Summit Law Group, PLLC

Rise above the usual practice 

Summit Law Group is a leading-edge law firm with concentrations in business, environmental, labor and employment, litigation, and real estate. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Summit represents regional, national and international customers including Fortune 500, mid-sized and start-up companies, individuals and local and state governmental entities.

Innovative customer-centric model 

When Summit was founded in 1997, we reinvented the law firm and redefined the alignment between customers and their legal counsel. Our model delivers personalized counsel, exceptional customer relationships and flexible fee structures.

These cornerstones of our model – and our success – have been consistent for twenty-five years.

We are a partner-only firm that provides senior-level counsel in every customer interaction. We cultivate and nurture longstanding relationships based on trust, efficiency and our problem-solving ethos. And we offer a variety of fee options to ensure alignment with customers’ priorities.

The Summit customer experience 

Summit customers know that whether they’re on a call or arriving at a meeting, they will always work directly with an experienced lawyer, not a junior attorney being trained on their dime. Our hallmark “value adjustment line” appears on every invoice, giving customers the final word about what they pay – up or down, depending on the value of the work delivered. The view is different from the Summit.

Labor and Employment 

Summit’s Labor and Employment team has traditionally been a go‐to labor and employment group for cities and government agencies throughout Washington along with private employers for their labor and employment needs. Our customers rely on us to ensure compliance with complex state and federal laws and to bargain labor contracts with unions. When our customers require litigation, we draw on our experience with courts and government agencies and put our customers’ best interests first.

Litigation Group 

Summit’s litigation team consists of trial-tested litigators who have appeared in state, federal and appellate courts throughout the nation. The right result means something different to every customer. We work with our customers to understand their goals so that we can arrive at the right outcome for their needs. This includes a commitment to getting to know our customers on our dime, and to initiate and engage in frank conversations about budgets and fee structures that align with their needs. If our client needs to take a case through trial, we do that well, having tried some of the highest profile cases in the Northwest. Our peers, the judiciary, and our clients consistently rank us at the very top of the Pacific Northwest for our skills and results.

Real Estate 

Over the past decade, Summit’s real estate team (aka the “Dirt Group”) has become one of the top groups of commercial real estate lawyers in the nation, representing clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to closely-held multigenerational real estate portfolios to emerging business owners. Collaboration is key - we do not succeed unless our clients do. We constantly adapt to meet our clients’ needs, and our trajectory is measured by the continued prosperity and growth of our clients.