Summer Law

What Summer Law does

Summer Law (legal name: Law Offices of David B. Summer) is a solo attorney practice headquartered at 100 State Street, Suite 900, Boston, Massachusetts. The firm was established by David B. Summer following his 1996 Massachusetts bar admission and has operated continuously for over 25 years. It concentrates exclusively on three practice areas: Tax Law (IRS appeals, audits, penalty waivers, and tax litigation), Employment Law (wrongful termination, harassment, retaliation, discrimination, whistleblower, and hostile work environment claims for both employees and employers), and Wage & Hour Disputes (minimum wage violations, off-the-clock work, worker misclassification, tip theft, and wrongful deductions). All matters are handled personally by David B. Summer, with no associates or support staff disclosed across source materials.

The firm operates a standard FindLaw-hosted website (mass-lawyer.com) that functions as both an informational resource and intake funnel, with contact forms, a Super Lawyers 2024 credibility badge, Google Maps presence, and Facebook tracking pixels. No proprietary technology, software platform, or AI tooling is described; the technology stack is limited to off-the-shelf legal-directory infrastructure and standard web analytics. There are no patents, trademarks, integrations, APIs, or third-party technology partnerships beyond the FindLaw platform itself.

Revenue is generated entirely through traditional professional-services billing for legal representation and consultation; no hourly rates, retainer amounts, or fee schedules are disclosed publicly. Demand generation is referral- and directory-driven, with prospective clients directed to call 617-695-0050 or submit a website intake form to schedule an initial consultation. The firm serves a Boston-area clientele of individuals, employees, employers, and small businesses, with no external funding, parent company, or M&A activity disclosed.

Name

Summer Law

Legal name

Law Offices of David B. Summer

Website

https://mass-lawyer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Summer Law is a solo Boston-based legal practice led by attorney David B. Summer, concentrating on tax controversies, employment law, and wage-and-hour disputes for individuals, employees, employers, and small businesses in Massachusetts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

Keywords

• Employment law representation
• Wage and hour disputes
• Tax law services
• Legal consultation services
• IRS controversy representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Professional Services: Summer Law generates revenue by providing legal representation and consultation services to clients in employment law, wage and hour disputes, and tax matters. David B. Summer represents employees, employers, individuals, and businesses in litigation, appeals, audits, contract review, and consultations. As a traditional hourly or fee-based law practice, revenue is derived from professional services billed to clients. The firm serves clients in Boston and vicinity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Summer Law is a solo Boston law practice that provides legal representation and consultation in three practice areas: employment law (wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower protection, and hostile work environment cases), wage and hour disputes (minimum wage violations, off-the-clock work, worker misclassification, tip theft, and wrongful deductions), and tax law (IRS audits, appeals, penalty waivers, and tax litigation). Attorney David B. Summer personally handles all matters, serving employees, employers, individuals, and businesses in the Boston metropolitan area.

Product overview

Summer Law is a single-attorney law firm offering three distinct but related legal service areas: Tax Law Services, Employment Law Services, and Wage & Hour Dispute Services. The firm operates as a unified practice where attorney David B. Summer handles all matters personally, leveraging over 25 years of experience. Tax law services cover IRS controversies including appeals, audits, and penalty waivers. Employment law services represent both employees and employers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and whistleblower cases. Wage & hour services focus on strict liability cases involving minimum wage violations, off-the-clock work, worker misclassification, and tip theft.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Employment Law Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Under Massachusetts wage law, if an employer failed to pay even $1 in wages, they now owe $3 plus legal fees — a 3x multiplier for employees.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. National employment and labor law firm with a Boston office. Comparable practice area but far larger scale, serving employers across multiple jurisdictions — directly competes with Summer Law for employment-defense work in Massachusetts.
• McDermott Will & Emery LLP: Major international law firm with a nationally recognized tax practice (controversy, audits, IRS litigation) and a Boston office. Compares to the tax side of Summer Law's practice but operates at vastly larger scale with deeper specialty coverage.
• Jackson Lewis P.C. One of the largest U.S. employment law firms with a Boston office, focused on workplace law and litigation. Comparable practice area (employment law) but operates at a vastly larger scale with national coverage and employer-side focus.
• Littler Mendelson P.C. The largest U.S. law firm exclusively dedicated to labor and employment law, with a Boston office. Broadly comparable as a national employment specialist, but with vastly larger scale, multi-office footprint, and capacity that a solo practice like Summer Law cannot match.
• Fisher Phillips LLP: National labor and employment law firm representing employers, with a Boston office. Comparable specialization in employment law with deeper practice-group resources than a solo practitioner can offer.
• Seyfarth Shaw LLP: Large national law firm with a substantial Boston employment-law practice. Comparable employment-law focus but offers significantly broader service lines, geographic reach, and litigation scale than a solo firm.
• Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP: National labor and employment law firm with an established Boston office. Compares to Summer Law on the employment-law practice area but serves a broader employer-base footprint and matters at greater scale.

Direct peers

• Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP: Boston-based boutique firm practicing employment law, business litigation, and estate planning. Comparable as a Boston-rooted firm with overlapping practice areas (employment, business disputes) serving similar SMB and individual clients.
• Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP: Boston-based employment law boutique representing employers in labor and employment matters. Directly comparable as a Boston-area firm focused exclusively on employment law practice, sharing the same local market and SMB-to-mid-market employer-side orientation.

Regional players

• Rodman, Rodman & Sandman (or comparable Boston tax/employment boutique): Brody Hardoon Perkins & Jenkins is a Boston-area full-service business law firm with employment and tax-adjacent practices. Comparable as a Boston-rooted firm serving individuals and SMBs, overlapping with Summer Law's geographic focus and client base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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