Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

About Us

Harter Secrest & Emery provides legal services to clients ranging from individuals and family-owned businesses to Fortune 100 companies and major regional institutions. With offices in Rochester, Buffalo, Albany, Corning and New York, NY, the firm comprises more than 130 attorneys and total staff of 260.

At Harter Secrest & Emery we focus on listening intently to the needs of our clients. Then we bring the depth and breadth of experience of our 120+ attorneys in 42 practice areas to bear to address their challenges as if they were our own.

We take pride in actively partnering with business leaders and entrepreneurs to successfully resolve their varied legal and business challenges. Whether working with a multinational or a two-person start-up company, we dedicate ourselves to protecting our clients’ interests, and helping them gain a competitive advantage.

We serve as counsel to major corporations and a growing number of companies engaged in high-tech areas such as lasers, optics, digital imaging, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and the Internet. We also provide a full range of legal services to companies involved in retail, real estate development, health services, financial services, international trade, insurance, higher education and charitable organizations, as well as serving individual clients.