Andrew McDevitt, a 2010 graduate from UC Hastings College of the Law, joined Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger as an associate attorney in January of 2011.
While attending Hastings, Mr. McDevitt was a founding member and Executive Production Editor of the Hastings Science & Technology Law Journal. He was a member of the Hastings Trial Team, participating in four national trial competitions. Mr. McDevitt also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable A. James Robertson II of the San Francisco Superior Court.
Before attending Hastings, Mr. McDevitt graduated magna cum laude in mechanical engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He achieved numerous academic honors, including the President's List, the Dean's List, invitation into Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi engineering honor societies, and acceptance into the Golden Key International Honor Society. He was an active member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Mr. McDevitt was the first student to design and build carbon fiber wheels for the university's automotive racing team - Formula SAE.
Mr. McDevitt's engineering background is a significant asset in his representation of clients who suffer catastrophic brain or spinal cord injury in circumstances where complex accident reconstruction or product failure modes are called into issue.
At the Walkup firm, Mr. McDevitt has worked on a broad spectrum of personal injury and wrongful death cases, with an emphasis on products liability, medical negligence, automobile defect and collision cases, trucking defect and collision cases, premises liability, governmental tort liability, and civil rights violations. Many of the individuals injured in these accidents have suffered serious and debilitating brain and spinal cord injuries, resulting in comas, paralysis, radiculopathy, and cognitive deficits.
