Employment Attorney – Advice and Counsel

Summit Law Group; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative law firm in Seattle is seeking a seasoned Employment Attorney to join their collaborative team. This role involves providing comprehensive legal advice on a wide range of employment matters, from hiring issues to workplace investigations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in employment law, excellent communication skills, and a passion for client success. Enjoy a supportive, dog-friendly hybrid workplace with competitive compensation and a unique member/partner model. Be part of a firm recognized for its commitment to diversity and excellence in legal services.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Options

Paid Maternity Leave

Paid Paternity Leave

Disability Insurance

Moving Stipend

Dog-Friendly Workplace

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in employment law advising.
• Strong communication skills and public speaking abilities.
• Experience with workplace investigations and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice on hiring, performance management, and workplace investigations.
• Manage compliance with wage and hour laws and discrimination issues.
• Support clients ranging from startups to public sector entities.

Skills

Employment Law Advisory

Strong Writing Skills

Relationship Management

Public Speaking

Workplace Investigations

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Member of Washington State Bar Association

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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 charges (e.g., EEOC, HRC)
• 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
• 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. 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 Firm of the Year at the 2021, 2022 & 2023 Benchmark Litigation US Awards and has also been recognized as one of Washington’s Best Workplaces from 2021 through 2024 by the Puget Sound Business Journal. We are especially proud that in its 2022, 2023 & 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: https://www.summitlaw.com/blog/news.

APPLICATION

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

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Law Practice and Legal Services

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