Founding partner and shareholder of McKell Christiansen Wise, PLLC. Supervises associate attorneys in a variety of legal areas including real estate transactions, civil and personal injury litigation. Also supervised firm's human resource management, marketing and community relationship. 

McKell is also a Utah State Representative, since 2013 to present.  He serves in the Utah House of Representatives for District 66. He directly engages with constituents to introduce, present and enact legislation. Provides direct oversight of state budgets and performance of state programs. Works to implement policy decisions in education, infrastructure, transportation, welfare and social services programs in the state of Utah. Current committee assignments include:

• House Standing Judiciary Committee, current Chair
• Interim Judiciary Committee, current Co-Chair
• Infrastructure & General Government Appropriates Subcommittee, member
• House Business & Labor Committee, member
• Interim Business & Labor Committee, member