Senior Counsel, Legal Ops & Compliance

Minnesota-Cannabis-Services; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Minnesota Cannabis Services is seeking a Senior Counsel to lead legal operations and compliance in Edina, MN. The role blends cannabis regulatory work with commercial contracts, leases, and license management, reporting to an executive team.

You’ll mentor two paralegals and drive a scalable legal function in a fast-growing industry. The position requires a Minnesota bar admission, 5+ years of regulated-industry legal experience, and a passion for AI-enabled legal practice.

Qualifications

• JD and active Minnesota bar membership.
• 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 — and we'll invest in keeping you at the cutting edge.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Mentoring

AI in legal practice

In-person teamwork

Education

JD

Minnesota bar membership

Job description

Minnesota Cannabis Services is seeking a Senior Counsel to lead legal operations and compliance in Edina, MN. The role blends cannabis regulatory work with commercial contracts, leases, and license management, reporting to an executive team.

You’ll mentor two paralegals and drive a scalable legal function in a fast-growing industry. The position requires a Minnesota bar admission, 5+ years of regulated-industry legal experience, and a passion for AI-enabled legal practice.