Tully Rinckey names Kelly as managing partner for Syracuse office

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Tully Rinckey PLLC, an Albany–based law firm that operates an office in Syracuse, has named Donald Kelly as managing partner for the local office.

In his new role, Kelly will oversee the daily operations of the firm’s Syracuse legal team.

Tully Rinckey made the announcement in a news release Thursday.

Kelly, who joined Tully Rinckey in 2012, previously operated a solo practice and has an “in-depth understanding of law-practice management,” the firm contended in the release.

Kelly, who has nearly two decades of experience in the legal field, focuses on criminal-defense law, the firm said.

Kelly has represented defendants in criminal cases in state and federal court. Besides his work as an attorney, Kelly also serves as senior hearing examiner in the Syracuse Parking Violations Bureau and adjudicates citizen complaints against the City of Syracuse regarding parking tickets.

Kelly’s new role is part of the reorganization of Tully Rinckey PLLC’s management structure.

It is part of a plan that the firm developed at the beginning of its “latest growth phase to decentralize key management functions and reach new levels of efficiency and client service,” the firm said.

Tully Rinckey has elevated “key” attorneys to newly-created managing-partner positions at each office following the firm’s “exponential” growth, it added.

The launch of Tully Rinckey’s Syracuse office in August 2012 started the firm’s “latest growth phase.

It then opened a Buffalo office the following January, which it then moved to a larger, newly constructed suite that was “some five times larger” than its previous location.

Tully Rinckey also opened an office in Rochester in July 2013. In between, the firm relocated its office in Washington, D.C.

The firm also opened its first West Coast office in San Diego in September of last year.