Area of Practice: Estate Planning & Probate Ilene L. McCauley has been a member of the State Bar of Arizona since 1982. She has been certified by the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization as a Certified Specialist in Taxation since 1983. She was named “Top Estate Planning Attorney” in the Valley 2011 through 2019 and has a “superb” rating from AVVO since 2015. Ms. McCauley is a member of Wealth Counsel. She was selected by the Tax Advisory Commission to serve an appointment on the Tax Advisory Commission of the State Bar of Arizona. She was formerly appointed to the position of Adjunct Professor at the Estate and Wealth Strategies Institute at Michigan State University and has taught advanced tax, business, and estate planning courses via the internet. Ms. McCauley earned her BA from Binghamton University; her JD from Hofstra University School of Law; her LLM (Masters of Law in Taxation) from DePaul University School of Law and her second post-doctoral degree in Advanced Tax and Estate Planning from the Esperti-Peterson Institute.

Mr. McCauley received his undergraduate degree from Iona College and then went on to receive his J.D. from Pace University School of Law. Before graduating law school, Mr. McCauley was a NYPD officer assigned to Manhattan North, Queens North, and to the Deputy Commissioner of Legal Matters. Mr. McCauley is admitted to practice in the following jurisdictions: State of New York, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and District of Columbia, and before the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Since Mr. McCauley is one of the healthy 9/11 First Responders, it is his privilege to work on behalf of those that are not to help assist them and their families.

Kenneth B. McClain is a nationally known personal injury trial lawyer. He has tried many high-profile cases and won numerous multi-million dollar verdicts. Mr. McClain’s total amount of awarded verdicts and negotiated settlements since 1986 exceed $1 billion. Mr. McClain has pioneered litigation against asbestos suppliers, the tobacco industry and artificial butter flavoring manufacturers and suppliers in the microwave popcorn industry. He earned his B.A. from Graceland College before attending The University of Michigan Law School, where he earned his J.D. He is a member of the Missouri State Bar.

Born in Muncie, Indiana, Mr. McClellan attended the University of Florida and Indiana University on a track. cross country scholarship and completed his education at I.U. Bloomington. He returned to Muncie to practice with his father, Sidney McClellan and became a third-generation attorney in Muncie. For approximately twenty (20) years, he practiced primarily in the insurance defense field representing various insurance companies and their insureds throughout East Central, Indiana. Over the last approximate thirteen (13) years, his practice has made a transition primarily to personal injury and probate litigation. He still will take and try periodic high-profile criminal cases. Almost ninety-five percent (95%) if his practice is litigation. He does spend some of his practice time in probate that is not involving litigation. He is extremely fortunate to have had been Born in Muncie, Indiana, Mr. McClellan attended the University of Florida and Indiana University on a track/cross country scholarship and completed his education at I.U. Bloomington. He returned to Muncie to practice with his father, Sidney McClellan and became a third-generation attorney in Muncie. For approximately twenty (20) years, he practiced primarily in the insurance defense field representing various insurance companies and their insureds throughout East Central, Indiana. Over the last approximate thirteen (13) years, his practice has made a transition primarily to personal injury and probate litigation. He still will take and try periodic high-profile criminal cases. Almost ninety-five percent (95%) if his practice is litigation. He does spend some of his practice time in probate that is not involving litigation. He is extremely fortunate to have had positive results from various cases that he has been involved in and tried throughout the years and in his career, he has tried to verdict well over one hundred (100) jury trials. Quite a large portion of his personal injury and probate litigation practice are referrals from other attorneys, who seek him out because of his specialization in these areas. In his spare time, Mr. McClellan enjoys golfing, vacationing, attending his son's basketball and baseball games, and visiting with family and friends. He is a widower and has two (2) sons, Zacary McIlwain and Ian McClellan.

Jason C. McConnell was born and raised on his family’s beef and dairy farm in Lincoln Co, North Carolina. After attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he earned his Undergraduate Degree, Jason moved to Louisiana to attend law school at Loyola University in New Orleans. Other than the three years he spent in law school, Jason is a lifelong resident of North Carolina. He has called Charlotte, NC, home for over twenty years. Jason spent the first twenty years of his career defending insurance companies and employers in disputes with injured workers. During this time, he saw firsthand the strategies insurance companies use to try to limit their liability to their injured workers. After deciding to leave the world of insurance defense litigation, Jason is now ready to use those same strategies and the insight he gained by helping injured workers receive the full extent of the compensation they deserve. Having been both a lawyer and a client, Jason understands firsthand the significant impact the right lawyer can have on someone’s life as an advocate, a counselor, or simply as a caring listener. The law offices of Mehta & McConnell, PLLC, were formed with those principles in mind. Jason is a Board Certified Specialist in the area of Workers’ Compensation law, having earned that distinction from the North Carolina State Bar, a designation enjoyed by less than 1% of his peers. Jason has handled numerous cases before the North Carolina Industrial Commission, North Carolina Court of Appeals, and the North Carolina Supreme Court. In addition, Jason has participated in hundreds of mediations and arbitrations in workers’ compensation as well as civil litigation disputes over his more than a twenty-year career. Jason was named a Rising Star by North Carolina SuperLawyers in 2010. Jason resides in Charlotte, NC, with his three children. In his free time he enjoys playing golf, cooking, traveling and following the UNC Tar Heels and Carolina Panthers. Jason also has an affinity for Appalachian State University athletics due to the fact that his father and brother are both graduates of that institution and are ardent supporters of the Mountaineer football team.