Reporting to the Vice President & Chief Counsel – Litigation, you will provide legal support across the full life‑cycle of litigation matters for the enterprise, offering strategic guidance, managing outside counsel, and partnering with business teams to support effective and timely resolution of disputes.

A Taste of Your Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and strategic direction to outside counsel on an assigned caseload of lawsuits, claims, and subpoenas.
• Support business partners and company witnesses through interviews, document collection, depositions, hearings, and other adversarial proceedings.
• Represent Conagra Brands in legal, administrative, and regulatory proceedings, as well as mediations, arbitration, and settlement negotiations.
• Oversee discovery processes, including e‑discovery and legal hold, and promote the evolution of tools, processes, and services.
• Identify and lead continuous improvement efforts within the litigation group.
• Counsel business partners on dispute resolution, litigation, insurance, regulatory, and risk management matters while identifying opportunities for training.
• Ensure appropriate use of company assets, including enforcement of billing guidelines and negotiation of alternative fee arrangements.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with business partners, the litigation team, legal department colleagues, and external partners.
• Commit to ongoing development of legal and business skills, industry knowledge, and an inclusive work environment.

Ingredients Required for Your Success

• Licensed attorney with at least four years of litigation experience in a law firm or corporate litigation department. Licensed in the State of Illinois or qualifying for an Illinois in‑house counsel license at the time of application.
• Experience across a broad range of litigation matters, such as product liability, commercial and contract disputes, personal injury, employment, environmental, insurance coverage, and class action disputes.
• Demonstrated skill in working collaboratively, thinking critically, managing complex projects, learning new areas of law, and solving problems.
• Understanding of e‑discovery best practices; hands‑on experience with e‑discovery tools preferred.
• Comfortable working autonomously while keeping managers and business partners informed.
• High integrity, collaboration skills, and emotional intelligence.
• Skilled in managing complex projects within established budgets.
• Collaboratively influential with the confidence to raise legal perspectives and propose alternative actions.
• Professional written and oral communication skills.
• Skill in evaluating legal issues from a business perspective, articulating risk through a cost‑benefit lens, and proposing creative solutions.
• Demonstrated curiosity, rapid learning capability, comfort with change, and confidence making decisions with incomplete information.
• Commitment to personal development and continuous learning.
• Strong personal initiative, drive for action, and accountability.
• Skilled at handling confidential company information requiring the highest level of discretion.
• Self‑starter with urgency, organization, and the capacity to manage unexpected situations under tight deadlines.

Number of Days in Office: 3
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Compensation: 

Pay Range:$133,000-$197,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye ®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.