Employment Attorney - Advice and Counsel

THE OPPORTUNITY

Summit's Labor & Employment group is seeking a seasoned employment attorney to join our thriving, collaborative, and highly-capable team. This position will provide advice and counsel employment law support to our wide range of clients, from smaller start-up companies to large public sector entities. Our ideal candidate has private practice experience, strong writing and relationship management skills, and is passionate about Summit's success given our unique all-member/partner model. We welcome a sense of humor and a team-oriented, run-to-the-fire mindset. 

No portable book of business is required. We offer moving stipends for candidates relocating to Seattle. 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience advising clients on a wide range of employment matters, including: 
  • Hiring issues, including pay transparency
  • Leave laws and reasonable accommodation obligations
  • Performance management, discipline, and discharge
  • Conducting and overseeing workplace investigations
  • Noncompetition, non-solicitation, and trade secret protection
  • Responding to administrative chargers (e.g., EEOC, HRC)
  • Personnel policies
  • Wage and hour compliance
  • Discrimination, harassment, and retaliation
  • Multi-state employer issues
  • Executive compensation, including equity, bonuses, and commissions
• Experience representing private sector clients is required, with additional public sector experience preferred
• Strong communication skills, including ease with public speaking and a personable demeanor
• Impeccable drafting skills
• Member of the Washington State Bar Association (or able to obtain Washington State Bar Association membership within a reasonable period)
• Washington resident, or planning to relocate to the Seattle area
• Interest in joining firm membership, given Summit's all-member model

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Summit strives for competitive compensation and offers a full array of benefits with family packages available. 401K options include Roth and traditional accounts, with immediate vesting. We are a hybrid, dog-friendly workplace. As this is a member/partner position, compensation is a set monthly draw with a year-end distribution based on firm profits and personal contributions. Equity and firm financials will be detailed further in the hiring process. 

ABOUT SUMMIT

Summit Law Group's nontraditional law firm model, founded on revolutionizing the way legal services are provided, focuses on a single principle: customer service. 

Our mission is to think creatively, to proactively formulate and pursue the most effective, efficient solutions to our clients' legal needs with small, dedicated teams. Everyone at Summit Law Group is a legal professional who shares in the firm's success, and our attorneys are equity owners of our business. We have eliminated the inefficiencies inherent in traditional law firms -- such as hidden charges, rigid cost structures, and leveraged hierarchy -- to focus exclusively on our clients. Our innovative model has been proven by a long, successful track record that covers a broad variety of complex legal issues. 

Summit is consistently recognized as a top law firm, both on the regional and national levels, and has been consistently ranked by US News & World Report, Best Lawyers, and Chambers USA. Summit was also named Washington's Best Workplaces from 2021 through 2024 by the Puget Sound Business Journal. We are especially proud that in its 2022, 2023, and 2024 Diversity Snapshot, Law360 recognized Summit as being among the leading law firms across the nation for diversity. Additionally, we have consistently received Mansfield Rule Plus Certification since 2022 for our diversity in leadership efforts. Summiteers take pride in working here. You can check out more stories on Summit HERE.

APPLICATION

If you are interested in joining the Summit team, please submit your resume and cover letter via our application portal by clicking here.