Associate attorney - business litigation

Harris Beach Murtha formed in 2025 via the combination of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP. A forward-thinking and innovative partnership with the benefit of more than 250 years of combined history, Harris Beach Murtha’s New York roots reach back to 1856 and the firm has had ties to New England since 1936. Harris Beach and Murtha Cullina were separately among the country’s top law firms as ranked by The National Law Journal.

Harris Beach Murtha and its subsidiaries have a strong Northeast presence, but a global reach. Clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately held companies, emerging businesses, public sector entities, tax-exempt organizations and individuals. The firm’s practice areas and industries served span appellate law, business litigation, commercial real estate, construction, corporate, environmental, energy, financial institutions, financial restructuring, government compliance and investigations, health care, immigration, intellectual property, labor and employment, mass torts, medical and life sciences, political law, product liability, public finance, tax, and trusts and estates.

The firm’s lawyers and consultants practice from offices throughout Connecticut in Bantam, Hartford, New Haven and Stamford; New York state in Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, Long Island and White Plains, as well as in Boston, Massachusetts, Newark, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.

Location: Open to the following Harris Beach Murtha offices for a hybrid remote opportunity: Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Rochester, Syracuse, Uniondale, White Plains, NY

Description: Harris Beach Murtha seeks a senior associate or senior counsel level attorney to work with the collaborative business litigation team.

Responsibilities

• Represent our clients in courtroom and mediation/arbitration proceedings
• Take and defend depositions
• Research various factual and legal issues and collaborate with senior attorneys about strategies
• Draft memoranda, pleadings, discovery demands and responses, motions, briefs, etc.
• Examination of records and transactions underlying business disputes and investigations as to potential client claims
• Commitment to working in a variety of commercial litigation practice areas
• Collaborate with colleagues across departments to provide comprehensive legal support to our clients
• The firm requires a minimum of 1800 billable hours annually
  
  

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in litigation required
• Experience in complex commercial litigation and/or bankruptcy preferred
• Admission to New York bar required
• Admission to Connecticut and/or Massachusetts bar preferred
• Federal or state judicial clerkship experience preferred
• Must have Juris Doctorate degree with an ABA accredited law school and be an active member in good standing of the bar
• Must have excellent research and writing skills
• Must be able to effectively communicate orally and in writing
• Must be able to function effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Demonstrated high level organizational skills for prioritizing workload
• Demonstrated ability to absorb, process and understand new information rapidly
• Maintains high standards of performance
• Exhibits conscientiousness, dedication, self-discipline, and a sense of responsibility
• Must have a professional, cooperative, positive and flexible attitude
• Ability to work with diverse personalities within various levels of the organization
• Military experience welcome
  
  

Salary information below will vary depending upon relevant experience for the position and geographic locations.

Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Rochester, Syracuse: $130,000 - $175,000

Uniondale & White Plains: $140,000 - 175,000

Harris Beach Murtha is not accepting candidate submissions from recruiting agencies for this position during the first two weeks after posting. Following this period, agencies with an active fee agreement with the firm may reach out to our internal recruitment team at [email protected] to inquire about potential collaboration for this position.

Harris Beach Murtha is committed to an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from diverse candidates with varied background and skills, including military experience. Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The firm’s policy prohibiting unlawful discrimination applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, placement, assignment of duties, training, promotion, compensation & benefits and termination. It is the policy of Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC that all applicants and employees enjoy a positive, respectful and productive work environment, free from behavior, actions or language constituting unlawful harassment. Accordingly, harassment or discrimination of any kind based on an individual’s race or color, sex, age, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, military status, genetic predisposition, carrier status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, creed, domestic violence victim status or any other legally protected status is strictly prohibited. Harris Beach Murtha complies with the provisions of the Human Rights Law, all other State and Federal statutory and constitutional non-discrimination provisions including non-discrimination on the basis of prior criminal conviction and prior arrest.