Rebecca K. McKelvey

Rebecca K. McKelvey

Attorney

Nashville, TN

Phone: 615-782-2204 Fax: 615-742-0727

Email: rebecca.mckelvey@stites.com

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Education

  • Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law

    J.D. 2006

    Mercer Law Review, Lead Articles Editor; Casenote: "Blakely v. Washington: Criminal Sentencing and the Sixth Amendment Limitation on Judicial Factfinding," 56 Mercer L.Rev. 1079 (2005); Bootle Inn of Court, Macon, Ga., 2005-06; Moot Court 2005 Georgia Intrastate Competition Team, 2nd Place Oralist; Legal Writing Certificate Program; Christian Legal Society, President, 2005-06; Legal Aid Clinic, Vice President, 2004-05

  • Belmont University

    B.S., summa cum laude, 2003

    Political Economy & Broadcast Journalism

    Study Abroad in Australia, New Zealand and Kenya; Student Government Association, Senior Class President; Talk Show Host & News Anchor on campus radio

Admissions

  • Tennessee

  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee

  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Service Areas

  • Family Law

Memberships

  • American Bar Association, Family Law Section Uniform Relocation Law Drafting Committee
  • Tennessee Bar Association, Family Law Section, Executive Council; Family Law Section e-Newsletter Editor; CLE Committee
  • Nashville Bar Association
  • Tennessee Justice Center, Development Committee

Community Involvement

  • Tennessee Justice Center, Board of Directors
  • Belmont University Alumni, Board of Directors, President-Elect
  • Belmont University Young Alumni Council, past member
  • International Child Abduction Attorney Network (ICAAN), Referral Attorney
  • Room in the Inn, a homeless services program in Nashville, volunteer host and provider

Rebecca K. McKelvey is an Associate in the Nashville Office. She practices primarily in the field of domestic relations, assisting with divorce, child custody, adoption, relocation, child support, and Hague Convention international child abduction cases.  In June 2011, Rebecca was chosen as a 2011 Nashville's Top 30 Under 30 by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

More Than Stites & Harbison

Rebecca serves on the board of directors for the Tennessee Justice Center, served as a member of the Belmont University Young Alumni Council for three years and now serves as a member of Belmont University Alumni Board of Directors as President-Elect as well as volunteers in the Nashville community. She has also been a member of Team Green Nashville, one of the country's largest organizations of outdoor enthusiasts, and the National Wildlife Federation. Rebecca has also worked with children with special needs.

Besides Stites & Harbison

Rebecca enjoys traveling around the world, backpacking and camping, spending as much time as possible outdoors, church activities, spending quality time with friends and family, cooking, reading and gardening. She has competed and participated in Oyster Urban Adventure Race, Country Music Half-Marathon, Bike to Jack and Back bike ride, and the Horsey Hundred Century bike ride.