Practice Areas
- Federal Employment Law
- Employment Law
- Union Legal Services
- Whistleblower Representation
Principal Office Locations Locations
- Austin, TX
- Washington, D.C.
As a Managing Partner at Tully Rinckey PLLC, and chair of the Federal Labor & Employment Practice Group, Mike focuses his practice on federal sector labor and employment law. Mike has extensive experience litigating cases on behalf of federal employees at the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Office of Special Counsel (OSC), and in both state and federal courts. He also has experience in representing employees in disciplinary investigations, retirement appeals, employee grievances. Throughout his legal career, Mike has obtained many successful results on behalf of federal employees in federal sector trials, EEOC & MSPB hearings. Mike has also defended and taken numerous depositions of both parties and witnesses and prepared successful oppositions to summary judgment motions.
Mike has received numerous awards, including the 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, LawDragon 500 the Next Generation (2024-25), Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers (2025), National Black Lawyers Top 40 under 40, and Super Lawyers Rising Star (2023). Mike has also spoken on the ABA Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference.
Mike also serves employees in Texas private employment matters, including claims of discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, FMLA violations, severance agreement negotiations, and breach of employment contract matters. Mike has litigated cases in Texas state and federal courts.
Mike is a graduate of American University Washington College of Law in Washington DC. While at American University, Mike worked on the Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law and the Labor & Employment Law Forum. Mike was also selected to participate in the Federal Tax Clinic. He received his bachelor’s degree in Business Finance from Miami University of Ohio.
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