Kendall H. MacVey

Partner

Riverside
3750 University Avenue, Suite 400
P.O. Box 1028

TEL: (951) 826-8226
FAX: (951) 686-3083
Kendall.MacVey@bbklaw.com

Kendall MacVey is a partner with Best Best & Krieger LLP in Riverside, California, practicing litigation in eminent domain, public agency litigation, antitrust, business torts and complex litigation. Mr. MacVey represents both private and public clients.  Prior to coming to Best Best & Krieger, Mr. MacVey was lead counsel in prosecuting federal antitrust and unfair competition law enforcement cases of national and industry-wide scope, including antitrust cases in the record and motion picture industries.

Mr. MacVey received his B.A. degree from Occidental College (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). He received his Juris Doctorate degree from UCLA Law School.  Mr. MacVey has been the Chair of the Antitrust Section of the Los Angeles County Bar, where he was the first and only person outside of Los Angeles County to do so.  In addition he was a master in the Los Angeles Inn of Court for Complex Litigation and president of the Inland Empire Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.  He has been selected as an attorney-representative to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judicial Conference and appointed by federal judges to serve on panels for the selection of magistrate and bankruptcy judges.  Mr. MacVey was appointed to the Standing Committee for Discipline for the U.S. District Court in the Central District of California.  He chaired the opening ceremonies committee for the new federal courthouse in the Eastern Division of the Central District in Riverside.  He is currently an attorney/officer for the Central District's settlement panel.

Mr. MacVey has taught classes on civil litigation and eminent domain at the University of California, Riverside and other institutions.  He has published several articles, including "The Subtle Role of Hearsay in Expert Testimony" in California Litigation, "The Unfair Competition Act" in the California Antitrust Law treatise, and "California's Proposition 90: The Kelo-Plus Strategy Fails" in Planning and Environmental Law. He has spoken before the Appraisal Institute, the International Right-of-Way Association, the League of California Cities, National Association of Housing Officials, the Antitrust Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, and many other professional organizations.  He recently testified before the Joint Committees of the State of California Assembly on the history of eminent domain in California.

Mr. MacVey has a great depth and breadth of litigation experience that includes winning eminent domain, inverse condemnation, fraud, insider trading, and antitrust cases before judges and juries in state and federal court.

Bar & Court Admissions

• California, 1973

Education

• JD, University of California at Los Angeles
• BA, Occidental College, Los Angeles