Steve has been representing clients in employment and labor matters for over 30 years, and is the senior member of our firm. In addition to his base of employee and union clients, Steve represents a Washington joint employee-employer welfare fund. He also offers proactive labor and employment counseling to employers.

Steve is an MIT graduate and received his law degree from New York University Law School. Steve began his legal career with the National Labor Relations Board. He served as an attorney in the NLRB’s Washington D.C. and Seattle, Washington, offices from 1967 to 1974. Steve then went into private practice. In 1981, he co-founded the law firm that has become Frank Freed Subit & Thomas.

For over 15 years Steve has served on the planning committee of the Pacific Coast Labor and Employment Law Conference, which annually produces a nationally recognized two day seminar for labor and employment lawyers. Steve has also served as a mediator.

Steve comes from a family of lawyers, including his father, wife Kay, sister and brother-in-law. His two children, Jeremy and Mikaela, are not lawyers, although they are articulate and were argumentative at times when they were young.