LATHAM, NY, (Tully Rinckey PLLC) — Following the launch of the firm’s “Year of the Employee” in 2025, Tully Rinckey PLLC is continuing the initiative into 2026 with further reinvestment in the firm’s attorneys and staff. This reinvestment will allow Tully Rinckey to continue its aggressive recruitment of attorneys and staff by offering competitive compensation and above-market benefits in the Capital Region and other New York State office locations.
In an overwhelmingly positive response to the “Year of the Employee” initiative, in 2025, the firm saw increased retention among support staff positions that further underscores the firm’s ongoing and accelerated commitment to its attorneys and staff. The firm continues to hire and grow its legal team in offices throughout the United States while focusing on its core practice areas of labor and employment law, litigation, military and national security law, family and matrimonial law. The firm was recognized as a “Best Places to Work” by the Albany Business Review, Buffalo Business First, and the Times Union for 2025, further solidifying the firm’s continued commitment to its attorneys and staff.
Beginning on January 1, 2026, the firm implemented additional compensation and benefits, allowing the firm to attract and retain top legal talent and to continue providing top-tier legal services for its clients:
- An increase in starting compensation for first year Associates to $120,000 per year.
- A new bonus initiative that allows Attorneys to earn up to 60% of their base compensation.
- Base compensation of at least $55,000 per year for all Tully Rinckey American Service Corporation employees.
- No-cost individual health insurance for all full-time employees – free dental, vision, and life insurance.
- A 100% 401(K) match of up to 6%.
- Free dental, vision, and life insurance.
This strengthened compensation and benefits framework further solidifies the firm’s ongoing commitment to developing the firm’s talent that will fuel long‑term growth and continue to elevate the high-level of exceptional service provided to clients.
“Law firms talk about valuing their people, but here at Tully Rinckey, we’re putting that belief into action,” says Partner & CEO Michael Macomber. “These impactful changes are designed to break from tradition and reward excellence in a way that is transparent, equitable, and forward-looking.”
Tully Rinckey has a long history of providing the ability for both attorneys and staff to carve their own career paths and create their own destinies. This includes Michael Macomber, who joined the firm in 2009 as a law clerk, and ultimately worked his way to the CEO position in 2020. Also in 2020, the firm introduced a game-changing opportunity by promoting 11 existing partners to equity partner status. Currently, the firm has over 80 attorneys and over 100 support staff in 11 offices.
