What are the responsibilities and job description for the Attorney - Immigration position at 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, Newark, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.
Location: Hartford, CT (hybrid remote opportunity)
Do you have business or employment-based immigration experience? Are you excited about the opportunity to join an innovative, growing law firm that has been successful for more than 165 years?
Harris Beach Murtha is looking for an Immigration Associate or Senior Counsel with at 3 years of experience to join the team in the Hartford, CT office. You will thrive in this role if you have:
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.
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: Hartford, CT (hybrid remote opportunity)
Do you have business or employment-based immigration experience? Are you excited about the opportunity to join an innovative, growing law firm that has been successful for more than 165 years?
Harris Beach Murtha is looking for an Immigration Associate or Senior Counsel with at 3 years of experience to join the team in the Hartford, CT office. You will thrive in this role if you have:
- 3 years of business or employment-based immigration experience with high-volume practice
- Connecticut Bar admittance or admitted to practice law in another state
- Superior writing and editing skills for complex support letters
- Please submit a writing sample with your application
- Knowledge of foreign languages (Arabic, Portuguese, Romanian, Mandarin, or Polish, etc.) a plus, but not required
- Prepare a wide variety of business-based nonimmigrant (H-1B, L-1, TN, E, and O-1) and immigration (employment and family-based) petitions, including forms preparation and supporting documentation
- Prepare immigrant visa petitions, including PERM, EB-1, NIW, EB-2 and EB-3 classifications
- Assist health care clients with Schedule A Nurse petitions, J-1 waiver applications, and related issues
- Assist clients with form I-9 and E-Verify issues
- Directly represent clients before government agencies
- Review and approve client petitions, applications, and evidence for submission to agencies
- Exhibit well-developed interpersonal skills (exude patience and empathy), particularly with clients
- Believe in the firm’s core values: integrity, support, ingenuity, teamwork, and inclusion
- Enjoy working with diverse personalities within various levels of the firm
- Are comfortable working a hybrid remote schedule
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.
