Brandon McKelvey

About Brandon McKelvey

With over 300 lawsuits resolved, I specialize in mediating employment disputes, offering a nontraditional approach that intertwines active listening, emotional intelligence, and creative negotiation exercises designed to remove obstacles encountered in mediation. I became a mediator after experiencing over 700 mediations as a litigator and a frequent customer of many different ADR providers. Wired as an entrepreneur but trained as a lawyer, I envisioned ways to improve the mediation experience beyond number shuffling. As the founder of M Resolution, I lead a team committed to redefining the mediation experience. The inspiration behind M Resolution stems from my eclectic professional career, which was a diverse blend of business and legal experiences in the employment arena. I have worked as a lawyer on both sides of employment disputes, served as a partner in a large international employment defense firm, launched and grown a boutique employment defense firm serving small and mid-size businesses, built and ran a start-up legal compliance business, advised over one thousand business owners and executives, and served as a CEO for multiple businesses. This fusion of business and legal experiences leads to a mediation that blends the realms of law and enterprise to imaginatively resolve employment disputes. Approaching each mediation as a unique puzzle, M Resolution custom crafts a strategy for each mediation that empowers all sides of a dispute with options. Meanwhile, we are constantly trying to improve the mediation experience for all mediation participants and are one of the first resolution companies to offer lunch to Zoom participants, champagne to celebrate a settlement, priority scheduling, and a streamlined process to address claims of financial distress. We balance the privilege of being mediators with a strong commitment to our global and local community. As part of our Mission, we fight modern slavery one mediation at a time by donating ten percent from the proceeds of each mediation to stop human trafficking around the globe. And we are also committed to fighting against hunger through our support of Lawyers vs. Hunger. Join us in rewriting the narrative of dispute resolution, where conflicts become opportunities for collaborative problem solving, and resolutions pave the way for brighter futures.

Experience

1. Chief Vision Officer

   Medina McKelvey LLP

   Jan 2021 — Present · Roseville, CA, US

   Thought leader and Chief Vision Officer for full-service employment defense firm and co-creator of employment law training. Strategic advisor to employers in complex and class action employment disputes with a focus on wage and hour law.

Education

• Wayne State University

  BA, English Honors and American Studies

  1994 — 1998

• University of California, Davis

  JD, Law

  1998 — 2001