Senior Paralegal, Litigation

Koch; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 80,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Koch in Wichita, Kansas seeks an experienced legal professional to support litigation, employment, EH&S, and eDiscovery matters, leveraging AI-enabled workflows to deliver efficient, defensible outcomes. You will apply matter management expertise and drive data-driven strategies across multiple practice areas.

You will collaborate with attorneys, business clients, outside counsel, and eDiscovery service providers to manage matters end-to-end and implement innovative workflows.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting complex legal matters including litigation.
• Experience managing discovery in litigation matters, including eDiscovery tools.
• Strong project management, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder skills.
• Ability to work independently and adapt to evolving technologies.
• Interest in applying AI and analytics to improve legal workflows.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support across litigation, employment, EH&S, and regulatory matters.
• Lead select matters with attorneys on strategy, witness prep, and risk assessment.
• Oversee eDiscovery activities: preservation, collection, analytics, review.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and providers on defensible eDiscovery approaches.
• Support depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and trials with exhibits.
• Apply legal tech, AI tools, and workflows to improve discovery outcomes.

Skills

Litigation support

eDiscovery

Project management

Communication

Collaboration

Technology proficiency

Tools

eDiscovery tools

Legal tech platforms

Job description

This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced legal professional with expertise supporting complex litigation , employment, EH&S, and eDiscovery matters . As legal technology, AI, and data-driven workflows continue to transform the legal industry, you will play an important role in supporting a broad range of legal matters and managing critical eDiscovery activities across multiple practice areas.

You will work directly with attorneys, business clients, outside counsel, eDiscovery service/technology providers , and other Legal & Compliance Capability team members to manage matters throughout the lifecycle , including litigation, employment, EH&S, compliance, and regulatory-related work. This role offers the opportunity to apply matter management expertise , leverage evolving technologies, and help deliver efficient, defensible, and business-focused legal outcomes.

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 across the Legal & Compliance Capability. We partner closely with our businesses to manage risk, solve complex challenges, and deliver legal services in ways that create competitive advantage

Our principles drive us to challenge the status quo, experiment with new technologies and ways of working, and invest in develop ing our people. Team members have the opportunity to contribute across a broad range of legal matters while building deep exper tise in matter support, eDiscovery, legal operations , and cross-functional collaboration .

What You Will Do

• Provide legal support across litigation, employment, EH&S, compliance, regulatory, and other legal matters, partnering with business clients, attorneys, outside counsel, and other Legal Capability team members.
• Take primary responsibility for select legal matters, partnering directly with attorneys and outside counsel on matter strategy, witness preparation, mediation support, risk assessment, and resolution recommendations
• Manage legal matters and associated eDiscovery activities, including data preservation, collection, data analytics, review, and attention to the needs of litigation, employment, EH&S, compliance, and regulatory and production
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders , outside counsel, and service providers to develop practical, defensible, and cost-effective approaches to eDiscovery and information management challenges.
• Conduct investigations, witness interviews, legal research, and fa ct analysis in support of litigation, employment, EH&S, compliance, and regulatory matters.
• Participate in and provide support for depositions, mediations, arbitrations, and trials, including preparation of exhibits, case materials, and litigation support resources.
• Apply legal technology, analytics, AI-enabled tools, and innovative workflows to improve discovery outcomes, manage risk, and increase operational efficiency.
• Experiment with and contribute to alternative and transformative work models, including the use of technology and data-driven insights to optimize legal processes.
• Apply strong critical thinking, sound judgment, a growth mindset, and a collaborative approach to effectively support complex legal matters and team objectives .

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience supporting complex legal matters in a law firm or corporate legal department setting, including litigation, employment, EH&S, compliance, or regulatory matters; witness interviews; witness preparation; and support for matter st rategy.
• Experience managing discovery in litigation matters, including eDiscovery tools.
• Strong project management, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, solve complex problems, and adapt to evolving technologies and ways of working.
• Interest in applying emerging technologies, analytics and AI enabled tools to improve legal workflows and discovery outcomes.

What Will Put You Ahead

• 5+ years of experience supporting complex legal matters, including litigation and eDiscovery , in a law firm, corporate legal department, legal services provider, or consulting environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing large-scale or complex discovery matters involving significant data volumes and multiple stakeholders.
• Experience partnering with outside counsel, alternative legal service providers, and technology vendors.
• Proven success implementing process improvements and innovative approaches.
• Trial experience, including exhibit preparation, court filings, deposition designations, witness coordination, attendance at trial, and war room preparation.
• Experience with international arbitration and/or cross-border discovery matters.
• 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.

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 .

For this role, we anticipate paying $80,000- $115,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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.

Who We Are

Koch creates and innovates a wide spectrum of products and services that make lifebetter. Our work spans a vast number of industries across the world, including engineeredtechnology, refining, chemicals and polymers, pulp and paper, glass, electronics andmany more. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, Koch employs about 120,000 employeesacross the globe.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how ourbusiness philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

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 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 ).