Beth’s practice involves a full range of labor and employment law matters, including counseling employers on compliance with legal obligations, training, workplace investigations, and collective bargaining negotiations, and representing employers in litigation and administrative proceedings. Beth has been a member of Summit Law Group since 1998. She has offices in both Spokane and Seattle, and represents public and private sector employers in a variety of 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 is 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. She has extensive litigation experience representing clients in administrative proceedings before the EEOC and Human Rights Commission, as well as successfully defending clients against employment claims in state and federal court.

• “Information Requests Under the Public Records Act and RCW 41.56,” WAPELRA, 2012
• “Wage and Hour Update,” Association of Washington Cities Labor Relations Institute, 2011–2012
• “Legal Update,” Desert Bar Association, 2011
• “ADA Issues and Concerns,” City of Pasco, 2011
• “NLRB Update,” FedEx Express, 2010
• “Fair Labor Standards Act—Recent FLSA Developments,” Association of Washington Cities Labor Relations Institute, 2010
• “FLSA Hot Topics: Donning and Doffing, Furloughs, Take Home Vehicles & Training,” WAPELRA, 2009
• “Bargaining in Tough Times,” Association of Washington Cities Labor Relations Institute, 2009
• “Sexual, Racial, and Other Harassment in the Workplace,” Employment Law Update, Yakima, 2009
• “Preventing Harassment in the Workplace” training for numerous customers on a recurring basis
• “Comprehensive Supervisor Training” for numerous customers on a recurring basis

• American Bar Association
• Washington State Bar Association
• King County Bar Association

• 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.)
• Order of the Coif
• Moot Court Honor Board
• “Super Lawyer,” “Rising Star,” et al.

• University of Washington (J.D.)
• Gonzaga University (summa cum laude)