Spotlight on…Skip Bach, Winston & Strawn Docket Supervisor

We are pleased to spotlight Docket Supervisor Skip Bach in celebration of his 45^th Anniversary at Winston & Strawn.

Congratulations on your 45^th anniversary at Winston & Strawn! What advice would you give yourself on your first day at Winston 45 years ago?
Be patient as you will have a steep learning curve in the areas of the courts, rules, filings, and litigation. Hang in there during this process and eventually it will all come together. Prepare yourself for a remarkable adventure.

What are three words you would use to describe your time at Winston & Strawn?
Challenging, fulfilling, and amazing.

Any fun Docket stories you want to share?
Back in the day Winston Docket Clerks literally formed a Relay Team and would run/race over to the State and Federal Courts to complete last minute court filings right before the Clerk’s Offices would close. The Relay Team would start off with the first Docket Clerk running the late filing to the Courthouse. The second Docket Clerk would be waiting at the Courthouse, on the other side of the Lobby Security machine, to grab the filing as it came through the belt. The second Docket Clerk would run to the elevator and bring it up to the Clerk’s Office where a third Docket Clerk would be either standing at the door (or inside the door) of the respective Clerk’s office to accept the last minute filing. We had good relationships with the Clerks at those Courthouses who almost always let us get those paper pleadings filed – even when we were a few minutes late!