Senior Executive Assistance

To complement our core legal practice, we have crafted a segment of our employee relations services to focus directly on the unique needs of executive-level employees.

At MacKelvie & Associates, P.C., we appreciate that there are times when differences of opinion, philosophy or direction can arise between executives and other management or their governing boards.  We can guide executives in successfully balancing the challenges with their employers that can be politically-sensitive if approached internally.  Further, our Firm is experienced in assisting executives to minimize the daily havoc and discomfort that these types of situations can cause.

Our services are performed by seasoned attorneys with extensive backgrounds as both in-house corporate counsel handling employment matters on behalf of major national and international employers, coupled with business school educations from top, nationally-renowned institutions.  Our Firm has transitioned this experience into a creative service model to support senior corporate employees in significant conflicts with their employers.

Our services span a diverse menu of issues that are personally and professionally critical to the current and future livelihood and success of senior executives, including:

• Employment contracts
• Restrictive covenants
• Succession planning
• Performance evaluation goals, objectives, and responses
• Retention programs
• Incentive compensation plans
• Exit and employment strategies and packages
• Separation or severance agreements
• Unemployment compensation
• Pre and post-separation counseling

We can assist corporate executives to create and negotiate reasonable, objective, and realistic resolutions that are amenable to all parties.  This allows executives to continue investing in their busy careers and full lives without the unnecessary stress and disruption that such personal employment disagreements can entail.

Our Firm's services feature continuity of perspective by engaging the same attorneys, at early stages in the business negotiations, who may later be retained as legal counsel if the employment differences linger.  In further partnership with senior executives, we are prepared to offer our services through alternative billing arrangements, such as flat fees or retainers, so that the potential uncertainty of hourly payments is eliminated.

We provide sound legal advice in concert with practical industry knowledge.  By combining legal counsel with business guidance, our services are uniquely positioned on the cutting-edge of the marketplace.