Current Lateral Opportunities

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP is seeking a highly motivated attorney to join its Commercial and IP Litigation Practice Group in our Rochester or Buffalo offices. The ideal candidate will have four to seven years of complex commercial and/or intellectual property litigation experience. Qualified candidates must have excellent skills in written and oral advocacy and must be able to work both independently and as part of larger litigation/trial teams.

HSE is seeking an environmental attorney with one to five years’ experience for an associate position in our Buffalo or Rochester offices. The qualified candidate will preferably have experience with the following: environmental due diligence on transactions, environmental litigation, regulatory compliance and permitting, and cleanup projects, in addition to experience with land use, SEQRA, zoning, and municipal law matters. Other areas of interest include experience with the environmental and land use aspects of energy projects, and renewable energy projects in particular. Candidates must have excellent oral and written communication skills. Enthusiasm for client service, teamwork, and initiative are essential, as is a strong interest in partnership opportunities.

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP is seeking an attorney with five or more years’ experience for a partnership-track senior associate or counsel position in the Upstate New York region. Qualified candidates must have broad environmental law experience (including environmental due diligence on transactions, environmental litigation, regulatory compliance and permitting, and cleanup projects), plus significant experience with land use, SEQRA, zoning, and municipal law matters. Candidates that have experience with the environmental and land use aspects of energy projects, and renewable energy projects in particular, are preferred. Candidates must have excellent oral and written communication skills. Enthusiasm for client service, teamwork, and initiative are essential, as is a strong interest in partnership opportunities.

HSE is seeking an attorney with 1-5 years’ experience for the firm’s Rochester office. The qualified candidate will preferably have experience with the following aspects of an executive compensation practice: equity plans for private and public companies, executive employment agreements, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, proxy statements, and executive compensation provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (83, 162(m), 280G and 409A). The firm will consider candidates with tax, employee benefits or executive compensation experience. Candidates must have excellent oral and written communication skills and a strong academic background. Enthusiasm for client service and initiative are essential.

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, a top-ranked 125+ lawyer firm in upstate New York, is seeking an attorney to join our national business immigration practice in the firm’s Rochester or Buffalo office. Broad experience in employment-based cases including labor certifications, EB-1 petitions, nonimmigrant visas petitions and J-1 waiver applications preferred. Candidates with five plus years of experience will be considered. Excellent writing, client service and case management ability required. Enthusiasm for client service and initiative are essential.

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP is looking for an attorney to join the firm in its health care, higher education, and human services practice group in our Rochester or Buffalo offices.  This is a multi-disciplinary group including attorneys specializing in non-profit organizations, general corporate matters, taxation, health care, and higher education. Our ideal candidate will be focused in the non-profit organizations area, with general corporate, commercial, and tax experience.  Experience or specialization in the health care areas covered by the health care attorneys in the practice group is beneficial, but not required. The ideal candidate will have at least three to seven years’ of experience with the following:

1.       Non-profit formation, regulation and compliance;

2.       General corporate matters;

3.       General contractual matters;

4.       Taxation, particularly taxation of non-profit organizations;

5.       General transactional experience (mergers, acquisitions, and affiliations); and

6.       Regulatory, corporate and governance issues relating to health care organizations

Candidates must have excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as a strong academic background. Enthusiasm for client service and business development is essential.

HSE is seeking a patent attorney or patent agent with 3+ years patent prosecution experience to join the firm’s Rochester or Buffalo office. Background in optics, physics, electrical or mechanical engineering desired. Excellent analytical, writing, communication, and client service skills required.

HSE is seeking a securities and capital markets attorney, associate or counsel level, with 2-10 years of experience for the firm’s Rochester or Buffalo office. Experience representing issuers and investment banks in public and private offerings of securities, advising publicly traded companies on compliance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, exchange listing standards and corporate governance required. Candidates must have relevant prior law firm experience, ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, strong work ethic and excellent oral and written communication skills. Enthusiasm for client service and initiative are essential. Click here to learn more.

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP is seeking an attorney to join their sophisticated Trusts and Estates practice in the Rochester, NY office. Ideal candidates will have at least six plus years of Trusts and Estates experience in a law firm setting. Qualified candidates must have excellent writing skills, the ability to work independently and manage multiple demands, show good judgment, and have an affinity for business development activities. Enthusiasm for client service, teamwork, and potential leadership opportunities is essential.