August 20, 2026 – Forty-two Harris Beach Murtha attorneys have been recognized in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch honors early-career attorneys who have demonstrated outstanding professional excellence in private practice early in their careers. Selected through a rigorous peer-review process, these honorees represent an elite group within the legal profession.
Less than one percent of lawyers nationwide receive a Ones to Watch recognition, making inclusion a remarkable distinction and a strong indicator of future leadership within the profession.
The list of winners includes attorneys from Peabody & Arnold, who will soon join Harris Beach Murtha. The firms are working toward full integration in the coming weeks.
Congratulations to the Harris Beach Murtha attorneys recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2027 edition:
Hartford, CT
- Appellate Practice
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Commercial Litigation
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Health Care Law
- Real Estate Law
Stamford, CT
- Commercial Litigation
Boston, MA
- Litigation – Trusts and Estates
- Trusts and Estates
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
Susan Silva
- Legal Malpractice Law
Kristyn K. St. George
- Legal Malpractice Law
Albany, NY
- Corporate Law
- Corporate Law
Buffalo, NY
- Public Finance Law
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Trusts and Estates
New York, NY
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Immigration Law
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Health Care Law
Pittsford, NY
- Trusts and Estates
- Commercial Litigation
- Labor and Employment Law – Management
- Trusts and Estates
- Labor and Employment Law – Management
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Real Estate Law
Syracuse, NY
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Tax Law
Uniondale, NY
- Commercial Litigation
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Real Estate Law
- Public Finance Law
- Banking and Finance Law
- Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Health Care Law
White Plains, NY
- Public Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
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, with a global reach, and represent clients locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. 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, artificial intelligence, business litigation, cannabis, 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.
Harris Beach Murtha is the exclusive member firm in Connecticut for Lex Mundi, the world’s leading network of independent firms with in-depth experience in more than 125 countries worldwide. As part of the Lex Mundi global network, Harris Beach Murtha can provide clients with preferred access to more than 22,000 lawyers around the world – all from a single point of contact. Lex Mundi allows Harris Beach Murtha to seamlessly handle clients’ most challenging cross-border transactions and disputes.
The firm’s lawyers and consultants practice from offices throughout Connecticut in Bantam, Hartford, New Haven and Stamford; New York state in Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Ithaca, Niagara Falls, New York City, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, Syracuse, Long Island and White Plains, as well as in Boston, Massachusetts and Newark, New Jersey. For more information, visit www.harrisbeachmurtha.com.