Paralegal

Job Description

Job Description

At Curaleaf, we're redefining the cannabis industry with a strong commitment to quality, expertise, and innovation. As a leading global cannabis provider, our brands—including Curaleaf, Select, and Grassroots—offer premium products and services in both medical and adult-use markets.

Join us at Curaleaf to be part of a high-growth, purpose-driven company that champions corporate social responsibility through our Rooted in Good initiative, supporting community outreach and positive change. Here, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact, drive innovation, and help shape the future of cannabis.

Title : Paralegal

Location : Stamford, CT (On-site)

About the Role :

Curaleaf is currently seeking a qualified applicant to fill the position of Paralegal-Labor & Employment Law. The paralegal will be responsible for a variety of legal-related activities in the U.S. to assist Curaleaf in minimizing its legal and reputational risks. The paralegal will interact with other attorneys and staff within legal and business partners outside of legal to help manage the day-to-day operations of the legal team and ensuring that Curaleaf remains in compliance with labor, employment and other relevant laws and regulations. The ideal candidate for this position has a strong work ethic, exceptional problem-solving skills and is comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic workplace.

What You'll Do :

• Provide support to the U.S. labor & employment and contract attorneys.
• Conducting legal research, including 50 state surveys.
• Manage compliance with internal litigation holds.
• Coordinate document review and manage discovery requests for litigation matters and labor arbitrations including e-discovery and coordinating with in-house IT and outside counsel.
• Assist with investigations related to attorney demand letters, administrative charges of discrimination and other legal claims. Includes working with internal clients and coordinating with outside counsel.
• Draft various documents including template documents, cease and desist letters, company policies, responses to administrative charges and government agency investigations.
• Assist with drafting severance and release agreements including coordinating with payroll for payment tracking.
• Complete administrative duties such as file management, legal calendar management, dispute tracking, legal invoicing and tracking, litigation analysis and reporting to identify trends.
• Manage annual state registrations and reporting requirements.
• Assist with preparing training decks on labor and employment law topics.
• Assist with scheduling, tracking and data gathering related to third-party vulnerability assessments and action plans.
• Monitor third party election petition filings in the industry and identify labor trends.
• Manage labor arbitrations, including arbitrator selection, preparing exhibits, witnesses, and researching arbitration precedent.
• Assist with preparation of NLRB trials and act as liaison for outside counsel.
• Managing internal contract review requests and contract management system and assigning legal review to contracts attorneys.
• Be open to other duties as assigned related to special team projects.

What You'll Bring :

Connecticut Hiring Range

$81,000—$90,000 USD

What We Offer :

Benefits vary by state, role type, and eligibility.

Follow us on Social Media :

Instagram : @curaleaf.usa

Twitter : @Curaleaf_Inc

LinkedIn : Curaleaf LinkedIn

Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (TSX : CURA) (OTCQX : CURLF) ("Curaleaf") is a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis with a mission to enhance lives by cultivating, sharing, and celebrating the power of the plant. As a high-growth cannabis company known for quality, expertise and reliability, the Company, and its brands, including Curaleaf, Select, Grassroots, JAMS, Find and Zero Proof provide industry-leading service, product selection and accessibility across the medical and adult-use markets. Curaleaf International is the largest vertically integrated cannabis company in Europe with a unique supply and distribution network throughout the European market, bringing together pioneering science and research with cutting-edge cultivation, extraction, and production. Home | Curaleaf | Cannabis with Confidence

Our Vision : To be the world's leading cannabis company by consistently delivering superior products and services and driving the global acceptance of cannabis.

Our Values :

Curaleaf is an equal opportunity employer. Curaleaf recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Individuals adversely impacted by the war on drugs are encouraged to apply.

Current Curaleaf employees should apply for open positions through our Internal Job Board, which can be accessed via the link on The Leaf.