Steven L. Hartley has specialized in the practice of Family Law for over 22 years. Mr. Hartley began his family law career in 1996 with Stirling & Kleintop and was named partner at the firm in September 2000. In 2004, Mr. Hartley moved to Bloomington, Indiana where he continued to practice family law with Mallor, Clandening, Grodner and Bohrer, LLP. Mr. Hartley returned home to Hawaii with his family in 2005 and resumed his family law practice partnering with Frank T. Lockwood to form Lockwood & Hartley, ALC. In 2009, Mr. Hartley opened his current firm, Hartley & McGehee, LLP, to continue serving Hawaii's people in all areas of family law.

Mr. Hartley received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (B.A. cum laude, 1991) and his J.D. in 1996 from William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii. He is a member of the Hawaii State (Family Law Section), Indiana State, and American (Family Law Section, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. He is also a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Mr. Hartley served as the Secretary of the Hawaii State Bar Association Family Law Section from 2000 to 2003, was Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect in 2004, and Chair in 2012. He also serves as an appointed arbitrator with the Hawaii Court-Annexed Arbitration Program, and since 2003 has served as a Volunteer Settlement Master for the Family Court. Mr. Hartley has written many articles and given numerous presentations on various family law and litigation topics including paternity, child support, property division, mediation, discovery strategies, and divorce tax matters.

Mr. Hartley is a BV Rated Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell and is licensed to practice in Hawaii and Indiana.

In October 2015, Mr. Hartley was appointed as a Per Diem Judge of the District Court of the State of Hawaii.

Elsa Fay Menor McGehee joined Hartley & McGehee LLP (formerly known as Lockwood & Hartley ALC), in January 2007. After 2 years, Ms. McGehee was named partner at the firm in 2009. Since beginning her legal career in 1997, Ms McGehee has practiced in a number of areas of civil litigation, including family law, personal injury, insurance defense and employment law. She is a former law clerk to the Honorable Virginia L. Crandall of the First Circuit Court for the State of Hawai’i.

Ms. McGehee received her undergraduate degree in Communications from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa (B.A., 1990) and her J.D. in 1997 from the William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai’i, where she helped to create the Filipino Law Students Association at the William S. Richardson School of Law. Ms. McGehee is a member of the Hawai’i Filipino Lawyers Association and Hawai’i State Bar Association (Family Law Section), and serves as a Volunteer Settlement Master for the Family Court.

Ms. McGehee has also been a speaker for the National Business Institute (NBI) Family Law Seminar in addition to speaking at conferences on the complexities of special needs planning in divorces and divorce in the military. Ms. McGehee also makes yearly presentations to Family Law classes at the William S. Richardson School of Law and appeared as an expert speaker on KHON’s Action Line segment on Family Law.

In 2013, together with partner Steven L. Hartley, Ms. McGehee helped found the Hartley & McGehee Excellence in Family Law Award which is awarded annually to a Law School Student who demonstrates a high level of commitment and dedication to Family Law at the William S. Richardson School of Law. She also started the annual Hartley & McGehee Thanksgiving Food Drive, collecting donations and contributions from neighboring businesses in Kailua to benefit the Hawaii Food Bank. Having also donated her time to raising money for the Aloha United Way in the past several years, Ms. McGehee also coordinates the firm’s yearly participation in the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

Ms. McGehee was honored as the 2015 Distinguished Alumnae for Sacred Hearts Academy.

Alyssa M.N. Le'i joined Hartley & McGehee LLP in August 2017. Ms. Le'i graduated cum laude with an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Communicology from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in 2012. Ms. Le'i began her family law career in 2012 as an AmeriCorps Advocate and paralegal in the Family Law Division of Legal Aid Society of Hawaii.

Ms. Le'i went on to earn her Juris Doctor in 2016 from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. While attending Loyola Law School, Ms. Le'i clerked for the Honorable Renee Wilson in the Family Law Unit of The Superior Court of California, County of Orange. Ms. Le'i also worked as Summer Associate for Feinberg, Mindel, Brandt, & Klein, LLP, a highly acclaimed and reputable family law firm in Los Angeles, California.

Ms. Le'i is a member of the Family Law Section of the Hawai‘i State Bar Association and is licensed to practice in the U.S. District Court of Hawai'i and State Courts of Hawai'i.