About Nolan
D. Nolan McKelvey, M.A., M.Ed., C.R.C.
Nolan McKelvey is a Vocational Consultant and Labor Market Expert in Phoenix, Arizona. He is President of the Arizona Chapter of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals. He has been working in the field of rehabilitation for over sixteen years. He has testified in Administrative Law and Superior Courts in Arizona.
Nolan is an accomplished musician and enjoys his family, history, and golf.
Affiliations
- Certified Rehabilitation Counselor https://www.crccertification.com
- President, Arizona Chapter of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals 2017 - Present https://rehabpro.org/default.aspx
Experience
- Worker's Compensation
- Personal Injury
- Divorce
- Labor Market Expert
- Vocational Rehabilitation
- Diverse Populations
- Physical and Psychological disabilities
- Vocational Testing
- Vocational Interviewing
Brehon Vocational Consulting
About Our Name:
Brehon Vocational Consulting is named after the ancient Irish legal system, Brehon Law.
"Brehon Law- The laws themselves inside the Brehon ideology are unique in Europe. Brehon law was a system which peddled the doctrine of the equality of man. This legal system was symptomatic of a society which can be seen as a deeply humane and highly cultured. In fact Ireland’s very unique and mind-bogglingly advanced system of law has only one comparison on earth in its complexity and its humanity. The Brehon law system is the second oldest recorded law system only after Sanskrit."
"Physical Injury
Although early Irish law recognized a distinction between intentional and unintentional injury, any type of injury was still normally unlawful and requiring compensation. An injurer was responsible for paying a fine. The legal text Bretha Déin Chécht goes into considerable detail in describing the fines based on the location of the wound, the severity, and in some cases the type!
According to that text, the payment was decided by a physician after nine days. Bretha Déin Chécht describes that the wound was measured according to how many grains of a certain plant fit in the wound. The higher status one was, the smaller the grain used. Thus, there are nine grains mentioned in the text, from a grain of wheat to a bean. If the wound did not heal, and thus the physical blemish was a problem for the victim’s honor, further payments were required!
If it seemed that the patient would recover but still needed nursing, the injurer was responsible for that. This was known as sick maintenance, rendering variously crólige, folog n-othrusa, folog, or othrus in different texts. Bretha Crólige goes into great detail about this process, describing how the injurer had to find a suitable location and move the victim. Then the injurer had to pay for food for the victim and a retinue—which could be considerable depending on the victim’s rank. The injurer also had to provide someone to fulfill the victim’s duties while he was incapacitated. He also had to pay a fine for the missed opportunity for procreation if appropriate."
https://oldmooresalmanac.com/irish-traditions-to-revive-laws-of-olde/
Curriculum Vitae
C.V. available by request
