Stewart McKelvey is a Canadian law firm based in Atlantic Canada, of which it is the largest law firm in.

Founded in 1990 as Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales following the merging of multiple Atlantic-based law firms,[1][2] It now holds six offices, with 592 employees and 257 lawyers.

[3] The firm's offices are located in Halifax in Nova Scotia, Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton in New Brunswick, Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island, and St. John's in Newfoundland.

[4] Stewart McKelvey Stirling Scales was founded on May 1, 1990, from the merging of McKelvey Macaulay Machum of Saint John, New Brunswick,[2] Stewart MacKeen & Covert of Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia, Stirling Ryan of St. John's, Newfoundland, and Scales Jenkins & McQuaid of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

At the time, the firm contained 175 lawyers among seven locations.