New managing partners start in Tully Rinckey’s Syracuse, Binghamton offices

The Syracuse and Binghamton offices of law firm Tully Pinckey PLLC have new managing partners.

The firm has promoted Sabastian Piedmont to managing partner of its Syracuse office, which is located 507 Plum St. in Syracuse’s Franklin Square area. 

Tully Rinckey has also elevated Derrick Hogan to lead its Binghamton–area office, located at 41 Vestal Road in Vestal.

Anthony Kuhn previously served as the managing partner of Tully Rinckey’s Syracuse, Binghamton, and Buffalo offices, the firm tells CNYBJ in an email. As of now, Kuhn is the managing partner of only the Buffalo office, while also serving as chair of Tully Rinckey’s military and national security law practices, the firm adds.

Headquartered in Albany, Tully Rinckey has 70 attorneys and New York offices located in Syracuse, Binghamton, Manhattan, Rochester, Saratoga Springs, and Buffalo. It also has Texas offices in Austin and Houston, along with locations in Washington, D.C. and San Diego, California.

About Piedmont

As managing partner of the Syracuse office, Piedmont helps with day-to-day operations for the firm and provides input on Tully Rinckey’s long-term strategic vision. His practice focuses on municipal law, education law, and labor and employment law.

Piedmont has experience in federal, state, and private employment-law matters and has represented clients in both federal and state administrative-agency matters and investigations. Those matters and investigations focused on agencies that included the Equal Opportunity Commission, Merit Systems Protection Board, New York State Department of Human Rights (DHR), New York State Education Department, SUNY, and the New York State Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), the firm said.

Piedmont also has a background in education law and provides counsel for labor disputes between staff and school administrators.

“Sabastian has been a great addition to the firm and his dedication and drive made our decision easy when naming a managing partner of our Syracuse office,” Michael Macomber, CEO of Tully Rinckey, said in a statement.

About Hogan 

As managing partner of the Tully Rinckey Binghamton office, Hogan primarily focuses his practice on both federal labor and employment and criminal law.

Hogan has experience in both federal and private employment-law matters, handling cases involving discrimination and harassment in the workplace, disciplinary actions against federal employees, and representing federal employees who are under investigation, per his biography on the Tully Rinckey website. 

Hogan has also handled many federal employment matters before the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Merit Systems Protection Board, as well as appeals with the EEOC’s Office of Federal Operations.

Aside from his federal employment-law background, Hogan also has more than 10 years of criminal-defense experience, representing clients facing criminal offenses at both the state and federal levels. Those offenses range from minor traffic violations to complicated murder cases. 

Hogan also has trial experience, including cases involving high-level charges such as robbery, burglary, and various sex offenses. 

His practice also extends to defending criminal charges in federal court, “most notably, a case involving espionage that garnered widespread national media attention and became a hot topic of discussion during the 2016 presidential election,” Tully Rinckey noted.