ELIZABETH R. BUTLER KENNAR

Employment / Litigation Attorney
Seattle Office
(206) 676-7000

Spokane Office
(509) 926-2056

Practice: Beth Kennar’s practice involves a full range of labor and employment law matters, including counseling employers on compliance with legal obligations, training, workplace investigations, collective bargaining negotiations, and representing employers in litigation and administrative proceedings.

Experience: Beth has been a Member of Summit Law Group since 1998. She has both a Spokane and Seattle office, and represents public and private sector employers in a variety employment and labor-related matters. She negotiates union contracts, and represents employers in arbitrations and matters before the Public Employment Relations Commission and National Labor Relations Board.

Beth was named one of the top 100 labor lawyers in the United States for 2008 by the Labor Relations Institute, Inc. This honor represents the top one percent of labor attorneys in the United States.

Beth is also frequently called upon to provide training and counseling on a variety of employment law issues, including issues under the state and federal discrimination laws, state and federal wage and hour laws, and potential claims involving personnel manuals, reductions-in-force and other employee discipline and discharge issues. Beth also has extensive litigation experience. She represents clients in administrative proceedings before the EEOC and Human Rights Commission, and has successfully defended clients against employment claims in state and federal court.

Education: Beth graduated from Gonzaga University in 1991, summa cum laude. She obtained her Juris Doctorate from the University of Washington in 1995 and was a member of the Order of the Coif and Moot Court Honor Board.

Memberships: American, Washington State, and King County Bar Associations.