Sloane Perras of Foss Maritime (Courtesy photo)

Sloane Perras, who served as the top lawyer for two Atlanta-based companies, is moving to Seattle to be vice president, general counsel and chief ethics officer of Foss Maritime, a large tugboat and towing operator.

Perras, a 2002 University of Georgia School of Law graduate, served in top legal positions with furniture renter Aarons Inc. from 2011 to 2013, and then hamburger chain the Krystal Co. from 2014 until late last year, according to her LinkedIn profile.

Perras also held in-house positions with two logistics companies earlier in her career, one in Atlanta and one in Seattle.

A Foss Maritime press release quoted Perras as saying, “I'm proud to join a company with such a rich history of safety and innovation in waterway commerce.” Reached by the Daily Report, Perras declined to elaborate on her move.

A comment could not be obtained from Krystal.

In 2014, the Daily Report named Perras, then 37, to its “On the Rise” class shortly after she became the only full-time staff attorney at Krystal. Perras said then that to control costs she used alternative solutions to the traditional law firm model by engaging two part-time attorneys—one young and inexperienced and another very senior—to assist her. “Law firms can be expensive for day-to-day work, and it's not an applicable or pliable solution,” she said.

Last year, Perras joined a successful effort to persuade the Georgia Supreme Court to overturn the state Board of Bar Examiners' denial of a military spouse's request to practice law without having to pass the Georgia bar exam.

While married to an active duty Air Force pilot, Perras worked a total of eight jobs between 2003 and 2009, according to the amicus brief, and passed five U.S. bar examinations, all within three years of graduating law school due to military relocations.