CASE ANALYST – LAW

• Dockets all labor hearing dates, including arbitration, medical mediations, and Labor Board cases
• Conducts initial review of cases and summarizes relevant issues
• Dockets and distributes daily mail and court filings for the Labor Division, including by scanning or emailing or as otherwise directed
• Opens, maintains, updates, and closes cases using various available computerized systems (e.g., Litify, Box)
• Summarizes information in legal documents
• Collects and organizes information and legal documents to respond to subpoenas and requests for information
• Maintains documents for motions, pleadings, and claims
• Indexes and files court documents for record keeping purposes
• Trains attorneys and staff and troubleshoots problems on computerized systems (e.g., Litify, Box, court dockets, case portals, or case filing systems)
• Generates various monthly reports of open, pending, or closed cases and any other reports on cases as directed (e.g., individual attorney caseloads, opened and closed cases by venue, case load by venue, or reports responsive to different requests)
• Monitors and tracks attorney caseloads
• Maintains a case numbering log for the purpose of assigning case numbers to new matters that arrive without numerical designations
• Maintains a log for open and closed cases
• Prepares case files and folders for new matters
• Conduct conflict searches for monthly Arbitration calendar and organizes and maintains a filing system for archived calendars
• Routes Case Management cards sent by the Circuit Court and other legal documents with insufficient addressee information
• Conducts name and case searches and responds to case inquiries from various Law Department divisions, City departments, and the public
• Serves as a liaison between attorneys and other divisions or departments as needed
• Works on special labor-related or other Labor Division projects as required
• Performs related tasks as needed

APPLICATION EVALUATION: Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. The Department of Human Resources staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow any and all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference for applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders. For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. To learn more about our hiring practices click here.