About Michelle
Michelle Murtha is admitted to practice law in New York. She entered the legal profession after completing her legal training and built a practice centered on housing and eviction matters. Early on she chose to work in areas of the law where courtroom experience and quick decision-making matter. That background shaped how she approaches cases: practical, procedural and tied to the realities of life for people facing displacement.
Murtha’s career has been concentrated in New York housing courts and administrative settings. She has handled a range of matters that commonly arise in landlord-tenant disputes. Her work has included drafting pleadings, arguing motions, negotiating agreements and representing clients at hearings. She has experience managing both short-term emergency responses and longer-running litigation, which requires different tactics and pacing.
Her practice centers on eviction proceedings and related landlord-tenant issues. She represents clients in contested hearings and settlement talks. Murtha works on case strategies that consider statutory rights, local court rules and the specific facts of each tenancy. She is familiar with procedural tools used in New York housing courts and attends to deadlines that can be decisive in eviction cases.
At Long Island Eviction Law Office, PLLC, Murtha handles matters for clients across Long Island and other parts of the state where eviction cases are heard. Her role at the firm involves intake, case evaluation and courtroom representation. She often guides clients through the immediate steps required to preserve housing or resolve landlord claims, and she prepares the documents necessary for hearings and negotiations.
Murtha’s day-to-day work blends litigation and counseling. She prepares clients for appearances, assesses settlement options and seeks remedies available under state and local housing laws. She also works on motions and appeals when cases require further review. Quiet and methodical in court, she is more direct and pragmatic in client meetings. She currently focuses her practice on eviction cases and related landlord-tenant matters at Long Island Eviction Law Office, PLLC.