Representative Duties:
• Manage judge’s cases, including scheduling, issuing orders, and monitoring deadlines, filing of pertinent documents, and timely responses to judicial orders.
• Serve as primary source of information on scheduling conferences, hearings, trials, and other case matters.
• Attend court sessions and conferences. Facilitate the orderly flow of proceedings, including, setting up the courtroom, assuring presence of all necessary participants, and managing exhibits. Take notes of proceedings, rulings, and notices. Prepare docket entries electronically.
• Review cases and reports for necessary actions.
• Keep judge and immediate staff informed of case developments.
• Act as a liaison between the clerk’s office, the bar, the public and the judge to ensure that cases proceed efficiently.
• Schedule court reporters and interpreters.
• Refer defendants to probation office as appropriate.
• Inform jury clerk of upcoming trials and need for jurors. Assist the judge and parties in jury selection and maintain records of jury selection and attendance. Maintain contact with counsel during deliberations.
• Draft orders and judgments for the judge’s approval, including judgment and commitment orders. Docket orders, pleadings, judgments, as directed by local court policy, utilizing applicable automated systems.