Julie Krones

Schedule and maintain electronic calendars for all litigation events, due dates, and obligations for attorneys. Communicate clearly with multiple legal teams to ensure all legal obligations are met.

• Follow all company policies and procedures to deliver quality work.
• Develop strong relationships through consistent communication and attentive service.
• Schedule and maintain electronic calendars for all litigation events, due dates, and obligations for attorneys.
• Communicate clearly with multiple legal teams to ensure all legal obligations are met.
• Read and interpret various documents to extract upcoming events and requirements for docketing.
• Ensure all rules of civil procedure and local court rules are followed for multiple jurisdictions.
• Review and ensure quality incoming documents to determine conformity to appropriate rules, practices, and court requirements.
• Partnered with law teams to establish custom calendaring preferences for various law firm personnel are met.
• Improved legal team satisfaction rates through proactive problem-solving and efficient complaint resolution.

Schedule and maintain electronic calendars for all litigation events, due dates, and obligations for attorneys. Communicate clearly with multiple legal teams to ensure all legal obligations are met.

• Read and interpret various documents to extract upcoming events and requirements for docketing.
• Ensure all rules of civil procedure and local court rules are followed for multiple jurisdictions.
• Established the use of Compulaw legal software for the Minneapolis office.
• Partnered with law teams to establish custom calendaring preferences for various law firm personnel are met.
• Review and ensure quality incoming documents to determine conformity to appropriate rules, practices, and court requirements.
• Trusted to retrieve, possess, and process confidential/sealed documents including trade secrets, financial documents, and antitrust litigation.

Teleworking position with the primary duties being scanning, uploading, and quality checking of confidential and sealed court documents.

• Review and ensure quality incoming documents to determine conformity to appropriate rules, practices, and court requirements.
• Trusted to retrieve, posses, and process confidential/sealed documents including trade secrets, financial documents, and antitrust litigation.

Oversee general and specialized office and courtroom functions, including calendaring, managing cases, and coordinating courtroom events

• Liaison with Clerk's Office staff, the bar, the public, jurors, the U.S.Marshal's Office, the U.S Probation and Pretrial Services Office, and the judge to ensure that cases proceed smoothly, efficiently, and promptly while complying to Federal and Local Rules and the Speedy Trial Act
• Manage chambers' internal criminal files and civil and criminal case management, including the coordination with law clerks and communication with other chambers regarding case-related issues
• Manage and organize exhibits used in court proceedings, including the setup maintenance, and retrieval within the electronic evidence presentation system
• Assist in the accurate statistical reporting of court events and cases.

Arranged and managed a highly sought after judge's 24/7, 365-day schedule for international, national, and local appointments. Coordinated planning, scheduling, and confirming details, meeting, conferences, teleconferences, and travel for 50+ appointments, yearly, beyond court duties.

• Scheduled and coordinated ,or video interviews both nationally and internationally, through in -person, telephone, or various internet applications.
• Liaison to other judges' chambers, court unit executives and personnel, domestic dignitaries, international dignitaries, US Marshals, FBI, State Department, Administrative Office, and Federal Judicial Center and all contacts.
• Arranged domestic and international travel. Ensured appropriate documentation, for visas, passports, authorizations, and prepared travel vouchers. Responsible for filing expenses adhering to travel policies and regulations.
• Gathered information, obtained documents, background information, and other data support for the judge' committee and court work.
• Event management for presentations and receptions for 50-250 participants.
• Timely preparation and fulfilled all reporting requirements for the judge.
• Oversaw the externs and law clerk hiring and on-boarding process. Provide orientation to law clerks and judicial externs regarding policies and procedures.
• Mentored domestic and international students from universities and high schools.

Provided administrative support to the Circuit Executive, four Assistant Circuit Executives, Judicial Council and Court of Appeals Committees in a Circuit that covers seven states and ten districts, and had daily interaction with the Administrative Office in Washington, District of Columbia.

• Monitored flow of Court of Appeals and Judicial Council matters by calendaring and distributing issues to appropriate committee members, tracking and compiling votes, keeping court offices and applicable staff informed of progress, drafting and finalizing orders for distribution and summarizing orders.
• Attended Court of Appeals and Judicial Council meetings.
• Prepared and assisted at meetings by ensuring all necessary meeting materials were available.
• Assisted in taking minutes of meetings, preparing minutes for final approval by Chief Circuit Judge and Circuit Executive, and distributed to all members.
• Liaison to judges' chambers, court units, the Administrative Office and Federal Judicial Center in Washington, District of Columbia, and to the general public.
• Assisted with the appointment and reappointment of Bankruptcy Judges and Federal Public Defenders by collecting applications and comments from peers, distributing to the committee, assisting and prepared background checks, and on-boarding.
• Organized meetings, training, and travel arrangements; prepared travel vouchers.
• Coordinated and planned special court events such as memorial sessions, portrait ceremonies, investitures, and court-wide functions with 100+ attendees.
• Assisted in planning and on-site event support of the annual Judicial Conferences attended by +700 participants, including US Supreme Court Justices..

Transition to a new court on electronic filing system (CM/ECF). Coordinated and executed the input summary entries of documents, proceedings, and calendar items.

• Conducted classroom training for attorneys and staff on the new CM/ECF system.
• Provided CM/ECF Help Desk support by assisting outside users with procedures, proper e-filing of pleadings, and general questions.
• Assisted court staff with obtaining documents and specific computer use.
• Liaison with Judicial Staff, members of the bar, and/or the general public.
• Planned community outreach programs and events.