Chester Hanvey

Chester Hanvey provides expert testimony and consulting services related to labor and employment matters. He has worked with hundreds of organizations across various industries including public and private sectors. He specializes in designing and conducting job analyses, conducting statistical analyses, and reviewing personnel selection systems to evaluate allegations of employment discrimination, wage and hour compliance, appropriateness of class certification, and damages.

Dr. Hanvey’s experience with employment discrimination claims includes measurement of adverse impact and assessment of personnel testing validity in the contexts of hiring, promotion, performance evaluation, layoffs, and compensation to evaluate alleged discrimination on the basis of protected class membership and disability.

Dr. Hanvey’s wage and hour experience includes evaluating Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exemptions, measuring compensable time for off-the-clock work claims, evaluating employment status (e.g., independent contractors), and assessing compliance with meal and rest break compliance.

Dr. Hanvey earned a PhD in industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology with a minor in quantitative methods. He has authored books, chapters, and scholarly articles and regularly presents his work at professional conferences on topics including employment discrimination, wage and hour litigation, class certification, and statistical analyses. He is co-editor of Using Criminal History for Employee Screening (2025), author of Wage and Hour Law: Guide to Methods and Analysis (2018), and co-editor of Practitioner’s Guide to Legal Issues in Organizations (2015). These books provide practical guidance to Human Resources practitioners and experts working in areas of employment law that are commonly litigated.