Harlow Legal
A boutique law firm providing senior-level corporate, litigation, and employment counsel to businesses and executives in the Pacific Northwest.
Practice Areas
Four focused disciplinesCorporate & Transactions
M&A, entity formation, governance, shareholder agreements, and complex commercial contracts. We advise boards, founders, and investors at every stage.
Commercial Litigation
Federal and state court advocacy. Arbitration, appellate work, and regulatory proceedings. Prepared to try every matter.
Real Estate & Land Use
Acquisitions, dispositions, development, financing, and entitlement. We navigate environmental compliance and complex permitting.
Employment & Labor
Compliance counsel, executive agreements, workforce restructuring, and defense of discrimination and wage claims.
Boutique by choice.
Elite by standard.
“Clients deserve direct access to experienced counsel. Not layers of associates.”
Harlow Legal was founded in 2009 by Eleanor Harlow following a decade at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Every client works directly with a partner, from the first call to the final resolution.
We do not take every case. We take the right cases, and we handle them well. Our attorneys trained at the country's top law schools and firms. By choice, they chose the boutique model, where depth of attention matters more than breadth of headcount.
Our Attorneys
Senior counsel, every matterEleanor M. Harlow
Eleanor leads the firm's corporate practice. She guided clients through over 50 transactions and served in senior roles at Sullivan & Cromwell before founding Harlow Legal in 2009.
James R. Whitfield
James joined after clerking for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He represents clients in complex commercial disputes with deep experience in technology and media matters.
Sarah K. Osei
Sarah advises employers on workforce compliance, executive compensation structures, and defense of employment-related claims. She counsels HR and C-suite on sensitive matters.
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your matter.
Initial consultations are confidential and without obligation. All inquiries receive a response within one business day.