About Us

Beth’s practice focus is workplace investigations for both public and private sector employers. In this role, Beth partners with clients to ensure an impartial, timely and thorough investigation, frequently involving complex claims and fact patterns, as well as sensitive issues and environments. In the course of her career, Beth has conducted more than 300 investigations of complaints and circumstances as varied and diverse as the individuals involved.

Beth’s decades of practice experience have included investigations into allegations of discrimination, hostile work environment, sexual misconduct, assault and harassment, retaliation, ethics violations, wrongful termination, and improper governmental actions. She has conducted investigations with employees, witnesses, and parties from a multitude of occupations and employment, including executive leadership, elected and appointed governmental officials, correctional officers, law enforcement, tribal management and employees, students, tenured faculty and staff, and human resources professionals. 

Beth holds an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate, accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). She also served for almost a decade as the Seattle Circle Convener for AWI, where she was responsible for the leadership of the local professional membership association. 

Beth frequently speaks to client groups, various national and local organizations, and special interest groups, on topics related to human resources and workplace management, including training on the critical skills managers need for performance management, professionalism, diversity, and inclusion awareness. She creates and facilitates seminars that provide management with practical tools for a workplace’s daily operations while highlighting the vital importance of self‑awareness to a successful manager. Beth also works hard to keep attendees awake through her entire presentation. 

Additionally, Beth guides clients in everyday workplace issues, such as ADA accommodations, discrimination and retaliation prevention, wage and hour administration, and employee relations, with a focus on the preventative measures available to employers. She provides comprehensive workplace law advice and strategic human resources consultation to public and private employers with timely practical guidance. With every unique situation, Beth remains focused on balancing both solutions and awareness of the client’s time and financial investment in those solutions. 

To both her work as an investigator and legal counsel, Beth brings her decades of experience with both federal and state employment law litigation in Washington and other PNW states. Prior to founding Clarity with Tara, Beth practiced more than 20 years at two local law firms and in the Seattle offices of two nationally renowned law firms. She also worked nearly a decade as a solo practitioner and spent two rewarding years working for the Labor & Personnel Division of the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. Beth graduated from Seattle University School of Law and earned her B.A. at Scripps College in Claremont, California. She is an alumna, former Board of Trustees member, and a former Alumni Board member of University Preparatory Academy in Seattle. 

When Beth isn’t working, she is trying to drink enough caffeine to keep up with her teenage daughter, their dog and two cats, Mariners baseball and the Seattle Seahawks.