With over twenty-five years of experience in all facets of litigation, Steven L. Herrick, Esq., the Managing Partner of Tully Rinckey PLLC’s office in the heart of Washington, D.C.’s Golden Triangle, provides representation to clients across a broad spectrum of employment-related matters, including discrimination based on race and gender (Title VII), age (ADEA) and disability (ADA and the Rehabilitation Act), adverse action, whistleblower and other types of retaliation (NO FEAR Act), Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), servicemember employment and re-employment rights (USERRA) and veterans preference (VEOA).

Steve practices before Federal, State and District of Columbia courts, the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as well as representing clients in arbitration, mediation and agency proceedings

After graduating with honors from Tufts University, Steve received his law degree from the prestigious University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) School of Law. He then became Confidential Secretary to the Justices of the Appellate Division, Second Department, a state appeals court, for whom he prepared case memoranda and opinions on both appeals and motions. Thereafter, Steve entered private practice with the full-service Long Island law firm of Farrell, Fritz, P.C., where he rose to the level of partner and was co-head of the firm’s sophisticated Commercial Litigation Department, representing many high-profile clients in complex matters, conducting numerous trials and frequently arguing cases in the appellate courts. In 1991, Steve formed his own firm, where he continued his successful litigation practice first on Long Island, and then in the Albany area.

After his son’s deployment to Iraq, Steve began looking to diversify his practice by increasing the emphasis on service to members of the military and the general public.  He found the perfect fit at Tully Rinckey PLLC, which he joined in March 2006.  He managed the firm’s Corporate, Commercial and Municipal litigation practice for two years, continuing a thriving business practice, while at the same time beginning his transition into the area of employment law.  This transition accelerated two years later when Steve moved to Washington to manage the firm’s new office on K Street, N.W.  Although Steve continues to handle business litigation for the firm, the lion’s share of his practice is now devoted to Federal and military employment rights and benefits.

Professional Affiliations

• Military Disability Pro Bono Committee
• Judicial Hearing Officer Screening Committee for the Tenth Judicial District, Past Member
• Former Chair of the Albany County Bar Association’s Commercial and Appellate Practice Committee

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Former Adjunct Professor, Touro Law School
• Frequent lecturer on New York civil practice at professional associations and law schools

Community Affiliations

• Former President of Harbor Child Care, Inc., a nationally accredited not-for-profit provider of child care services for both communities and organizations such as North Shore University Hospital and Cablevision

Personal

Steve and his wife Beth are enjoying a return to city living in their apartment in the District from which neither has to drive to work. Beth, a Masters level Social Worker, works at The Washington Home, a sub-acute physical rehabilitation facility. Their daughter Molly, completely ignoring her college curriculum, is a research analyst at a major commercial real estate firm. She lives in the same Oakland, California, neighborhood as Steve did when he was in law school. Beth and Steve’s son, Sgt. Andrew Herrick (USA Ret.), has recently returned to the United States after a four and one-half year tour as a combat infantryman. Andrew’s “war stories” have reinforced Steve’s commitment to serve the legal needs of servicemembers, especially disabled veterans.

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