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Mr. McVay attended Westminster College in Fulton Missouri and graduated from the University of Arizona with an undergraduate degree in 1961 and a Juris Doctor in 1965. He was admitted to practice before the Courts of the State of Arizona in 1965 and thereafter to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.

Experience and History

Mr. McVay has substantial experience as a trial and appellate lawyer. He has written over 300 appeals in the state and federal appellate courts. He has tried hundreds of cases to juries and judges in his 50+ years of experience. Mr. McVay's areas of practice include family law and criminal law trials and appeals, special actions, juvenile matters and marital torts. Published opinions in those ares include: State v. Cruz, 672 P.2d 470 (1983); State v. Lee, 689 P.2d 153 (1983); State v. Bocharski, 22 P.3d 43 (2001); Taylor v. Jarrett, 959 P.2d 807 (App-1998); Brebaugh v. Deane, 118 P.3d 43 (App.-2005). In July of 2015, Mr. McVay obtained a $22,800.000.00 judgment in the Maricopa County Superior Court against a murderous husband in a marital tort action, No. CV 2011-001525.

Mr. McVay served as a prosecutor in the Office of the Maricopa County Attorney, 1966-1969, as a special prosecutor for Coconino County between 1969 and 1972 and as a special prosecutor for Maricopa County in the early 1980s. He was a member of the Arizona Law Review at the University of Arizona College of Law and won the Moot Court competition.

Mr. McVay and his wife Sylvia are both Phoenix natives. Four of their six children attended and graduated from  the University of Arizona. Mr. McVay and his wife enjoy snow-skiing, reading, and foreign travel, and most of all, spending time with their two grandchildren. Mr. McVay coached youth soccer for 10 years and several of his former players are now lawyers in Phoenix. He also regularly hikes in Arizona and the western states, Canada and in Europe.

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