Firm: Tully Rinckey, PLLC
Practice Areas: Military Law
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Firm: Golden Law, Inc.
Practice Areas: Military Law
Andrew Cherkasky is recognized as one of the most elite trial lawyers in America and amongst the nation’s best criminal defense attorneys. Andrew is regularly recognized for his expertise by national news outlets, to include: Fox News, CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, the Associated Press, and many more. Andrew is a former federal prosecutor turned civil rights lawyer defending a wide-range of federal criminal and civil actions, often focused on sexually violent crimes and matters related to the military. As a legal entrepreneur, he created a global law firm that began in a one room office, and has expanded to a multi-state, multi-million-dollar, multi-discipline firm with divisions that handle criminal defense, military justice, personal injury and medical malpractice, and civil rights lawsuits against the federal government. Andrew serves as the managing partner of all firm operations for Golden Law, Inc.
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Firm: Tully Rinckey
Practice Areas: Military Law
Anthony is an aggressive and proactive attorney practicing in the areas of military law, security clearance representation, federal labor and employment, private employment/corporations and criminal defense. As a Partner at Tully Rinckey, Anthony has served as Managing Partner of three separate offices - Buffalo, Syracuse and Binghmton and as the Practice Chair for three separate practice areas - Military Law, National Security/Security Clearance and Education Law. Anthony serves as a member of the firm's Executive Committee and as the Chair of the firm's Business Development Committee. Anthony is the Chair of the 2019, 2020 and 2021 VETCON Alliance and the Chair of the Bar Asscoiateion of Erie County's Committee for Service Members and Veterans' Legal Issues. Anthony co-founded and instucts as an adjunct professor the University at Buffalo School of Law Veterans Law Practicum. Anthony has spent more than 26 years in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve. He has served as a senior drill sergeant, first sergeant and acting commander of a combat engineer drill sergeant company and acting Operations SGM at a Brigade Headquarters. As an attorney, Anthony has successfully represented service members, veterans, federal agents and employees in actions involving administrative separations, medical disability retirements, criminal matters, security clearance revocations and suspensions, VA service-connected compensation matters, ROTC disenrollments, and more. Anthony has represented many clients before the DOHA, DOE, DHS, FBI, military Administrative Separation Boards, multiple branches' Formal Physical Evaluation Boards (PEB), ROTC Disenrollment hearings, hearings before the Board of Veterans Appeals, and more.. Anthony is a VA accredited attorney and is admitted to practcie before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, the Criminal Court of Appeals for the Navy-Marine Corps, the Criminal Court of Appeals for the Air Force, The Army Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Armed Forces Criminal Court of Appeals. Anthony is also currently a member of multiple not-for-profit boards, and he serves as general counsel for local for profit and not-for-profit corporations.
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Firm: Tully Rinckey, PLLC
Practice Areas: Military Law
Heather Tenney, Esq., LL.M. is a Partner in Tully Rinckey PLLC’s military law, federal employment, and national security law practice groups. She currently serves as the primary attorney for consultation in these areas. Heather brought her skills as an advocate and negotiator to Tully Rinckey after honorably serving with the US Army’s JAG Corps, and the results speak for themselves. At the firm, she focuses on military law; federal employment, EEO and discrimination litigation; disciplinary investigation and MSPB litigation, disability retirement, and national security clearance representation. Heather’s representation in national security and security clearance cases range from high-level military officers to covert operation officers of the CIA, NRO, FBI, DIA and a range of other intelligence agencies. Heather currently serves as Treasurer for the National Security Lawyers Association (NSLA).Heather possesses years of experience representing officers and enlisted service members in complex legal matters, including courts-martial, adverse command actions against troops such as administrative separations, Article 15 matters, and other forms of non-judicial punishments. Additionally, Heather protects service members from employment discrimination by asserting their rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. As a Veteran, Heather is uniquely positioned to advise veterans in achieving optimal outcomes on claims and appeals for benefits that they have earned from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She assists veterans in upgrading their discharges to honorable and helps ROTC cadets avoid losing their scholarships. She advises individuals with federal debt issues as well. Her knowledge of the federal government and the military allows her to also provide skilled representation in security clearance litigation, congressional and employment investigations, whistleblower retaliation, disability retirement, and other federal employment matters. Heather represents federal and private sector employees in investigations and cases in front of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Special Counsel (OSC).Prior to joining Tully Rinckey PLLC, Heather was an attorney and advisor with the U.S. Army Claims Service. There she supervised, investigated and determined the appropriate course of action for tort claims including medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, and property damage alleged against the U.S. Army under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), the Military Claims Act (MCA) and the Foreign Claims Act (FCA). Heather has insight that few attorneys possess regarding the way the military handles torts claims, which she uses to assist clients with their actions against the U.S. Government for damages.Heather served as both a senior and trial defense counsel with the U.S. Army Trial Defense Service in Korea and at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. While with Trial Defense Service, she provided criminal and administrative legal services to a community of over 50,000 service members., representing and advising soldiers at all phases of trial and administrative hearings. Heather began her career as a prosecutor and legal aid attorney in the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate in Fort Benning, Georgia.Heather obtained her juris doctorate from Albany Law School of Union University, where she graduated magna cum laude and was managing editor of the Albany Law Environmental Outlook Journal. She went on to receive her Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law in Trial Advocacy, where she graduated with honors. Heather also attended the University of Virginia, where she earned her bachelor’s degree with distinction.
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Practice Areas: Military Law
BAR ADMISSIONS:. State of New York, 2016. United States District Court, Eastern & Southern Districts of New York, 2016. United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 2018. EDUCATION:. St. John’s University School of Law. Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus,
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Firm: Friedfertig Law Firm, PLLC
Practice Areas: Military Law
The Friedfertig Law Firm, PLLC, was founded in early 2016 by attorney Richard Friedfertig with one simple goal in mind: to help those who have been wronged by the government to get the compensation that they deserve. While the firm is happy to accept and zealously litigate a variety of cases, from contract disputes to personal injury actions to criminal defense, Friedfertig Law Firm, PLLC, is one of the few legal practices in Western New York that focuses on both veteran benefits claims and civil suits against the state for unjust conviction and subsequent imprisonment.. If you are a veteran whose disability application was unfairly denied, or if you or a loved one were wrongfully incarcerated by the State of New York, we encourage you to explore our website, learn more about the issues involved in proceeding with a claim against the government, and consider contacting the Friedfertig Law Firm, PLLC, for a free consultation.
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Firm: Law Office of Nader J. Sayegh Esq.
Practice Areas: Military Law
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Firm: Nora Constance Marino
Practice Areas: Military Law
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Firm: United States Department of Energy
Practice Areas: Military Law
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