Senior Cannabis Legal Ops & Compliance Counsel

Mcs; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Minnesota Cannabis Services is hiring a Minnesota-barred attorney to be the senior hands-on lawyer inside our legal operations and compliance function in Edina, MN. You will own complex regulatory work, contracts, and entity management, mentoring two paralegals, while collaborating with an executive team moving fast.

You will lead licensing, registrations, and compliance initiatives, using AI tools to draft, review, and research with privilege protection, and contribute to growth of the legal

Qualifications

• JD and active Minnesota bar membership (or imminent admission).
• 5+ years of legal experience; regulated-industry exposure (cannabis, alcohol, or tobacco) strongly preferred.
• Commercial contracts and/or real estate experience preferred; multi unit retail or franchise agreements experience a plus.
• Meticulous, organized, autonomous, and genuinely enthusiastic about AI in legal practice.

Responsibilities

• Own the master renewal calendar: entity renewals, state and local license renewals, and applications — inventoried, deadlined, executed, never late.
• Review and abstract commercial leases, maintain the lease database, and support subleasing and landlord communications.
• Build and maintain audit-ready compliance records; support regulatory filings, disclosures, and exam response.
• Draft, review, and manage contracts, corporate documents, and entity records; help elevate paralegal work with a mentoring mindset.
• Support the insurance program: certificate tracking, renewals, COI requirements.
• Practice at the frontier: we use AI legal tools daily for drafting, review, and research — with privilege rigorously protected.

Skills

Minnesota bar

Legal experience

Regulatory cannabis exposure

Real estate contracts

AI in legal practice

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Minnesota bar admission (active or imminent)

Job description

Minnesota Cannabis Services is hiring a Minnesota-barred attorney to be the senior hands-on lawyer inside our legal operations and compliance function in Edina, MN. You will own complex regulatory work, contracts, and entity management, mentoring two paralegals, while collaborating with an executive team moving fast.

You will lead licensing, registrations, and compliance initiatives, using AI tools to draft, review, and research with privilege protection, and contribute to growth of the legal