MCKENNA & CO SOLICITORS - Key Persons


Alexis McKenna - Founder

Job Titles:
  • DIRECTOR
  • Founding Director
  • Partner
Alexis McKenna is the founding director and partner of McKenna & Co. Solicitors. Alexis graduated from Queens University Belfast in 1994 and was admitted onto the Role of Solicitors in 1996. Alexis served her apprenticeship at a leading Belfast practise; founded McKenna Boyd Solicitors in 2000 and McKenna & Co. in 2014. Alexis is a qualified Solicitor Advocate since 2007 and a member of Belfast Solicitors Association and the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. Alexis deals with all aspects of civil and criminal litigation. Alexis has over 20 years of experience of dealing with compensation claims for road traffic collisions, tripping accidents, accidents in the workplace, asbestosis, industrial deafness, medical negligence, false imprisonment, civil injunctions and breaches of human rights.

Helen McKenna

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Children 's Order Panel
Graduated from The University of Ulster in 2006 and attended the Queens University Institute of Professional Legal Studies in 2008. Helen was admitted on to the Roll of Solicitors in September 2009 and was made partner in November 2020 and director in January 2021 of McKenna & Co Solicitors Helen specialises in both Family Law and Property Law. Since qualification Helen has amassed a vast and varied experience in assisting clients with all areas of Family law specialising in both resolution of parental contact disputes and assisting parents in proceedings brought by social services. Helen also specialises in Family Homes and Domestic Violence assisting victims of domestic violence and obtaining Occupation Orders and Non-Molestation Orders. Helen is an accredited member of the Children's Order Panel, the Association of Family Law Solicitors and of the NIGALA Panel of Solicitors representing children and young people in family proceedings. Helen also specialises in property law and offers quality advise and assistance to clients buying and/or selling their homes, re-mortgaging or letting. Helen is a member of many Mortgage Lender solicitor panels and is also a member of the Northern Ireland Co-Ownership Housing Association Solicitors Panel offering assistance to first time buyers.