Stewart McKelvey
{{Short description|Canadian law firm}}
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| firm_name = Stewart McKelvey
| firm_logo = Stewart McKelvey logo.jpg
| num_offices = 6
| offices = Halifax, Saint John, Fredericton, Moncton, Charlottetown, St. John's
| num_attorneys = 257
| num_employees = 592
| revenue =
| date_founded = May 1, 1990
| founder =
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| homepage = {{URL|stewartmckelvey.com}}
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Stewart McKelvey is a Canadian law firm based in Atlantic Canada, of which it is the largest law firm in. Founded in 1990 as Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales following the merging of multiple Atlantic-based law firms,{{cite web |title=E. Neil McKelvey: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam |url=http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-253472-e-neil-mckelvey.html |website=www.inmemoriam.ca |access-date=16 August 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Lawlor |first1=Allison |title=Neil McKelvey headed the International Bar Association |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/neil-mckelvey-headed-the-international-bar-association/article555910/ |access-date=16 August 2023 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=4 October 2011 |language=en-CA}} It now holds six offices, with 592 employees and 257 lawyers.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.stewartmckelvey.com/about/ |website=Stewart McKelvey |access-date=16 August 2023 |language=en-CA}} The firm's offices are located in Halifax in Nova Scotia, Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton in New Brunswick, Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island, and St. John's in Newfoundland.{{cite news |title=Best Law Firms in Canada 2023: Our complete listings |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob-magazine/article-best-law-firms-canada/ |access-date=16 August 2023 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=15 November 2022 |language=en-CA}}
History
Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales was founded on May 1, 1990, from the merging of McKelvey Macaulay Machum of Saint John, New Brunswick, Stewart MacKeen & Covert of Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia, Stirling Ryan of St. John's, Newfoundland, and Scales Jenkins & McQuaid of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The merge resulted in the new law firm to contain over 125 lawyers,{{cite news |title=A major development took place in the Atlantic legal community today |url=https://da.tj.news/viewer?opub=Daily_Gleaner&date=19900501&page=25&search=22stewart%20mckelvey%20stirling%20scales22&filename=0026_DG_A7730 |access-date=16 August 2023 |work=da.tj.news |date=May 1, 1990}} becoming the largest law firm in Atlantic Canada, as well as one of the 15 largest law firms in Canada.{{cite news |last1=Malik |first1=Khalid |title=Saint John law firm part of major merger |url=https://da.tj.news/viewer?opub=Telegraph_Journal&date=19900502&page=7&filename=6138_TJ_1989-1990 |access-date=16 August 2023 |work=Telegraph Journal |date=May 2, 1990}} In May 2000, the firm celebrated its tenth anniversary. At the time, the firm contained 175 lawyers among seven locations.{{cite news |title="10" |url=https://da.tj.news/viewer?opub=New_Brunswick_Telegraph_Journal&date=20000523&page=35&filename=4033_NBTJ_1999-2000_B |access-date=16 August 2023 |work=Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales |publisher=New Brunswick Telegraph Journal |date=May 23, 2000}} The firm was renamed from Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales to Stewart McKelvey sometime in 2006.{{refn|Up until August 2006, the firm's website went by the name "Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales".{{cite web |title=Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales - Atlantic Canada Law Firms |url=http://smss.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060812041112/http://smss.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 12, 2006 |date=12 August 2006}} The firm changed their website between August 12, 2006 and August 22, 2006 to "Stewart McKelvey".{{cite web |title=Atlantic Canada’s pre-eminent law firm |url=http://www.smss.com/en/home/default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822051816/http://www.smss.com/en/home/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 22, 2006 |date=22 August 2006}}
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Notable firm members and alumni
- Neil McKelvey – One of the founding members, owner of the former McKelvey Macaulay Machum firm
- Graham Day
- Jim Cowan
- Sean Casey
- Michel Bastarache
- Gérard La Forest
- Cecily Strickland
- Brian Gallant - 33rd premier of New Brunswick, practiced law with Stewart McKelvey
- Graham Steele
- Glen Dexter
Notes
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