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Mathew B. Tully is the Founding Partner of Tully Rinckey PLLC.

Mr. Tully concentrates his practice on the representation of military personnel and federal government sector employees. He has represented federal employees before such federal agencies at the MSPB, EEOC, and OSC and in court before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

A Major in the New York Army National Guard, Mr. Tully has chosen to dedicate his legal career to protecting and preserving the rights of veterans and reservists. After suffering from military discrimination at the hands of his employer, Mr. Tully received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. On September 11, 2001, while employed in the legal department of Morgan Stanley, Mr. Tully escaped from the World Trade Center and shortly thereafter relocated to Upstate New York. There is in ski home he began providing legal services to his friends and former colleagues who were facing the same discrimination he had. The firm quickly outgrew his home and, with the addition of a partner in 2004, Tully Rinckey PLLC opened an office in Albany, NY. The resulting success within the federal employment and military law sectors launched the firm into Washington, D.C.

Mr. Tully has since become a pioneer in the field of USERRA litigation, winning several landmark cases which have greatly influenced the laws protecting United States veterans. His leadership in military law is reflected in his role as a syndicated columnist for the Army Times. In October of 2007, Mr. Tully testified in front of the United States Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs regarding his criticism of and recommendations to USERRA. He provided his expertise on the Act again in February of 2008 in front of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

Mr. Tully is frequently called upon by local and national media outlets to offer his expert legal commentary on military matters. He has been featured in the Washington Post and on CNN. Most recently, he has become a co-host of the Tully Rinckey Legal Power Hour on 810 AM WGY in Albany, NY. His co-host, with whom he shares the duties of executive producer, is his law partner, Greg T. Rinckey.

Military Background

Before launching his legal career, Major Tully served for three years in the United States Army as a Field Artillery Officer. He currently serves as a Major in the New York Army National Guard.

In 2005, Major Tully was deployed to Iraq with the 42nd Infantry “Rainbow” Division and was based at Forward Operating Base Danger in Tikrit, Iraq. As acting Division Chief of Operations, he was responsible for the organization and implementation of the military’s security and stability operations in Saddam Hussein’s hometown. Major Tully’s division, comprised of 25,000 coalition personnel, was stationed in the infamous Sunni Triangle. After Forward Operating Base Danger was turned over to the Iraqi government in November 2005, he was transferred to Camp Victory in Baghdad. Major Tully returned to the firm in 2006.

He was deployed for a second time in October of 2007. During his month-long deployment to Egypt, Major Tully conducted a series of exercises in support of “Operation Bright Star,” which works to enhance the relationship between the United States and the Middle East.

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Mat was raised in Massapequa Park, New York but has lived in South Korea, Oklahoma, Georgia, and Brooklyn, NY. 

He currently lives in Niskayuna, NY with his wife, Kimberly, and son, Kevin.

 

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