each filing or court order.
KPIs / Performance Metrics
- Response deadline compliance ≥ 99%.
- Draft accuracy audit score ≥ 98%.
- Pleading index current and complete for all active cases (100%).
- Zero unlogged defaults or late responses.
- Turnaround time ≤ 48 hours from assignment to draft (≥ 95%).
Trained first. Managed daily.
ClaimUp places specialists on the case teams of US personal injury firms, and stays with you after you start.
Training before day one
Onboarding and role training in ClaimUp University, so you know the role and the standard before you work on a client's cases.
A manager in your corner
A ClaimUp manager works with your team every day: following up, checking quality and coaching when something slips.
A real case team
You work with the firm's attorneys and staff, inside their case software, on real personal injury cases.
Send us your experience.
The specialist application goes to our talent team, who match people to open roles.
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