Harris Beach Murtha Welcomes Class of Eight New Associates

(April 24, 2026) — Harris Beach Murtha has strengthened several key practice groups and industry teams with eight talented associates who will practice in New York and Connecticut.

The eight have worked at Harris Beach Murtha as law clerks and were recently sworn into the bar.

Harris Beach Murtha is in the midst of continued expansion following the combination of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP on Jan. 1, 2025. With these new associates, more than 40 attorneys have joined the firm over the past twelve months. The firm now has 17 offices and more than 275 attorneys across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

“Each of these new associates joins a significant practice group or industry team targeted for expansion,” said Christopher D. Jagel, partner and chief executive officer of the firm. “We’re growing, not only in numbers, but in sophistication and creativity. We’re doing everything we can to offer Harris Beach Murtha clients the best representation possible by adding young attorneys and new thinking to our experienced attorneys providing state-of-the-art approaches to legal counsel.”

The eight associates:

Albany

• Reece M. Napierski is an associate in our Business Litigation Practice Group. He earned his JD from Albany Law School and is admitted to practice in New York.
• Alexis E. Newman is an associate in our Immigration Practice Group. She earned her JD from Albany Law School and is admitted to practice in New York.
• Joshua A. Schneider is an associate in our Energy Industry Team. He earned his JD from University of Connecticut Law School, is admitted to practice in Connecticut and is pending in New York.
   

New York City

• Eric K. Chubinsky is an associate in our Mass Torts and Industry-Wide Litigation Practice Group. He earned his JD from Brooklyn Law School and is admitted to practice in New York.
• Rebecca M. Goetz is an associate in our Mass Torts and Industry-Wide Litigation Practice Group. She earned her JD from Fordham University School of Law and is admitted to practice in New York.
   

Rochester

• Selma Al Taii is an associate in the Health Care Industry Team. She earned her JD from Albany Law School and is admitted to practice in New York.
• Alyssa M. Maldonado is an associate in our Business Litigation Practice Group. She earned her JD from Syracuse University College of Law and is admitted to practice in New York.
   

Syracuse

• Tatiana M. Vaz is an associate in our Business Litigation Practice Group. She earned her JD from Syracuse University College of Law and is admitted to practice in New York.

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 law, 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 130 countries worldwide. As part of the Lex Mundi global network, Harris Beach Murtha can provide clients with preferred access to more than 23,000 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.