Law Offices of Kathryn V. Fields

When evil teams up with the insidious power of the Cancel Culture.

A Wife’s Revenge from Beyond the Grave Caught in a brutal divorce, Catherine Kassenoff committed medically assisted su***de. Then the campaign to destroy her ex-husband truly began.

This is why we don’t send social workers to respond to domestic violence calls. Responding to a DV call is one of the most dangerous calls police officers get. A DV Perpetrator has become the way they are following years of escalating violence. They are not going to get “cured” with a 20 chat with a social worker or counselor showing up. They have to be removed from the home, charged, and get court ordered treatment if there is any chance they are going to be helped or least deterred. Suggesting otherwise is naive and based on not understanding the problem.

Minnesota shooting: 2 police officers, paramedic killed responding to Burnsville domestic call identified The City of Burnsville has released the identities of the police officers and firefighter-paramedic killed in a shooting Sunday morning.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/fbi-violated-hundreds-americans-constitutional-rights-beverly-hills-raid-appeals-court-finds

FBI violated hundreds of Americans’ constitutional rights in Beverly Hills raid, appeals court rules The FBI violated constitutional rights when it seized contents from hundreds of safe deposit boxes during a 2021 raid on a U.S. Private Vaults in Beverly Hills, appeals court rules.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/maren-morris-pay-ex-ryan-hurd-2100-per-month-child-support

Maren Morris to pay ex Ryan Hurd $2,100 per month in child support Maren Morris has agreed to pay her ex husband $2,100 in child support per month, three months after she filed for divorce from Ryan Hurd.

Every judicial officer’s nightmare. 😡

https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/video-las-vegas-judge-attacked-at-sentencing-2975651/?

VIDEO: Las Vegas judge attacked at sentencing Video shows Clark County District Judge Mary Kay Holthus being attacked while handing down a sentence to Deobra Redden.

https://www.11alive.com/article/life/heartwarming/james-white-fulton-county-prosecutor-prison-second-chance/85-08bd3c17-1cc0-417e-862c-d9f526ae987c?

From prison to prosecutor: How one Georgia man turned life around to be Fulton's newest prosecutor James White spent two years in prison, convicted of armed robbery in Coweta County in 2005. While locked up, he decided to educate himself.

Domestic violence Case.

Judge shooting suspect 'armed & dangerous' warn cops after divorce hearing link THE suspect wanted for the murder of US Circuit Judge Andrew Wilkinson targeted the justice after he granted full custody of his children to his ex-wife in a divorce proceeding, police have reveale…

https://www.foxnews.com/media/anchorage-joins-fight-supreme-court-overturn-9th-circuit-decision-homeless-camps-public-spaces

The major cities in the states of Washington, Oregon and California—all in the Ninth Circuit as well—have been critically impacted by the decision which hobbled local governments’ ability to deal with homeless encampments.

Anchorage joins fight to get Supreme Court to overturn 9th Circuit decision on homeless camps on public spaces Anchorage is reportedly joining a movement in requesting that the Supreme Court overturn 9th Circuit decisions over “homeless camping on public land."

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kevin-costner-reaches-divorce-settlement-ex-christine-baumgartner

Kevin Costner reaches divorce settlement with ex Christine Baumgartner Kevin Costner and Christine Baumgartner settled their divorce after a four-month court battle and before the November trial revealed details of their pre-marital agreement.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kevin-costners-divorce-battle-amid-ironclad-prenup-why-celeb-premarital-agreements-contested

Kevin Costner's divorce battle amid 'ironclad' prenup: Why celeb premarital agreements are contested Legal experts explain why premarital agreements can be contested as Kevin Costner and estranged wife Christine Baumgartner are locked in a legal battle despite having a prenup.

Hoaxing your kidnapping is not a victimless crime. It costs tax payers large sums for law enforcement time spent investigating, takes officers’ time away from investigating actual crimes, undoubtedly was a traumatic scare for her parents, and can cast doubt on the legitimacy of future *actual* kidnappings.

Alabama police still don't have 'any idea' where Carlee Russell was during the 49 hours she was missing Alabama police still have no idea where or what Carlee Russell was doing during the 49 hours she was missing after reporting to 911 that a toddler was walking along the interstate.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/samuel-alito-the-supreme-courts-plain-spoken-defender-precedent-ethics-originalism-5e3e9a7

Opinion | Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court’s Plain-Spoken Defender He has emerged as an important justice with a distinctive interpretive method that is pragmatic yet rooted in originalism and textualism.

As anticipated:

Florida Supreme Court reprimands judge for conduct during Parkland school shooting trial The Florida Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded the judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz for showing bias toward the prosecution. The unanimous decision Monday followed a June recommendation from the Judicial Qualifications Commission. The six-month trial en...

At age 17, she was rejected from college.

At age 25, her mother died from disease.

At age 26, she moved to Portugal to teach English.

At age 27, she got married.

Her husband abused her. Despite this, her daughter was born.

At age 28, she got divorced and was diagnosed with severe depression.

At age 29, she was a single mother living on welfare.

At age 30, she didn't want to be on this earth.
But, she directed all her passion into doing the one thing she could do better than anyone else.
And that was writing.

At age 31, she finally published her first book.

At age 35, she had released 4 books, and was named Author of the Year.

At age 42, she sold 11 million copies of her new book, on the first day of release.

This woman is J.K. Rowling. Remember how she considered su***de at age 30?

Today, Harry Potter is a global brand worth more than $15 billion dollars.

Never give up. Believe in yourself. Be passionate. Work hard. It’s never too late.

She is J.K. Rowling

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kevin-costners-estranged-wife-christine-must-move-out-california-home-end-month-judge-rules

Kevin Costner’s estranged wife Christine must move out of California home by end of month, judge rules Kevin Costner won legal victory in ongoing divorce against Christine Baumgartner as she was ordered by a judge to leave their beach house by July 31.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/22/judge-sanctions-lawyers-whose-ai-written-filing-contained-fake-citations.html?recirc=taboolainternal

Judge sanctions lawyers for brief written by A.I. with fake citations The lawyers were ordered to pay $5,000 by a New York federal judge after admitting the ChatGPT artificial intelligence tool was used to create a legal brief.

https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-chatgpt-courts-e15023d7e6fdf4f099aa122437dbb59b

Lawyers blame ChatGPT for tricking them into citing bogus case law A judge is deciding whether to sanction two lawyers who blamed ChatGPT for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a court filing. The lawyers apologized at a hearing Thursday in Manhattan federal court for their roles in written submissions that seemed to leave Judge P. Kevin Cast...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-upholds-key-part-native-american-adoption-law-rcna67865

Supreme Court delivers win for Native American tribes in adoption case The ruling says the law that gives preference to Native American families in the adoption process does not discriminate on the basis of race.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/oklahoma-bill-force-drunk-drivers-kill-parents-pay-child-support

Oklahoma bill would force drunk drivers who kill parents to pay child support Oklahoma legislators are pushing through a law that would allow judges to order convicted drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a parent of a minor.

This is why we do not send social workers to respond to domestic violence calls.

Florida sheriff's deputy killed responding to domestic violence call on Christmas Eve: 'We are heartbroken' The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office announced Saturday Corporal Ray Hamilton was fatally shot in the line of duty on Christmas Eve. Hamilton was a five-year veteran of the department.

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 597 U.S. ____ (2022).

Background: The District disciplined Coach Kennedy after three games in October 2015, in which he “pray[ed] quietly without his students.”

Conclusion: In forbidding Mr. Kennedy’s prayers, the District sought to restrict his actions because of their religious character, thereby burdening his right to free exercise. As to his free speech claim, the timing and circumstances of Kennedy’s prayers—during the postgame period when coaches were free to attend briefly to personal matters and students were engaged in other activities—confirm that Kennedy did not offer his prayers while acting within the scope of his duties as a coach. The District cannot show that its prohibition of Kennedy’s prayer serves a compelling purpose and is narrowly tailored to achieving that purpose.

The Court’s prior use of "the Lemon test," and the related endorsement test, are “abandoned,” replaced by a consideration of “historical practices and understandings.” Applying that test, there is no conflict between the constitutional commands of the First Amendment in this case.

Rule of law: A public school employee’s prayer during school sports activities can constitute protected speech, and if so, the public school employer can not prohibit it nor does it violate the Establishment Clause.

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 597 U.S. ___ (2022) Kennedy v. Bremerton School District: A high school coach, fired after kneeling on the field in private prayer after games, was entitled to summary judgment on his First Amendment claims against the school district.

https://mynorthwest.com/3747845/standoff-continues-snoho-county-govt-complex-in-everett/

Standoff with armed gunman ends peacefully at Snohomish Co. govt. complex in Everett A standoff with an armed man is underway at Snohomish County's government campus in Everett, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Whoa!

Georgia men come to pick up their daughter from school, realize it's the same girl: report A Georgia TikTok user who works in the front office of a school says two men discovered they were both fathers to a young girl when they came to pick her up.

Beautiful. Short film from Iranian filmmaker.



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CONGRATULATIONS to King County Superior Court Judge Michael
Diaz on his appointment to the Court of Appeals, Division One

Gov. Jay Inslee announced that Judge Diaz will replace Judge Jim Verellen, who is retiring July 31.

Since January 2018, Diaz has served as a King County Superior Court judge. In that role he has presided over approximately four dozen trials in all types of criminal and civil matters. Diaz also served a term as the chief judge of King County’s Patricia H. Clark Children & Family Justice Center. Before his appointment to the superior court, Diaz spent a decade as an assistant United States attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington, where he founded the office’s civil rights program. He began his career in private practice, first as an associate at the international law firm Fulbright & Jaworski LLP in Houston, Texas, then at the litigation boutique Yarmuth Wilsdon Calfo PLLC in Seattle.

In 2016, President Obama nominated Diaz to be a U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Washington. His nomination expired and was returned to the president in January 2017 without U.S. Senate action.

Diaz is also active in the community. He’s an adjunct professor of law at the Seattle University School of Law, where he has taught a civil rights course and supervised independent studies. Diaz is on faculty at the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Advocacy Center, the Washington State Judicial Institute, and the Washington State Judicial College. He is currently the chairperson of the Washington Supreme Court’s Interpreter Commission.

“Over the last four years Judge Diaz has excelled on the trial bench,” said Inslee. “He has earned a reputation as a talented, respected, hard-working trial judge, and he will make a fantastic addition to our appellate bench.”

Diaz earned his bachelor’s degree magna cm laude from the University of Notre Dame. He earned his law degree from Cornell Law School, where he served on the Cornell International Law Journal.

The US Supreme Court Marshal is Col. Gail Curley. Only the second woman to ever hold the position. Check out her impressive resume.

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/04/1096630998/supreme-court-marshal-leak-investigation

The Supreme Court marshal leading the leak investigation is a career Army lawyer Col. Gail Curley, the second woman to hold the position, runs the high court's facilities and is its chief security officer, managing some 260 employees. Now she's also leading a high-profile probe.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-draft-opinion-00029475

How rare is a Supreme Court breach? Very rare Court watchers can’t recall a previous time when a draft opinion was publicly disclosed before a decision.