Practice Support Coordinator

Location: Rochester, NY (100% in the office)
 
Are you a detail-oriented multitasker with a passion for real estate law? Do you thrive in a fast-paced legal environment and enjoy supporting attorneys with both administrative and paralegal responsibilities? 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 seeking a Practice Support Coordinator to join our Commercial Real Estate team in our Rochester, NY office. You will THRIVE in this role if you have:

• 3+ years of law firm experience, preferably in commercial real estate
• Strong communication and client service skills
• Proficiency in MS Office Applications
• Excellent time management, multitasking, and organizational abilities
• A proactive, independent work ethic and sound judgment under minimal supervision

The Practice Support Coordinator plays a key role in supporting attorneys with a blend of high-level administrative and paralegal tasks. Do you have the DRIVE and DESIRE to:

• Provide daily administrative and legal support to multiple attorneys
• Draft and prepare legal documents such as commitment letters, loan documents, deeds, and purchase and sale agreements
• Communicate professionally with clients, borrower's counsel, title companies, and other stakeholders
• Assist with in-office and off-site closings, including pre- and post-closing document organization
• Handle title review, including ordering titles and updated surveys
• Prepare and file State and County UCC financing statements
• Manage calendars, phone calls, and document scanning/profiling
• Open new matters using the firm's business intake system
• Provide back-up support to administrative assistants and attorneys as needed

You'll be SUCCESSFUL in this role if you:

• Exhibit the ability to effectively multi-task, meet deadlines, and provide solutions in a fast-paced office setting
• Believe in the firm's core values: integrity, respect, accountability, ingenuity, teamwork, and inclusion and engagement
• Enjoy working with diverse personalities within various levels of the firm
• Are comfortable working in the office every day

Salary information below will vary depending upon relevant experience for the position, geographic locations and weekly hours schedule. The anticipated weekly schedule for the Practice Support Coordinator in Rochester is 38.75 hours per week.

Harris Beach Murtha is not accepting candidate submissions from recruiting agencies for this position during the first two weeks after posting. Following this period, agencies with an active fee agreement with the firm may reach out to our internal recruitment team at  to inquire about potential collaboration for this position.

Harris Beach Murtha is committed to an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from diverse candidates with varied background and skills, including military experience. Harris Beach Murtha Cullina PLLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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, 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 and Newark, New Jersey.

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.