Litigation Paralegal

Litigation Paralegal

In-House Legal Team | Natura Life + Science | Sacramento, California

Natura Life + Science is a vertically integrated California cannabis operator headquartered in Sacramento. We hold licenses across cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail, and we build and operate flagship brands including Sluggers. As we scale, our in-house legal function is expanding to handle the full lifecycle of corporate, regulatory, real estate, intellectual property, and commercial matters that come with operating a maturing business in a young, fast-moving industry.

We are hiring a Litigation Paralegal to join our in-house legal team in Sacramento. This is a substantive role: you will support active and anticipated commercial and litigation matters from intake through resolution, working directly with our General Counsel and Corporate Counsel. You will own the litigation calendar, document production workflows, and the discovery and evidence operations for the matters we run in-house. We are a small, fast-moving department that handles meaningful work. The person in this role will have a visible impact from week one.

• Manage litigation calendars across multiple active matters, with particular attention to Sacramento Superior Court deadlines, local rules, e-filing procedures, and tentative ruling conventions

• Coordinate document collection, review, Bates-stamping, privilege logging, and production exchange with opposing counsel and outside counsel

• Draft and revise pleadings, motions, declarations, discovery requests and responses, subpoenas, and correspondence under attorney supervision

• Proofread documents, contracts, and other legal document

• Build and maintain evidence files including, but not limited to, witness files, deposition exhibits, evidence indexes, and the document repository

• Coordinate with outside counsel: file transmittal, status tracking, billing review, deadline management, and document hand-offs

• Administer e-discovery platforms and case management software; suggest better tools, templates, and workflows when you see them

• Operate with discretion and judgment on confidential, sensitive, and time-pressured information

• Three or more years of litigation paralegal experience, ideally including litigation matters in California state court

• Working knowledge of California Superior Court rules, calendaring conventions, and electronic filing procedures

• Strong written communication: clear, concise, error-free prose under deadline. We will ask for writing samples

• Obsessive attention to detail. You read footnotes, verify exhibit numbering, and notice when a defined term shifts between two drafts

• Comfort with modern legal technology: case management platforms, e-discovery tools, document automation, cloud-based document management. Willingness to learn new tools quickly and recommend better ones

• Self-directed and organized: you can manage parallel matters without dropping deadlines and without being micromanaged

• Discretion, judgment, and steadiness under pressure

• Paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program

• Experience supporting matters with significant document volume, including complex commercial disputes or high-volume e-discovery

• Familiarity with the California cannabis regulatory environment, or with another heavily regulated industry

• Trial preparation experience

• Experience using AI platforms

• Competitive base salary $70,304-$90k, commensurate with experience

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• Paid time off and standard benefits package

• Sacramento headquarters; in-person preferred with hybrid flexibility for the right candidate

Send your resume and a brief cover letter to legal@natura.io  with the subject line “Litigation Paralegal – [Your Name].” In the cover letter, please describe one matter where you took ownership of a specific workstream — calendaring, document production, brief preparation, deposition support, or similar — and how you managed it. Please also include one writing sample of your own work product, three pages or fewer. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Natura embraces diverse perspectives, and we value unique human experiences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business.