Therese Felth

Therese is a trial attorney with McKenzie Law Firm, PA - an established law firm in the Florida Panhandle since 1976. For over 40 years, McKenzie Law Firm has protected the rights of people in our community. Therese specializes in the areas of family law, insurance disputes, and personal injury. She also handles appeals.

Therese is a second generation lawyer, born and raised in Sweden. At the age of 16, she moved to Boca Raton, FL with her family where she graduated high school from Boca Raton High School. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree in International Business and Trade from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. She later obtained her Juris Doctor degree from Florida International University in Miami, where she also met her husband and business partner, J. Alistair McKenzie, who was born and raised in Pensacola, FL.

After graduating law school, Therese worked at a mid-size insurance defense firm in Miami with a focus on insurance coverage disputes and commerical litigation. She moved to Pensacola, FL in 2014. She is the proud mother of two daughters and a son. When she is not in the office practicing law, she enjoys spending time with her family and long-distance running.

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Florida

Since 2013

Partner

McKenzie Law Firm, P.A.

2014 - Current

Civil litigation in State and Federal Court: personal injury, insurance disputes, and family/domestic relations

Associate Attorney

Franklin Legal Group, P.A.

2011 - 2014

Civil litigation and appellate practice: first party property insurance, premise liability, personal injury, products liability, landlord/tenant disputes, and commercial litigation.

Law Clerk

Law Office of Max R. Price, P.A.

2010 - 2010

Civil litigation: personal injury, professional malpractice, and products liability.

Judicial Intern

Office of State Attorney, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit

2009 - 2009

Judicial intern for Honorable Judge Joel T. Lazarus, criminal division.

Florida International University College of Law

J.D. (2011) | Law

2008 - 2011

Honors: Graduated Cum Laude; Dean's Honor List

Activities: 1st Place Brief, FIU Intramural Appellate Advocacy Competition, 2010; 3rd Place Orator, FIU Intramural Appellate Advocacy Competition, 2010; Semifinalist, Weschsler First Amendment Moot Court Competition, American University College of Law, Washington DC, 2010; Quarterfinalist, Jessup International Moot Court Competition, Miami, FL, 2010.

Florida Atlantic University

B.A. (2005) | International Business & Trade

2005

Honors: Graduated Magna Cum Laude; President's Honor List; and Dean's Honor List

10 Best Client Satisfaction Award

American Institute of Family Law Attorneys

2017

West Florida Collaborative Law, Inc.

Member

2018 - Current

Florida Bar, Family Law Section

Member

2017 - Current

Women Lawyers Association of Northwest Florida

Member

2016 - Current

Florida Justice Association

Member

2015 - Current

Escambia/Santa Rosa Bar Association

Member

2014 - Current