Paralegal - Litigation

Lowe's Home Centers; Mooresville (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowe’s Home Centers is seeking a detail‑oriented paralegal to support its Legal Department in Mooresville, NC. The role focuses on fact‑finding, legal research, drafting and editing documents, and coordinating with outside counsel to support Lowe’s business units.

The position involves handling discovery, regulatory submissions, due diligence, and matter management tasks, with opportunities to contribute across multiple practice areas.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or equivalent experience.
• Associate degree or higher preferred as applicable.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• 4 years in a corporate legal department or law firm.
• Up to 1 year of corporate legal department or law firm experience.
• 2 years handling large volumes of work and broad research projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee discovery, respond to client inquiries, and coordinate with outside counsel.
• Draft, review, and edit legal documents and correspondence.
• Perform legal research and prepare memoranda for attorney review.
• Prepare materials for transactional closings, depositions, and regulatory filings.
• Intake and triage requests from business clients and outside counsel.
• Complete filings and compliance actions and track deadlines.
• Create exhibits and diagrams to represent factual information.
• Identify changes to company protocols to ensure ongoing regulatory compliance.
• Investigate, interview stakeholders, and prepare investigation summaries.

Skills

Legal research

Discovery management

Regulatory compliance

Drafting legal documents

Paralegal project work

Client and internal communications

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate degree

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Matter management systems

Job description

Do your Best Work in Mooresville

This position is based at our headquarters in Mooresville, North Carolina. Our corporate office is a space where you can collaborate and do your best work. Take a walk, grab a bite (or a cup of coffee), work out or get a check-up – we invest in you so you can find your inspiration.

Your Impact

The primary purpose of this role is to be responsible for managing matters that directly affect Lowe's various business units, by conducting fact‑finding, applying expertise in discrete legal areas, and conducting legal research in support of the Lowe's Legal Department. This includes responsibility for overseeing discovery, responding to client inquiries, communicating and coordinating with outside counsel and completing specialized paralegal projects based on assigned practice group. This role is also responsible for drafting, reviewing, and editing legal documents.

What you will do

• Perform specialized paralegal tasks based on attached practice area including claim review and issue recognition, investigating and responding to Notices of Violation, intellectual property docket management, review of and analysis of redlines of vendor agreements to identify high‑issues for escalation, managing compliance with single‑plaintiff consent decrees and conciliation agreements, etc.
• Complete legal submissions to regulatory agencies and compliance‑related tasks, prepares reports and other documents representing factual information, communicates with federal, state, and local officials regarding matters, and research relevant regulations, codes, case law to track development of regulatory landscape and apply such to Lowe’s business processes.
• Manage and coordinates fact finding and discovery by conducting legal research (e.g., prepares and submits legal hold requests, prepares due diligence summary reports after contacting business units, and federal, state, and local officials for information and discussion).
• Draft legal correspondence and documents that require legal expertise, tailors them based on transaction specific details and utilizes the matter management system to memorialize finalized documents and correspondence.
• Perform legal research as it relates to assigned matters utilizing legal training and experience to determine applicability of research to assigned issue and prepare research memoranda analyzing legal issues for attorney review.
• Prepare and identifies legal materials needed for transactional closings, depositions, regulatory filings hearings, and presentations and resolves legal questions prior to attorney review.
• Obtain and reviews key due diligence information, prepares summary reports, runs queries and pulls relevant statutes, regulations and case law for attorney review.
• Intake and triage requests from business clients and outside counsel and responds to client requests for information in a timely and efficient manner.
• Complete filings and compliance actions by managing documents and deadlines and collaborating with peers across the company as well as outside counsel.
• Create exhibits, charts, and diagrams representing factual information.
• Utilize knowledge of business process and applies legal analytical skills to determine needed changes to company protocols to ensure continued compliance with changing regulations, laws, and consent decrees in assigned area.
• Apply legal training and experience to conduct fact investigations, interview relevant stakeholders, and provide investigation summaries, including factual findings and recommended future actions.
• Manage project initiation, including initial analysis and assessment, and preparation of initial drafts of relevant transaction documents;
• Perform legal and factual research to resolve various complaints, issues or problems, including issues related to land use (e.g. encroachments, environmental regulations, easements, land use restrictions, etc.), Customer and employee accessibility, employee and customer claims, etc.
• Investigate and prepare responses to due‑diligence inquiries from third parties regarding landlord/tenant questions, regulatory compliance inquiries, and contract compliance reviews.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• Associate degree or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• 4 years of experience working in a corporate legal department or law firm
• Up to 1 year of experience working in a corporate legal department or law firm
• Additional work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.
• 2 years of experience managing large volumes of work
• 2 years of experience in broad research projects

Preferred Qualifications

• 3 years of experience drafting legal documents
• Experience working in a corporate law department
• Retail Experience
• Experience with matter management systems
• State-designated paralegal certification

About Lowe’s

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE®100 home improvement company with total fiscal 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe’s employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.