(Nov. 6, 2026) — On the heels of the firm’s latest growth milestones, the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce has named Harris Beach Murtha one of the 10 fastest-growing privately owned companies in the nine-county Greater Rochester region.
The Chamber has honored its Top 100 fastest-growing businesses for 40 years. It is one of the largest celebrations of business and economic growth in the community, attracting more than 1,500 guests to the annual recognition event. This year’s special 40th anniversary celebration was held November 5 at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center.
“We’re honored to be included among so many outstanding organizations making an impact in the region,” said Chris Jagel, CEO of the firm. “This honor reflects the dedication of our team, the trust of our clients and our continued commitment to serving the communities where we live and work.”
The Top 100 rankings are calculated based on revenue, considering both dollar and percentage growth. To be eligible, companies must be privately owned, headquartered in Greater Rochester, and have earned at least $1 million in revenue in each of the three most recent fiscal years.
Businesses in this year’s Top 100 represent more than 24,000 employees and billions of dollars of economic impact. They come from different industries and sectors and are quite diverse in how long they’ve been in operation. Harris Beach Murtha was founded in Rochester 170 years ago this year.
In 2025, the firm combined with New England-based Murtha Cullina, and in late August of this year it added Consoli Bortolan Law Group, a premier Hartford-based commercial real estate boutique firm. On September 1, the firm completed its combination with Boston-based Peabody & Arnold, adding 40 attorneys and 25 professionals. Harris Beach Murtha now has nearly 350 attorneys across 19 offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey and New York. These combinations, along with a regular cadence of adding individual attorneys across a variety of practice areas and geographies, have fueled firm growth, and helped secure Harris Beach Murtha’s position on the Top 100 list.
The firm’s clients include Fortune 100 corporations, privately held companies, emerging businesses, tax-exempt organizations and individuals across 23 practice areas and 14 industry teams, including artificial intelligence, automotive, cannabis, construction and surety, education, energy, financial institutions and markets, food and beverage, health care, higher education, insurance (including Directors & Officers insurance), long-term care, manufacturing, medical and life sciences, gaming and hospitality, real estate development, retail, utilities and state and local governments and authorities.
“Our Rochester roots are deep and set the foundation for what has now become a regional firm with a broader geographical footprint and expanded practice capabilities,” Jagel said. “Growth is important to Harris Beach Murtha; we want to continuously augment our suite of legal services to meet our clients expanding and complex needs, while still providing individual attention and forward-thinking business advice. Our attorneys’ deep understanding of complex regulatory, governmental, political and cultural environments helps clients navigate regional, national and global legal challenges.”
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 and nationally. 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; Providence, Rhode Island; and Newark, New Jersey. For more information, visit www.harrisbeachmurtha.com.
