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No. of offices | 6 |
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Offices | Halifax, Saint John, Fredericton, Moncton, Charlottetown, St. John's |
No. of attorneys | 257 |
No. of employees | 592 |
Date founded | May 1, 1990 |
Website | stewartmckelvey |
Stewart McKelvey is a Canadian law firm based in Atlantic Canada. It is the largest law firm in Atlantic Canada. Founded in 1990 as Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales following the merging of multiple Atlantic-based law firms, [1] [2] it now holds six offices, with 592 employees and 257 lawyers. [3] 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. [4]
Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales was founded on May 1, 1990, from the merging of McKelvey Macaulay Machum of Saint John, New Brunswick, [2] 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 merger resulted in the new law firm having over 125 lawyers, [5] becoming the largest law firm in Atlantic Canada, as well as one of the 15 largest law firms in Canada. [6] In May 2000, the firm celebrated its tenth anniversary. At the time, the firm contained 175 lawyers across seven locations. [7] The firm was renamed from Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales to Stewart McKelvey sometime in 2006. [a]