The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  KKR is hiring a Senior Attorney in Tuscaloosa, AL.

• Role description

  What if your Legal Project Management stopped being a side note and became the main event? That's the Senior Attorney role at KKR. A freelance Senior Attorney seat at KKR that pairs $81,000 - $113,000 with ownership, collaboration, and a long-term growth track.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Read between the lines of what Tuscaloosa customers actually need
  • Step in on additional duties that support the wider KKR mission
  • Earn the trust to make mentorship-focused judgment calls without a committee
  • Carry general projects from napkin sketch to Tuscaloosa, AL rollout
  • Defend the Paralegal Certification fundamentals when speed tempts everyone to skip them

  What You'll Bring

  • Curiosity that outpaces your current job description
  • Comfort working in a fast-paced, values-led environment
  • Employment Law fundamentals plus the Analytical Thinking polish clients notice
  • Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
  • An AL work history, or strong reasons you'll thrive here anyway
  • 7+ years putting Continuous Learning to work in a general setting

  KKR took everything frustrating about general and rebuilt it from scratch in Tuscaloosa, AL, with tinker-friendly attention to Legal Project Management. As a Senior Attorney, you'll have a real voice in shaping how the general team operates.

  Here the offer compounds, $81,000 - $113,000 now, mentorship next, benefits throughout, and flexible Tuscaloosa, AL hours for the long haul.

  Hiring as we speak in Tuscaloosa, with daily reviews still underway.

  Whatever brought you to this listing, let it carry you all the way to the apply form.

• Required skills

  • eDiscovery
  • Paralegal Certification
  • Immigration Law
  • Case Management
  • Employment Law
  • Legal Project Management
  • Data Protection
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Continuous Learning
  • Project Management

• Benefits & perks

  • Conference attendance budget
  • Dental insurance
  • Spot bonuses and recognition awards
  • Book and audiobook stipend
  • Roth 401(k) option
  • Coworking space allowance
  • Sabbatical for long-tenured employees
  • Health Insurance
  • Short-term disability insurance
  • Employer pension contributions
  • Headspace or Calm subscription

• Apply before 2026-11-25

  Submit your application for this Freelance general position.