Steven L. Herrick

With thirty years of experience in all facets oflitigation, Steven L. Herrick, Esq., Managing Partner of Tully Rinckey PLLC’soffice in the heart of Washington, D.C.’s Golden Triangle, providesrepresentation to clients across a broad spectrum of employment-relatedmatters, including reemployment rights, discrimination and retaliation underthe Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, veteranspreference under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act, adverse actions (terminations and suspensions), all forms discrimination, including those basedon race, gender, age, and disability (Federal) whistleblower and other types ofretaliation, claims under the Family and Medical Leave Act, and Federalworkers’ compensation.

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

Steve’s commitment to representing servicemembers, veterans,and the federal workforce comes following his son’s deployment to Iraq. When hejoined Tully Rinckey PLLC in March 2006, he found a firm that shared thiscommitment. He managed the firm’s Corporate, Commercial and Municipallitigation practice for two years, continuing a thriving business practice,while at the same time beginning his transition into the area of employmentlaw. This transition accelerated two years later when Steve moved to Washington to manage thefirm’s office on K Street, N.W.Although Steve continues to handle business litigation for the firm, the lion’sshare of his practice is now devoted to Federal and military employment rightsand benefits.

After graduating with honors from TuftsUniversity, Steve earned his lawdegree from the prestigious Universityof California, Berkeley(Boalt Hall) School of Law. Following lawschool, Steve served as Confidential Secretary to the Justices of the AppellateDivision, Second Department, a state appeals court, for whom he prepared casememoranda and opinions on both appeals and motions.

Prior to joining Tully Rinckey PLLC, Steve served as partnerwith the full-service Long Island law firm ofFarrell, Fritz, P.C. As co-head of the firm’s sophisticated CommercialLitigation Department, he represented many high-profile clients in complexmatters, conducting numerous trials and frequently arguing cases in theappellate courts. Thereafter, Steve formed his own firm in 1991, where hecontinued his successful litigation practice first on Long Island, and then inthe Albanyarea.

Steve is a member of the bars of Washington,D.C. and New Yorkand is admitted to practice in the United States Courts of Appeals for theFederal, District of Columbia and SecondCircuits and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern andEastern Districts of New has been admitted pro hac vice to practice in specific matters in courtsfrom Virginia to California.

Steve is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Associationand its Labor and Employment Section. In 2009 leg, he was selected as the legalcolumnist for the Washington Business Journal. His “Capital Counsel” columnprovided legal advice to employers and employees attemptingto navigate the complex rules and regulations of the workplace, includingUSERRA, the revised and expanded Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VIIgender discrimination, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the GeneticInformation Nondiscrimination Act. He has been interviewed by various mediaoutlets regarding employment law matters, including the National Law Journal,Government Executive, Federal Daily and the Washington Post.

Steve is a past member of the Judicial Officer ScreeningCommittee for the Tenth Judicial District in New York. He has lectured on New York civil practice at both professional associationsand law schools and is a former adjunct professor of New York practice at Touro Law more than a decade, Steve served as a director and officer, including sixyears as President, of Harbor Child Care, Inc., a nationally accreditednot-for-profit provider of child care services for both communities andorganizations such as North Shore University Hospital and is a semi-retired modified fast pitch softball player (over 50 only, please)and a definitely retired high school soccer referee.

Steve and his wife Beth are enjoying a return to city livingin their apartment in the District from which neither has to drive to , a Masters level Social Worker, works in palliative care at The WashingtonHome and Community Hospices and is a certified Master Gardener. Their daughterMolly, completely ignoring her college curriculum, is a research analyst at a majorcommercial 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, Herrick, received his medical discharge from the U.S. Army after a fourand one-half year tour as a combat infantryman. He now resides In TempeArizona. Andrew’s experiences have reinforced Steve’s commitment to serve thelegal needs of service members, especially disabled veterans.

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