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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. From 2008 to 2010, he worked as a law clerk for the Walkup firm.

While attending Hastings, Mr. McDevitt was a founding member and Executive Production Editor of the Hastings Science & Technology Law Journal. He was also a member of the Hastings Trial Team. He participated in four national trial competitions. Mr. McDevitt helped lead the team to a First Place finish in the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Mock Trial Competition in 2008. During his final semester of law school, Mr. McDevitt 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 received numerous academic honors, including selection to 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 the 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.

At the Walkup firm, Mr. McDevitt uses his mechanical engineering background in the representation of the firms' clients. His case related work includes both personal injury and wrongful death cases, including ones where clients have suffered burn injuries from a multitude of causes. He and other Walkup attorneys have helped clients with burn injuries resulting from house fires, defective fire places, defective heaters, car accidents, big-rig collisions, and various other sources. Through his undergraduate studies in thermodynamics and heat transfer, Mr. McDevitt has developed a keen understanding of the mechanisms of burn injuries. This knowledge has proven quite beneficial to Walkup clients, as it has allowed Mr. McDevitt to comprehensively evaluate and critique the theories and opinions of opposing parties regarding the underlying cause of our clients' injuries.

Mr. McDevitt is one of several Walkup attorneys who coach the Lowell High School Mock Trial Team. He has also participated in trial advocacy seminars sponsored by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, and the American Board of Trial Advocates.