Steven L. Herrick, Esq.

Director of Legal Services

Steven L. Herrick, Esq., is the Director of Legal Services of Tully Rinckey PLLC's Washington D.C. office.

With some 30 years of experience in all facets of litigation, Steve provides representation to clients across a broad spectrum of employment-related matters. Steve practices before federal, state and District of Columbia courts, the MSPB and the EEOC as well as representing clients in arbitration, mediation and agency proceedings.

Steve's commitment to representing service members, veterans, and the federal workforce comes following his son's deployment to Iraq. Steve joined Tully Rinckey PLLC in March 2006, first managing the firm's corporate, commercial and municipal litigation practice. He then transitioned into the area of employment law. Although Steve continues to handle business litigation for the firm, the majority of his practice is devoted to federal and military employment rights and benefits. Prior to joining Tully Rinckey PLLC, Steve served as a partner with the full-service Long Island law firm of Farrel, Fritz, P.C. As cohead of the firm's sophisticated commercial litigation department, he represented many high-profile clients in complex matters, conducted numerous trials and frequently argued cases in the appellate courts. Steve formed his own firm in 1991, where he continued his successful litigation practice first on Long Island, and then in the Albany, N.Y. area.

After graduating with honors from Tufts University, Steve earned his law degree from the prestigious University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) School of Law. Following law school, Steve served as 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.

Steve is a member of the Washington, D.C. and New York State Bar Associations and is admitted to practice in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal, District of Columbia and Second Circuits and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He has been admitted pro hac vice to practice in specific matters in courts from Virginia to California.

Steve was selected as the 2009 legal columnist for the Washington Business Journal. His "Capital Counsel" column provides legal advice to employers and employees attempting to navigate the complex rules and regulations of the workplace. Various media outlets have interviewed Steve regarding employment law matters, including the National Law Journal, Government Executive, and Federal Daily.

Steve is a past member of the Judicial Officer Screening Committee for the Tenth Judicial District in New York. He has lectured on New York civil practice at both professional associations and law schools and is a former adjunct professor of New York practice at Touro Law School. For more than a decade, Steve has served with Harbor Child Care, Inc., a nationally accredited not-forprofit provider of child-care services.