Robyn Brody
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Robyn Brody, Rupert, practiced law for nearly 21 years
in the Magic Valley until her election to the Idaho
Supreme Court in November of 2016. She graduated from
the University of Denver, earning a law degree and a
master’s degree in international business.
Brody moved to Twin Falls with her husband after law
school and joined the prominent law firm of Hepworth,
Lezamiz & Hohnhorst, where she practiced for 13 years.
She and her family moved to Rupert in 2010 where she
started her own law firm.
Brody was named as Mountain States Super Lawyer and
Rising Star, recipient of the Idaho State Bar’s
Professionalism Award – 2014, received the highest
ranking from peers for understanding the law and
commitment to the rule of law in a survey conducted by
the Idaho State Bar, served as the President of the
Fifth District Bar Association, the Theron W. Ward
American Inn of Court, and the Idaho Trial Lawyers
Association and spent time volunteering to strengthen
Idaho’s legal community.
She served as a mentor and presenter at the Idaho Trial
Skills Academy, a new lawyer training program.
She and her husband have been married for 21 years, and
the couple have two active boys. She enjoys spending
time with her boys in numerous sports and activities,
including football, basketball and drama. She is an
active member of the Catholic Church and is a past
president of the School Board of St. Nicholas Catholic
School.
Source: Idaho Supreme Court website |
Curt McKenzie
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Curt McKenzie, Boise, is the founding member of McKenzie
Law. He has a J.D. from Georgetown University, magna cum
laude, and he served in the Idaho State Senate from
2002-2016. He and his wife, Renee, have two children.
The seven term Idaho Senator served District 12 from
2002 to 2012 and District 13 from 2012 to 2016.
He attended Northwest Nazarene University and received
his Bachelor of Arts with a double major of Physics and
History in 1992. He also attended Georgetown University
Law Center on the Paul Connolly Memorial Full-Tuition
Scholarship and received his Juris Doctor, Magna Cum
Laude, and Order of the Coif in 1995.
While at NNU, he was a member of the varsity soccer team
(Academic All-American two years) and track team, and he
served as Chief Justice of the Student Judicial Council.
At Georgetown Law he was an editor of The Tax Lawyer and
was selected to one of the traveling trial teams.
After law school, he was admitted to the bars of the
State of Maryland in 1995 and Washington, D.C. in 1996.
He joined the Washington, D.C. office of Arter & Hadden,
with a focus on civil appellate and intellectual
property law.
In 1997, McKenzie returned to Idaho and was admitted to
the bar of the State of Idaho. He worked as a trial
attorney in the Ada County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
before joining the law firm of Stoel Rives LLP with a
civil litigation practice.
McKenzie owns the law firm McKenzie Law Offices, PLLC,
located in Boise, since 2006.
McKenzie’s judicial philosophy includes a commitment to
honor the constitution and constitutional statues, to
respect the separation of powers between the branches of
government, to treat everyone impartially under the law,
and to interpret laws reasonably and according to their
plain language.
In addition to his service in the legislature, McKenzie
recently finished a term as President of the Pacific
Northwest Economic Region (PNWER), which is considered
the gold standard for U.S.-Canadian relations. He has
served on several state and national legislative
committees, including the Public Defense Reform Interim
Committee, Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment
Committee, the NCSL Nuclear Legislative Workgroup, and
the Energy Environment and Technology Interim Committee.
Sources: McKenzie Law Offices website, Idaho Legislature
website, Wikipedia, September 8, 2016,
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