We are seeking a highly organized and business-minded Paralegal to support in house counsel across a broad range of operational, administrative, and substantive legal priorities. This role serves as a trusted partner to legal leadership, helping drive department effectiveness, manage legal workflows, improve processes, and support construction and real estate legal matters. The ideal candidate brings strong judgment, operational discipline, and the ability to balance day-to-day legal support and research with longer-term department planning. This person will help create structure, surface urgent issues for leadership attention, manage routine legal and research matters, and build the systems and processes that enable the legal team to operate efficiently and strategically. This includes: 3 Provide support to the Legal team by reviewing, preparing, and administering construction and real estate contracts and related documents. Assist contract templates and documents, RFP materials, amendments, NDAs, board memos, and other correspondence; proofread for accuracy and consistency. 3 Maintain organized legal files and client records so documents are properly stored, current, and easy to retrieve. 3 Provide administrative support (calendars, scheduling, meeting coordination, proofreading). Assist Corporate Counsel with business transactions, legal research, and discovery support, while following corporate policies and applicable regulations. If youre organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities, and like contracts- this role is for you! Duties and Responsibilities - Serve as a strategic partner and chief of staff to the General Counsel and other senior legal leaders, helping prioritize work, manage departmental operations, and support execution of key initiatives. - Review engagement letters, contracts, and related legal documents for conformity to internal standards; identify key issues, elevate urgent or higher-risk matters, and support timely resolution of routine legal requests. - Act as an operational hub for the legal department by fielding one-off questions, coordinating follow-up, organizing priorities, and ensuring leadership has visibility into active matters, deadlines, and decisions. - Build, refine, and manage legal department processes, systems, templates, trackers, and workflows to improve efficiency, consistency, scalability, and service delivery across the organization. - Coordinate calendars, meetings, agendas, materials, and follow-up for legal leadership; help drive execution on strategic priorities and ensure behind-the-scenes logistics are managed effectively. - Support construction, real estate, and other business matters by assisting with contract administration, legal research, document preparation, regulatory tracking, and coordination with internal stakeholders and outside counsel as needed. - Prepare summaries, briefing materials, board memos, training materials, and internal communications to support legal leadership decision-making and cross-functional alignment. - Maintain organized legal files, records, and matter documentation, ensuring information is current, accessible, and managed in accordance with company standards and applicable requirements. - Complete paperwork and maintain records to support licensing and regulatory compliance. Requirements & Qualifications 3 4+ years of relevant paralegal experience or a comparable role within a law firm or corporate legal department; experience supporting construction and/or real estate matters is strongly preferred. 3 Associates degree required; paralegal studies, legal studies, business administration, or a related field preferred. 3 Position is based in Southfield, Michigan, and is primarily in-office; occasional work-from-home days may be acceptable based on business needs. 3 Demonstrated understanding of legal contract workflows, legal documentation, and risk identification, with the ability to exercise sound judgment and escalate issues appropriately. 3 Proven ability to create structure, manage multiple priorities, support executive-level leaders, and drive process improvements in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment. 3 Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare polished materials, handle sensitive information with discretion, and work effectively across legal, executive, and business teams. 3 Excellent organizational skills, strong attention to detail, and the ability to independently manage logistics, follow-through, and administrative complexity for senior leaders. 3 Experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and legal or contract management systems; comfort with process tools, trackers, and reporting is preferred. This is an exempt position so you may have to work hours that exceed the standard 40-hour work week. We are pleased to offer eligible staff a robust benefits package. Eligibility and contribution requirements for some of these benefits vary based on the number of hours staff work per week. Highlights include health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance. In addition to this, eligible staffare able totake advantage of our Flexible Time Off and various pre-determined holidays, as well as a 401(k) plan, flexible benefits plans, business-related travel expense, lodging, and meal reimbursement for business-related use. A pension plan is also available for eligible administrative and paraprofessional staff. A discretionary bonus plan is available for eligible staff. Plante Moran also offers some contingent staff positions theoptiontoelecthealth insurance in addition to limited paid sick time. The compensation range reflects the base salary wereasonably expectto pay for this position across our offices in the following regions: CO, IL, OH, and MA. Please review thepositiondescription for theapplicable geographic location. Generally, experienced hires are not hired at or near the maximum salary range, as compensation decisions take into account a wide variety of factors, including but not limitedto: responsibilities, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. For early career roles, including campus hires, we offer standardized, market-based starting salaries among individuals within the same hiring group. This approach ensures fairness and reflects current industry benchmarks for entry-level talent. Under Colorados Job Application Fairness Act, you have the right to redact, from any documents that yousubmitin connection with your application, information thatidentifiesyour age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. Should you wish to exercise your right to redact such information, please redact it prior tosubmittingdocumentation. The compensation range for this role in CO, IL, OH, and MA is:$ 80,000.00 - $110,000.00 LI#- KN1 LI#- In Office This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This deadline will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended.