Lowell McKelvey
A Trial Lawyer with a Heart
- Biography
Lowell McKelvey is an injury lawyer, arbitrator and mediator in Portland, Oregon. Lowell specializes in motor vehicle injuries, Onewheel electric skateboard injuries and nursing home neglect and abuse. Lowell has 20+ years’ experience in car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle and pedestrian accident cases. He is a national leader in Onewheel electric skateboard product liability injury cases. And, he has a passion for helping victims of nursing home abuse and neglect. A former prosecutor and insurance defense lawyer, Lowell puts his trial skills and experience with insurance companies to work, helping injured people find real world solutions. Lowell takes a collaborative approach to litigation, believing that unnecessary fighting is bad for everyone. Practical, honest and a “straight shooter,” Lowell is known as “The Trial Lawyer with a Heart.”
- Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Motor Vehicle Defects
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Video Conferencing
- Fees
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Oregon
- Since 1999
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- Languages
- English
- Professional Experience
- Owner
- McKelvey Law LLC
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2023 –
Current
- Owner, McKelvey Law LLC. Specializing in injury law, focused on motor vehicle crashes, Onewheel injuries, and Nursing Home injuries and deaths.
- Founder, Shareholder
- McKelvey Kozuma Burke PC
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2019 –
2022
- Founder, Shareholder
- McKelvey Kozuma PC
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2015 –
2019
- Associate, Partner, Managing Partner
- Mitchell Lang & Smith LLP
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2003 –
2015
- Deputy District Attorney
- Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office
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2000 –
2003
- Deputy District Attorney
- Washington County District Attorney’s Office
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1999 –
2000
- Education
- University of Montana School of Law
- J.D. (1999)
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1996
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1999 -
- Southwestern University
- B.A. (1994) | History, English
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1990
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1994 - Activities: Soccer, Lacrosse, Kappa Alpha Order
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- Awards
- Superlawyer
- Superlawyers
- 2021
- Personal Injury
- AV Preeminent Rated
- Martindale Hubbell
- 2015
- Rising Star
- Superlawyers
- 2014
- Professional Associations
- Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, Co-chair MVA section
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2018 –
Current -
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Washington State Bar
 # 36490
- Member
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2003 –
Current -
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Oregon State Bar
 # 993200
- Member
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1999 –
Current -
- Oregon Association of Defense Counsel
- Member
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2003 –
2017 -
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