Associate - Business Litigation

Associate – Business Litigation

Join Harris Beach Murtha, a forward‑thinking partnership formed in 2025 through the combination of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP. With more than 250 years of combined history and roots dating back to 1856, the firm is a leading presence in the Northeast and serves a diverse portfolio of Fortune 100 corporations, privately held companies, emerging businesses, public entities, and individuals.

Harris Beach Murtha’s practice areas span appellate law, business litigation, commercial real‑estate, construction, corporate, environmental, energy, financial institutions, government compliance, 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.

Hybrid remote opportunity available for the following offices:
Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse, Uniondale, White Plains, NY. The firm’s attorneys and consultants practice from offices throughout Connecticut (Bantam, Hartford, New Haven, Stamford), New York state (Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, New York City, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, Long Island, White Plains), Boston, Massachusetts, Newark, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C.

Harris Beach Murtha seeks a senior associate or senior counsel level attorney to join our collaborative business litigation team. The role involves representing clients in courtroom and mediation/arbitration proceedings, taking and defending depositions, conducting research, drafting memoranda, pleadings, discovery demands and responses, motions, briefs, and examining records and transactions underlying business disputes and investigations. The attorney will collaborate with senior attorneys on strategy, work across various commercial litigation practice areas, and support clients alongside colleagues from other departments.

A minimum of 1,800 billable hours annually is required.

• Represent clients in courtroom and mediation/arbitration proceedings
• Take and defend depositions
• Research factual and legal issues and collaborate with senior attorneys on strategy
• Draft memoranda, pleadings, discovery demands and responses, motions, briefs, etc.
• Examine records and transactions underlying business disputes and investigations
• Commit to working in a variety of commercial litigation practice areas
• Collaborate with colleagues across departments to provide comprehensive legal support to clients
• Maintain a minimum of 1,800 billable hours annually

• 5+ years’ experience in litigation required
• Experience in complex commercial litigation and/or bankruptcy preferred
• Admission to the New York bar required
• Admission to the Connecticut and/or Massachusetts bar preferred
• Federal or state judicial clerkship experience preferred
• Juris Doctorate from an ABA‑accredited law school; good standing as an active, practicing member of the bar
• Excellent research and writing skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, team‑oriented environment
• High organizational skills for prioritizing workload
• Ability to absorb, process, and understand new information rapidly
• Maintains high performance standards
• Exhibits conscientiousness, dedication, self‑discipline, and a sense of responsibility
• Professional, cooperative, positive, and flexible attitude
• Ability to work with diverse personalities at all organizational levels
• Military experience welcomed

Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Rochester, Syracuse: $138,000 – $175,000
Uniondale & White Plains: $148,000 – $175,000
New York City: $159,000 – $175,000

Harris Beach Murtha is committed to an inclusive environment and welcomes applications from diverse candidates, including military veterans. Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The firm prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment and adheres to all applicable State and Federal non‑discrimination laws, including protections based on race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, marital status, disability, military status, genetic predisposition, carrier status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, creed, and domestic violence victim status.

This position is not accepting candidate submissions from recruiting agencies for the first two weeks after posting. After this period, agencies with an active fee agreement may contact