Kevin J. Shehan
Owner & Founder
Kevin J. Shehan is the Owner & Founder of Shehan Legal, a law practice focused on the workplace.
Kevin works for employers, employees, and federal government employees. He provides smart solutions for his clients’ labor and employment, litigation, and outside General Counsel needs.
He brings extensive experience and a record of superior achievement to every client matter.
Before founding Shehan Legal, Kevin practiced labor and employment law at New York law firms. Most recently, Kevin chaired the New York Labor & Employment practice group, and the Virginia practice group, of an international law firm where he was a partner in the firm’s Manhattan office.
Previously, Kevin served as a law clerk to the Honorable Monique J. Roberts-Draper, Administrative Judge, at the New York District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Kevin began practicing labor and employment law in Washington, DC, where he served in the Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Energy.
Over the past fifteen years, Kevin has represented companies and business owners in a range of industries and sectors (such as construction, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, legal, manufacturing, and technology), the federal government, corporate officers and executives, doctors, dentists, psychologists, social workers and other professionals, office workers and managers, federal government workers and supervisors, and independent contractors.
Kevin is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the Virginia Bar Association. He has been recognized by the Super Lawyers® list for Employment and Labor practice in the New York Metropolitan Area. The Super Lawyers list recognizes no more than five percent (5%) of attorneys in each state. Kevin also has a rating level of “Superb” on Avvo, which is that website’s highest level of recognition.
Kevin received his law degree from George Mason University School of Law, where he was an editor of the George Mason Law Review, and later taught legal writing and remedies as an adjunct professor. He received his bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from Albion College.
Court and Bar Admissions
New York
Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Virginia Bar Association