What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Attorney - Immigration position at Harris Beach Murtha?
Location: Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Long Island (Uniondale), NYC, Rochester, Syracuse and White Plains, NY; Boston, MA; Bantam, Hartford, New Haven and Stamford, CT (Hybrid)
Experience Level: 4 years of employment-based immigration filings, including H‑1B, L‑1, TN, E‑1/E‑2, O‑1, PERM, I‑140, and I‑485 matters
About the Role: Harris Beach Murtha is seeking an associate to join its collaborative Immigration team. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with experienced immigration practitioners across offices and practice areas, advising and representing corporate and individual clients on a broad range of employment‑based and family‑based immigration matters. The work is fast‑paced, detail‑oriented, and client‑focused, providing hands‑on responsibility for preparing and managing complex immigration filings from initial strategy through adjudication before government agencies.
The Immigration Associate Will Have The Opportunity To
Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Rochester, Syracuse, NY: $145,000 - $180,000
Long Island (Uniondale) and White Plains, NY: $150,000 - $185,000
New York, NY: $155,000 - $185,000
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 resumes@harrisbeachmurtha.com 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.
About Harris Beach Murtha
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 and Newark, New Jersey.
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.
Experience Level: 4 years of employment-based immigration filings, including H‑1B, L‑1, TN, E‑1/E‑2, O‑1, PERM, I‑140, and I‑485 matters
About the Role: Harris Beach Murtha is seeking an associate to join its collaborative Immigration team. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with experienced immigration practitioners across offices and practice areas, advising and representing corporate and individual clients on a broad range of employment‑based and family‑based immigration matters. The work is fast‑paced, detail‑oriented, and client‑focused, providing hands‑on responsibility for preparing and managing complex immigration filings from initial strategy through adjudication before government agencies.
The Immigration Associate Will Have The Opportunity To
- Prepare a wide variety of business‑based nonimmigrant petitions, including H‑1B, L‑1, TN, E, and O‑1 filings
- Prepare immigrant visa petitions, including PERM labor certifications and EB‑1, NIW, EB‑2, and EB‑3 classifications
- Assist healthcare clients with Schedule A Nurse petitions, J‑1 waiver applications, and related immigration matters
- Advise clients on Form I‑9 compliance and E‑Verify issues
- Directly represent clients before U.S. government agencies
- Review and approve immigration petitions, applications, and supporting evidence prior to submission
- Collaborate with partners and colleagues to provide timely, strategic, and practical immigration counsel
- Maintain regular communication with clients to ensure they are informed of case progress and developments
- A hybrid work opportunity in one of Harris Beach Murtha’s offices
- Engagement in sophisticated employment‑based immigration work on behalf of a diverse client base
- Minimum annual billable requirement of 1800 hours
- Admission to the New York, Connecticut and/or Massachusetts bar, or eligible for admission via exam or reciprocity
- Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school
- Excellent research, writing, and verbal communication skills
- The ability to function effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
- Demonstrated ability to rapidly absorb and analyze new information
- A high level of professionalism, conscientiousness, and responsibility
- A positive, flexible, and cooperative attitude
- Military experience welcome
Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Rochester, Syracuse, NY: $145,000 - $180,000
Long Island (Uniondale) and White Plains, NY: $150,000 - $185,000
New York, NY: $155,000 - $185,000
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 resumes@harrisbeachmurtha.com 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.
About Harris Beach Murtha
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 and Newark, New Jersey.
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.
Salary : $145,000 - $180,000