Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

Overview

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP is a law firm in Rochester, New York, founded in 1894. It handles employment law, intellectual property, antitrust, construction law, bankruptcy law, business and corporate law, energy and natural resources, real estate law, banking and finance law, health care law, education law, immigration law, insurance law, civil litigation, government and municipal law, tax law, and estate planning and probate.

You can talk to the firm about employee benefits and executive compensation, labor and employment, building and construction, business restructuring and creditors’ rights, and mergers and acquisitions. Its attorneys are not credited or paid based on staffing or on the revenue they personally bring in. It also has offices in Buffalo, New York, Albany, New York, and New York, New York.

Looking for an employment lawyer in Rochester? Get in touch with the firm when you are ready, or compare it with other firms nearby first.

Every case is different, so when you speak to the firm, explain what happened and where, and ask whether they have handled matters like yours. It is also worth asking about deadlines, the documents you will need, fees and what happens next.

What Harter Secrest & Emery LLP handles

These are the kinds of cases the firm says it handles. Not sure if yours fits? Ask the firm when you get in touch.

Before you contact Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

Before your first call about your employment law matter, jot down a short timeline of what happened, where it happened, any letters or notices you have received and your next deadline. If you already have an open case or claim, keep the case number handy, along with the name of the court, agency, insurer or other side. Write down what you want to achieve and the questions you want answered, so nothing gets missed. Hold on to your original documents until the firm tells you how to share them safely.

• Do you handle employment law cases like mine in New York?
• Who would work on my case, and how will you keep me updated?
• Are there deadlines, notices or evidence I need to deal with right away?
• How do you charge, and will you explain consultation fees, retainers or hourly rates before any work starts?

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