ABOUT CIRRUS AIRCRAFT
Cirrus Aircraft -- a market leader committed to redefining and growing personal aviation -- is looking for an experienced Corporate Paralegal, Litigation & eDiscovery to join our dynamic Legal team. Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel, the Corporate Paralegal will provide broad-based support to the Legal Department in the administration and support of the companys legal affairs but with a particular focus on litigation, electronic discovery, and document retention processes. The successful candidate will have 5+ years of corporate paralegal experience and will collaborate with key Cirrus Aircraft stakeholders on a wide variety of legal matters. Bonus points for a sense of humor and desire to have fun while doing challenging legal work for the leader in personal aviation!
ABOUT THE JOB
We are looking for a Corporate Paralegal, Litigation & eDiscovery, in Duluth, MN. As the home to our corporate headquarters, Duluth is a four-season city on the western tip of Lake Superior and was voted Best Town by Outside Magazine. The splendor of the largest freshwater lake in the world offers a multitude of outdoor activities for adventure or rejuvenation. The North Shore lifestyle is known its year-round activities, including bicycle and snowmobile trails, kayaking, rock climbing, fishing, hiking, golfing, sailing and skiing. And as a top employer in the area, Cirrus Aircraft was recently named “Best Overall Large Company to Work for in the Northland” and “Best Workplace Culture” by the Duluth News Tribune readers.
- Support all phases of litigation matters in conjunction with both inside and outside counsel, including the management of litigation holds and eDiscovery support, the review and collection of documents for responsive information, and assistance with discovery and subpoena responses.
- Manage the Legal Departments document management repositories, intranet platform, contract management system, and other information repositories to promote efficiency and centralize key templates, policies, processes, memos, etc.
- Provide review and drafting support for routine legal documents and corporate agreements and instruments, including confidentiality agreements, consulting agreements, sales agreements, etc.
- Support the Companys data protection, document retention, and privacy initiatives.
- Conduct legal and factual research under the direction and guidance of the Companys attorneys.
- Evaluate and implement measures to enhance cross-functional collaboration on legal projects and strategic initiatives.
- Collaborate with the Companys attorneys to identify and track departmental success metrics and benchmarks; prepare various tracking reports and report out materials on behalf of the Legal Department, including Power Point presentations.
- Lead and manage strategic legal operations initiatives and pursue continuous improvement with legal operations to promote departmental efficiency.
- Provide a limited amount of administrative support for the Legal Department.
- Assist with other company-wide strategic matters and Legal Department projects as needed.
- Regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
- Travel requirements estimated at 5 (domestic).
Required Qualifications
- Paralegal Degree or Certification required; Bachelors degree preferred
- 5+ years of experience as a paralegal in a law firm or corporate in-house legal department. Some corporate in-house experience preferred.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency and high aptitude with Microsoft Purview, Advanced eDiscovery or similar systems, other Microsoft programs and applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams), Adobe Acrobat, Salesforce, and contract management systems.
- Proficiency with Relativity and/or other eDiscovery tools and platforms.
- Strong oral and written communications, presentation, and facilitation skills. Must interact confidently, persuasively and diplomatically with all levels of Cirrus organization. Must also be a good listener.
- Must be a self-starter with a proactive and problem-solving approach who demonstrates exceptional organizational and planning skills.
- Superb organizational skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work efficiently, prioritize workflow, meet demanding deadlines, and manage multi-faceted projects in a fast-paced environment, and be comfortable with minimal supervision.
- Ability to manage a heavy workload and prioritize multiple projects.
- Ability to work independently while functioning well in a team environment.
- Ability to understand general business operations, issues and dynamics beyond the scope of basic legal issues.
Competencies
Customer Focus: Builds strong customer relationships and delivers customer-centric solutions.
Action Oriented: Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
Drives Results: Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances.
Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Situational Adaptability: Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match shifting demands of different situations.
WHY CIRRUS
Benefits: Cirrus offers a competitive benefits package that includes: health, dental, life, short and long-term disability insurance, flexible spending account, 401K retirement savings plan, voluntary vision, Employee Referral Incentive Program, vacation and holiday pay. Additionally, all employees enjoy a discount at the company store and exclusive discounts from our world-class partners, like Garmin, Bose, AT&T, Microsoft, Fastenal and more.
Life At Cirrus: As a leading manufacturer of personal aircraft, Cirrus is dedicated to the advancement of general aviation. The Cirrus Flying Club offers employees and their family members the unique opportunity to obtain their private pilots license in the comfort of a Cirrus or rent a Cirrus for an impromptu adventure at a greatly reduced rate.
At Cirrus, we are committed to investing in the future of our employees and company by offering professional development and career progression opportunities that include onboarding, recurrent and area-specific training, talent acceleration and leadership development, continuing education, and tuition assistance programs.
We also engage employees by offering several employee and family events throughout the year, as well as the opportunity to take part in activity clubs and community events. From holiday and special occasion celebrations, to local runs and barbecues, our team has the opportunity to connect with each other, the community and our customers. We also give back to our communities by providing all employees a paid Community Day each year!
