Mathew Tully

Mathew Tully is a lawyer and military law columnist based out of Albany, NY. He writes an “Ask the Lawyer” column for The Army Times and The Military Times, branches of The Sightline Media Group. Tully also writes a business legal column for The Saratogian, a newspaper based in Saratoga Springs, NY. He writes a federal employment law column fedsmith.com and a military law column for wearethemighty.com.
Tully is a lawyer practicing military law, federal employment discrimination, family law, and criminal defense. He is a founding partner of the law firm Tully Rinckey PLLC. Tully is also a retired supervisory federal law enforcement officer and is a qualified "retired law enforcement officer" under the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA).
Tully Rinckey PLLC has offices in Albany, NY, Binghamton, NY, Syracuse, NY, Rochester, NY, Buffalo, NY, Washington, DC, and San Diego, CA, with approximately 130 employees. Because of Tully's veteran status, Tully Rinckey PLLC is certified as a service-disabled, veteran-owned business.
Tully has been called a "pioneer" in the litigation of military service member rights. Tully filed an amicus curiae brief in the case DHS v. MacLean on behalf of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association and 60,000 members of other agencies like the FBI and the DEA and most notably, Tully helped then Sen. Barack Obama modify the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) in 2007 before it was signed into law by President George W. Bush.
As an expert on military and business law, Tully is frequently called upon by the media, and has made appearances in the New York Law Journal, The Streetwise Small Business Book of Lists, The Washington Post, Inside Counsel, among others. He was also a commentator on the Pfc. Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks issue and appeared on CNN discussing reemployment rights of military veterans and service members. In addition, Tully co-wrote a chapter of the Veterans For America “Survival Guide” concerning housing problems veterans face.
Tully attended Hofstra University where he joined the ROTC. He graduated with a BA in Political Science in 1995 and went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in 2002. After finishing law school, Tully worked at Morgan Stanley as an attorney and later served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Mathew Tully served in the United States Army for almost 20 years. He was medically retired at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on May 2014. Tully has received more than 30 federal and state military awards including the Bronze Star, Combat Action Badge, and Purple Heart.