Associate Attorney - Transactional Liability

Harris Beach Murtha; Buffalo (NY); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Harris Beach Murtha seeks a mid-to-senior level associate to join our Transactional Liability Practice. Our team represents insurance companies in a wide variety of claims arising under insurance policies covering mergers and acquisitions transactions, tax matters, and contingent liability risks.

The associate will review policies, analyze claims, draft memoranda, negotiate agreements, and collaborate with clients and outside professionals.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of insurance coverage, transactional liability, or relevant business litigation experience.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including proficiency with Excel.

Responsibilities

• Represent insurance company clients in transactional liability matters and related insurance products.
• Review and analyze insurance policies, transactional liability claims, and related agreements in connection with mergers and acquisitions, tax positions, contingent risks, and other complex business transactions.
• Assist clients with evaluating, investigating, and resolving claims under transactional liability policies.
• Conduct legal research and prepare memoranda, analyses, coverage determinations, and client communications regarding transactional liability issues and related third-party litigation.
• Draft and negotiate agreements related to transactional liability claims.
• Collaborate closely with clients, brokers, and outside professionals throughout the transactional claims process.
• Interact with clients to service existing work and develop strong client relationships.
• Collaborate with attorneys across multiple practice areas to provide comprehensive legal support to clients.

Skills

Insurance coverage

Transactional liability

Business litigation

Excel

Education

Juris Doctor (ABA-accredited)

Job description

Location: Any Harris Beach Murtha office (Hybrid opportunity)

Experience Level: 4+ years of insurance coverage, transactional liability, or relevant business litigation experience. Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including proficiency with Excel.

About the Role

Harris Beach Murtha seeks a mid-to-senior level associate to join our growing Transactional Liability Practice. Our team represents insurance companies in a wide variety of claims arising under insurance policies covering mergers and acquisitions transactions, tax matters, and contingent liability risks. We are seeking a highly motivated attorney with strong analytical, writing, and communication skills who is interested in sophisticated insurance coverage and transactional matters.

The Transactional Liability Associate Will Have The Opportunity To

• Represent insurance company clients in transactional liability matters and related insurance products
• Review and analyze insurance policies, transactional liability claims, and related agreements in connection with mergers and acquisitions, tax positions, contingent risks, and other complex business transactions
• Assist clients with evaluating, investigating, and resolving claims under transactional liability policies
• Conduct legal research and prepare memoranda, analyses, coverage determinations, and client communications regarding transactional liability issues and related third-party litigation
• Draft and negotiate agreements related to transactional liability claims
• Collaborate closely with clients, brokers, and outside professionals throughout the transactional claims process
• Interact with clients to service existing work and develop strong client relationships
• Collaborate with attorneys across multiple practice areas to provide comprehensive legal support to clients

Work Environment And Expectations

• A hybrid work opportunity in one (or several) of Harris Beach Murtha's offices
• Minimum annual billable requirement of 1900 hours
• Direct client interaction and opportunities to develop long-term professional relationships
• Engagement in sophisticated insurance coverage matters and complex transactional disputes

Applications Are Encouraged And Desired If You Have

• Admission to the Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut Bar, or eligibility for admission in one of those jurisdictions
• Juris Doctor from ABA-accredited law school
• Experience handling insurance coverage matters, transactional liability claims, or complex business litigation
• 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

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

$147,000 - $195,000

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.