Mathew Tully
Mathew Tully is a lawyer and military law columnist and founding partner of Tully Rinckey PLLC.
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. 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 Tully helped then-Senator Barack Obama modify the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act in 2007 before it was signed into law by President George W. Bush.
Tully has made appearances in the New York Law Journal, The Streetwise Small Business Book of Lists, The Washington Post, and Inside Counsel. He 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.
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.
