What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paralegal position at Koch?
Your Job
This role is a great opportunity for someone that is accomplished in all facets of litigation and be able to manage complex cases and projects spanning legal issues supporting our Litigation, Environmental Health & Safety, Compliance, and Labor, Employment & Benefits practice areas.
This position is open to sit in Atlanta, GA, Wichita, KS, or Lisle, IL.
Our Team
Our team is made up of transformative legal professionals who are driving excellence and maximizing value by working on a wide variety of cases and projects, partnering with other Legal Capability team members and our businesses. This position offers a unique path for career advancement, as it involves not only leading and managing cases and projects but also engaging in strategic planning and delivering results throughout the entire case lifecycle.
What You Will Do
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
Koch creates and innovates a wide spectrum of products and services that make life better. Our work spans a vast number of industries across the world, including engineered technology, refining, chemicals and polymers, pulp and paper, glass, electronics and many more. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Koch employs about 120,000 employees across the globe.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).
This role is a great opportunity for someone that is accomplished in all facets of litigation and be able to manage complex cases and projects spanning legal issues supporting our Litigation, Environmental Health & Safety, Compliance, and Labor, Employment & Benefits practice areas.
This position is open to sit in Atlanta, GA, Wichita, KS, or Lisle, IL.
Our Team
Our team is made up of transformative legal professionals who are driving excellence and maximizing value by working on a wide variety of cases and projects, partnering with other Legal Capability team members and our businesses. This position offers a unique path for career advancement, as it involves not only leading and managing cases and projects but also engaging in strategic planning and delivering results throughout the entire case lifecycle.
What You Will Do
- Provide legal support across a wide range of legal matters and subject areas, partnering with the business clients, attorneys, and other Legal Capability team members
- Take primary in-house responsibility for some litigation matters.This includes working directly with outside counsel to prepare witnesses for depositions and act as in-house lead during mediations. You’ll use critical thinking skills to evaluate risk to make strategic litigation and settlement recommendations to senior leaders.
- Manage legal matters, including complex litigation, with a strong focus on eDiscovery
- Conduct investigations and witness interviews
- Communicate effectively with clients
- Participate in and provide support in depositions, mediations, and trials. Participate in strategic planning process
- Conduct legal research and fact analysis
- Experiment and be part of alternative and transformative work models, including using technology and other methods to innovate and optimize processes
- Participate in knowledge sharing, training, mentoring and development for self and other members of the Legal Support Capability
- Apply solid critical thinking skills, growth mindset that is open to transformation, and collaborative approach to work effectively on our team
- Complex litigation experience in a law firm or in-house legal department setting including experience reviewing motions, interviewing witnesses and preparing witnesses for deposition
- eDiscovery proficiencies including managing large discovery projects, ESI collection, data review, QC and production, and have a high-level understanding of litigation support applications
- Strong project management, communication, and leadership skills
- Possesses the capability to work independently, demonstrating strong critical thinking skills and a willingness to embrace and adapt to change
- 7-10 years of complex litigation experience in a law firm or in-house legal department setting
- Demonstrated experience in leading litigation matters and making informed strategic decisions
- Trial experience, including exhibit preparation, court filings, deposition designations, coordination of witnesses for testimony, attendance at trial and war room preparation
- Experience with International Arbitration
- Demonstrated experience applying AI technologies to optimize legal workflows, enhance eDiscovery processes, and leverage data-driven insights for strategic decision-making and operational transformation within legal teams
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
Koch creates and innovates a wide spectrum of products and services that make life better. Our work spans a vast number of industries across the world, including engineered technology, refining, chemicals and polymers, pulp and paper, glass, electronics and many more. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Koch employs about 120,000 employees across the globe.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).
Salary : $37 - $57