Terry McCay is a partner in the Lake Charles office of Kean Miller. Terry joined the firm in 1999 and practices in the labor and employment, and business defense groups. Terry has extensive experience in the Louisiana forest products, pulp and paper, and chemical industry, and was selected as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" for 2007 in timber law.

Terry assists in representing local, regional and national industrial clients in cases involving the EEOC, ADA, ADEA, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and union negotiations.

A professional forester and Land Administration Manager with Boise Cascade before going to law school, Terry has specific experience in cases involving exposure to toxic substances, general civil litigation and defense, maritime matters, property issues, and collections cases. He is a regular speaker on employment law issues at seminars sponsored by the Chamber/Southwest Louisiana, McNeese State University, and the Louisiana Department of Labor.

Education

Terry earned his B.S. in Forestry from the University of Kentucky in 1980. He earned his M.S. in Forest Management and Economics from Virginia Tech in 1982 and his M.B.A. in 1983 from Virginia Tech. He received his J.D. from the LSU Law Center in 1999, and was a member of the Moot Court Board from 1998 to 1999.

Admissions

• Admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana
• Admitted, U.S. District Court, Middle, Western and Eastern Districts of Louisiana
• Admitted, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Memberships

• American, Louisiana State (Louisiana State Law Institute Council, Observer, Young Lawyers Section, 2002), Southwest Louisiana, and Federal Bar Associations
• Southwest Louisiana Defense Counsel
• Albert Tate Chapter of American Inns of Court

Community Service

• Past Board Member, Volunteer Center of Southwest Louisiana.
• Member, Louisiana Forestry Association.
• Past Vice-President, Beauregard Parish Chapter of the Louisiana Council on Child Abuse.
• The Chamber/Southwest Louisiana Leadership Class of 2000.
• Board Member, Crimestoppers of Lake Charles, Inc.
• Past Board Member, Friends of Louisiana Public Broadcasting.
• Board Member, Imperial Calcasieu Human Resource Managers Association.
• Volunteer coach, youth baseball and track.
• Hurricane Katrina and Rita Pro Bono Projects
  

Articles, Publications and Presentations

Labor & Employment Notes, March 2004
National Labor Relations Act - Section 7
Why Giles Should be Invited to the Party: The Weingarten Right in a Nonunion Setting
Labor & Employment Notes, August 2004
Labor & Employment Notes, December 2004
Labor & Employment Notes, March 2005
Labor and Employment Notes, September 2005
Labor and Employment Notes, December 2005
Labor and Employment Notes, May 2008

Lecturer

• Organization and Documentation-A Winning Combination, 2006 Louisiana Labor and Employment Seminar, LA Works Job Force Center, Lake Charles, 2006.
• The Americans with Disability Act- A Blueprint for Today and Tomorrow, Labor & Employment Law Seminar "A View From the Top", Baton Rouge, 2005.
• The Work at Respect Program, ICHRMA 12th Annual Conference, Lake Charles, 2005.
• Employment Law Basics for Small Employers and Recent Labor and Employment Law Changes, Working for You: An Employer's Seminar, LA Works/Calcasieu Workforce Center, The Chambers/SWLA, and McNeese Small Business Development Center, Lake Charles, 2005.
• Employment of Minors: Selected Things to Know and Recent Changes, Restaurant Association of Southwest Louisiana, Lake Charles, 2004.
• Employment Law Basics for Small Employers, Small Business Conference and Expo, Lake Charles, 2004.
• Recent Developments in Employement Law-A Discussion of New Jurisprudence, Working for You: An Employer's Seminar, LA Works/Calcasieu Workforce Center, The Chamber/SWLA, and McNeese Small Business Development Center, Lake Charles, 2003.
  
• Labor Law Update, White Oak Plantation, April 18, 2006.
• Labor Law Update, Kean Miller Conference Center, May 18, 2005
• Hot Topics in Labor & Employment Law, McNeese Small Business Development Center, Louisiana Department of Labor, The Chamber/Southwest Louisiana, Lake Charles, 2002.
• Employment Law Updates and Employee Handbooks, McNeese State University, Burton Business Center, 2002.
• Hot Topics in Labor & Employment Law, West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, 2001.
• Labor Laws: From Hiring to Firing, McNeese State University, Burton Business Center, 2000, 2001.

Authorships

• Sale of Undivided Timber Interest: Louisiana's "80/20" Law Ruled Constitutional, Forests & People Magazine, Vol. 53 No. 3, Third Quarter 2003.
• Why Giles Should Be Invited to the Party: The Weingarten Right in a Nonunion Setting, Louisiana Bar Journal, Volume 49, No. 3, October/November 2001.
• Feasibility of Small Mill Investments for Utilizing Small-Diameter Hardwood from Coal Lands in Southwestern Virginia, Forest Products Journal, Volume 34, Number 6, June 1984.