Curt McKenzie | |
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Member of the Idaho Senate | |
In office December 1, 2002 –December 1, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Jerry Thorne |
Succeeded by | Jeff Agenbroad |
Constituency | 12th district (2002–2012) 13th district (2012–2016) |
Personal details | |
Born | Corvallis,Oregon,U.S. | February 9,1969
Political party | Republican |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Nampa,Idaho,U.S. |
Education | Northwest Nazarene University (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Curtis "Curt" McKenzie (born February 9,1969) is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Idaho Senate from 2012 to 2016.
McKenzie was born in Corvallis,Oregon He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics and history from Northwest Nazarene University in 1992 and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1995. [1] While at NNU,he was a member of the varsity soccer and track team and was chief justice of the Student Judicial Council. [2] At Georgetown,he was an editor of The Tax Lawyer and was selected to one of the traveling trial teams. [2]
After law school,he was admitted to the bars of the State of Maryland (1995) and Washington,D.C. (1996) He later joined Arter &Hadden,specializing civil appellate and intellectual property law. In 1997,McKenzie returned to Idaho and was admitted to Idaho State Bar. 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. [2]
McKenzie has owned McKenzie Law Offices,PLLC since 2006. [3]
McKenzie served in the Idaho Senate from 2002 to 2016. From 2011 until 2016,he also served as chair of the Senate State Affairs Committee.
McKenzie did not seek re-election to the Idaho State Senate in 2016. Instead,McKenzie ran for a seat on the Idaho Supreme Court in 2016. [4] He was one of the top two finishers during the May 17 election receiving 41,348 of the votes (27.7%). [5] He advanced to a November 8 runoff against attorney Robyn Brody. McKenzie was defeated,earning 256,719 of the vote (46.2%). [6]
McKenzie and his ex-wife,Renee,have two children.
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