Summer Hart Murshid

I met with several attorneys for short interviews prior to meeting Summer. Summer was immediately kind, thoughtful, thorough, grasped my wage theft problem at a current employer immediately, understood my DWD filings for wage theft up to that point, and eased my termination fears about it all! At tha...t first meeting she provided expert guidance and articulated how to tight-rope walk the situation, to try and help me retain my newer dream job, but as she kindly said at the end of that first meeting - she thought the writing was already on the wall. Weeks later I was terminated without cause or compensation, exactly as she had guessed I would be. Upon hiring Summer she then expertly and professionally saw me through a full DWD court process, including appeals, and made it VERY clear to the judge how the wage theft and illegal termination occurred. Solid judgment, backed by sound evidence, through a maze of law, she won my case completely - hands down. The judge granted everything she asked for. I was given ALL my past due wages along with interest, and Summer was granted all her billable hours plus court filing costs and her fees. Full and complete WIN!! In addition she also worked well with the company's attorneys on pay-outs and settlements. Summer also "managed" me through the process - my emotions were running high, not only at the loss of a dream job with unscrupulous managers, but losing a job during Covid, battling through a court case with hearings/long depositions, and with no personal legal experience in employment law - I was left emotionally dangling and distraught at most turns. Summer is an EXCELLENT and COMMUNICATIVE attorney, but also a super human being. She quashed my worries as we moved along the process, communicated well and often, helped me 'see' the best legal routes to pursue, was my strong advocate, and managed the legal process and me 'appropriately'. (LOL!) Anyone with any sort of employment legal tangle would be well pressed to hire her, as her depth in the employment field is unparalleled.

I am extremely happy the way Summer helped me with my case. She is professional, yet very personable. I was never in this type of situation before, however, Summer clearly indicated what needed to be done, step by step. I never had any delays; she always followed through with what she said she woul...d do. It only took one year to resolve my case....thanks to Summer Murshid. I am very happy with the outcome of the case.

Summer was exactly the representative I needed in a discrimination dispute I had with an employer. During my initial consultation she was compassionate and easily grasped the issues at play in the dispute. She laid out several options including additional negotiating before getting her involved. ... She believed in the case but obviously was not just in it for the money. When I chose to retain her services we again discussed possible outcomes and options. Ultimately I decided to pursue an out-of-court course of action. She became my advocate, efficiently communicating my desires, my employer's offers and my counter-offers, finally producing a generous severance as well as preserving my right to go to work for a competitor. My work environment had become impossibly strained, and I greatly sppreciated the prompt settlement. Every email and voicemail was answered within an hour...often she left messages for me, not the other way around. She made a very uncomfortable work environment something I was able to walk away from. I know that's her job, but not once did it seem that she was just ' doing her job'. I never felt 'processed'; I felt like a person. I would strongly recommend Summer to anyone with a legitimate employment dispute. She believes in doing the right thing.