Mr. McKelvey is a Partner in the Labor and Employment Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP with significant litigation experience in large class-actions, collective actions, and complex multi-party litigation. He is a member of the Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group and concentrates his practice on defending companies against wage-and-hour and employment class and collective actions. He is a Co-Author of the Chapter "Defending Rule 23 State Law Wage and Hour Class Actions" in the “Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation (The Definitive treatise on wage and hour litigation.)," ALM Law Journal Press, Chapter 7 (2012). He regularly blogs on legal developments related to class actions and wage-and-hour law at www.wagehourlitigation.com.

Mr. McKelvey has unique experience that includes litigating class actions on both sides of the bar, participating in a class action trial, and arguing in front of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a class action case. He was the lead associate on one of the largest wage-and-hour class-action cases in California history and a member of the trial team for one of the largest class-action trials in California. He has defended a variety of large wage-and-hour class and collective actions alleging unpaid wages, misclassification, meal and rest period violations, unreimbursed expenses, breach of contract, forfeiture of commissions or incentive bonuses, unfair business practices, wage statement violations, and other federal and state wage claims.

Mr. McKelvey has handled class and collective litigation in a wide number of industries, including retail, health care, insurance, computer and information technology, financial and professional services, specialized and temporary staffing, manufacturing, shipping and trucking, agriculture, and construction.

Mr. McKelvey is a Partner in the Labor and Employment Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP with significant litigation experience in large class-actions, collective actions, and complex multi-party litigation. He is a member of the Wage & Hour Litigation Practice Group and concentrates his practice on defending companies against wage-and-hour and employment class and collective actions. He is a Co-Author of the Chapter "Defending Rule 23 State Law Wage and Hour Class Actions" in the “Wage & Hour Collective and Class Litigation (The Definitive treatise on wage and hour litigation.)," ALM Law Journal Press, Chapter 7 (2012). He regularly blogs on legal developments related to class actions and wage-and-hour law at www.wagehourlitigation.com.

Mr. McKelvey has unique experience that includes litigating class actions on both sides of the bar, participating in a class action trial, and arguing in front of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a class action case. He was the lead associate on one of the largest wage-and-hour class-action cases in California history and a member of the trial team for one of the largest class-action trials in California. He has defended a variety of large wage-and-hour class and collective actions alleging unpaid wages, misclassification, meal and rest period violations, unreimbursed expenses, breach of contract, forfeiture of commissions or incentive bonuses, unfair business practices, wage statement violations, and other federal and state wage claims.

Mr. McKelvey has handled class and collective litigation in a wide number of industries, including retail, health care, insurance, computer and information technology, financial and professional services, specialized and temporary staffing, manufacturing, shipping and trucking, agriculture, and construction.