Harris Beach Murtha has hired Timothy J. Plunkett as senior counsel, based in the firm’s White Plains office, to help governments and companies navigate complicated political and business environments within heavily regulated industries.
Plunkett, who is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut, has more than 25 years of experience providing strategic counsel at the intersection of law, business and government. As a certified AI Governance Professional (AIGP), he is skilled at navigating the legal and ethical challenges posed by emerging technologies. He provides forward-thinking guidance on issues such as AI regulation, compliance and governance, assisting organizations to mitigate risks while responsibly capitalizing on innovation.
He joins the firm’s municipalities and local agencies industry team, along with the business litigation, government compliance and investigations and political law practice groups. He will represent clients subject to federal, state and local regulations.
“Tim’s breadth and depth of experience makes him a valuable partner to local governments and agencies facing the complex challenges of regulation,” said Mathew T. Dudley, co-leader of the municipalities and local agencies industry team. “He is well-positioned to help the firm’s clients overcome a range of legal, fiscal and operational issues they encounter on a daily basis.”
Plunkett represents clients before state legislators, Congressional delegations, executive branch members, various state and local agencies and in state and federal courts, leveraging his extensive network and relationships with public sector officials, agency staff and regulators to achieve his clients’ business goals.
He counsels on procurement and government contracting, political law and compliance, data privacy and security, infrastructure and transportation development, contract management, education, employment, public finance and AI governance, among many other legal areas.
Plunkett’s career spans litigation, government relations and advising on complex regulatory environments, with experience in roles at law firms, on Wall Street, in state government and at a technology startup. He’s worked with clients in a variety of industries, including investment banking, education, security, construction, engineering, public safety, public finance and technology, among others.
In addition to founding his own law firm, Plunkett previously held positions as an investment banking analyst in a Wall Street banking firm’s public finance department; a business analyst at a technology startup; and as a senior policy analyst with the New York State Assembly, where he helped establish a new office and acted as lead contact regarding the financial, economic and social impacts of the 9/11 terrorist attacks upon the New York state and city economy, recovery and rebuilding efforts.
Harris Beach Murtha formed in 2025 via the combination of Harris Beach PLLC and Murtha Cullina LLP is 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, 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 125 countries worldwide. As part of the Lex Mundi global network, Harris Beach Murtha can provide clients with preferred access to more than 22,000 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.
