Courtroom Clerk Honorable Elisa Dozono

Initial Posting Date: 10/21/2025 Final date to receive applications: 11/12/2025 Agency:
Judicial Department Salary Range: $4,649 – $7,212 Position Type:
Employee

Position Title:

Courtroom Clerk for the Honorable Elisa Dozono

Interviews will be scheduled within two weeks after the Final date to receive applications.

Oregon Judicial Department (OJD) serves the public. The people we serve may be facing challenging life circumstances, high levels of stress, or confusion about their next steps. The work you will do in this role directly affects the people in our community who come to the court to have their cases resolved. We need staff who want to have direct impact in their communities, value OJD’s efforts to remove barriers to access justice services and enjoy a high level of customer service and interaction with the public.

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive team and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We consider relevant work and past lived experience and education, plus any transferable skills and abilities that may meet our qualifications or the skills and attributes we need for this position.

• We pay 95% to 99% of medical insurance premiums for full‑time employees (up to 99% for part‑time employees), including mental health coverage.
• The hourly equivalent for this position is $26.82 – $41.61 (annual salary: $55,788 – $86,544).
• 10 paid holidays, 2 floating holidays, 3 personal business days, separate sick and vacation paid leaves (prorated for part‑time employees), and other employee benefits such as optional insurances and flexible spending plans.
• OJD will pay a 5% allowance for bilingual skills (includes ASL) if you can pass a skills test and are assigned to use those skills on the job.
• In this job profile, we offer candidates new to OJD up to the third step of the salary range, depending on experience. You are potentially eligible for a 5% annual increase.

Portland was founded in 1845 (incorporated in 1851). It is the state’s largest city and the county seat for Multnomah County. It is named for Portland, Maine. It is situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers. Recreational activities include numerous museums (including OMSI), parks (including Forest Park, largest wilderness park in city limits in the nation), hiking (including in‑city hiking trails), restaurants (including Food Carts), Mt Hood (about 50 miles east) and much more.

Portland is home to three major sports teams:
Trailblazers (NBA), Timbers (MLS), and Thorns (NWSL).

The court is hiring a Courtroom Clerk for the Honorable Elisa Dozono.

• Provide moderate‑to‑complex support to the judge and judicial assistant by preparing files for pretrial review, scheduling hearings and trial dates, preparing motions, orders, and judgments, retrieving case law as requested, managing the judge’s docket, updating multiple calendars, assisting in case tracking, and reviewing documents filed with the court for accuracy and completeness.
• Screen visitors and mail, obtain needed signatures, certify court orders as directed, summarize the day’s rulings, and verify the status of warrants.
• Provide backup for the judicial assistant and train and mentor newer courtroom clerks as needed.
• Prepare the courtroom for the day’s proceedings, swear in witnesses, mark and maintain exhibits, monitor proceedings, respond to security needs, maintain audio and electronic records, update the case management system, and schedule and facilitate Cisco Webex appearances as needed.
• Assist attorneys, litigants, and the public in using the court system and answer questions about the status of cases and court procedures.
• Assigned tasks may be changed to accommodate workload and organizational needs.

• Workday times out after approximately 15 minutes of inactivity and all progress will be lost.
• REQUIRED:
  
  a cover letter that demonstrates how you meet the Minimum Qualifications, Special Qualifications, and Requested Skills and Attributes. Using a generic cover letter is likely not going to get you an interview, so…