Tully Rinckey opens Binghamton office, hires former Broome County Family Court judge

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Tully Rinckey PLLC announced it has opened a new office in Binghamton and hired former Broome County Family Court judge and Acting New York State Supreme Court Justice Peter P. Charnetsky as Binghamton managing partner.

The new 800-square-foot office is located at 64 Front St. in the city’s downtown. It opened Monday, according to a company spokesman. Charnetsky is currently the only attorney and employee in the office, and administrative staff from Tully Rinckey’s Syracuse office are supporting him.

The spokesman noted that the firm is recruiting attorneys in the Binghamton market and hopes to grow its office there. If needed, it will move to a larger office down the line.

Charnetsky’s addition expands Tully Rinckey’s Family and Matrimonial Law team to the Southern Tier, “priming the practice group for exponential growth throughout New York state and beyond,” the firm contended in a news release.

Charnetsky has nine years of experience as an acting Supreme Court justice and a decade of experience as a Broome County Family Court judge, the release stated.

During his judicial career, Charnetsky resolved more than 25,000 cases. He served as a Broome County Family Court judge from 2005 to 2014 and presided over Integrated Domestic Violence Court for all Broome County courts from 2006 to 2014, according to the release. Charnetsky earned his law degree from Stetson University College of Law in Florida.

Tully Rinckey has seven offices, with five located in upstate New York (Albany, Binghamton, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo), one in Washington, D.C., and one in California (San Diego). The firm employs more than 60 attorneys total.