book review: chained birds: a true crime memoir, by carla conti

By Katherine Itacy Synopsis: Former journalist Carla Conti (a nom de plume) had just moved back to the US from Europe. While catching up in Pennsylvania with a group of her friends from high school, one of them asked her for a favor. Scott Powell (a pseudonym given by Conti, which she gives to all […]

RARE Across America 2021

Check out my essay regarding my participation in RARE Across America 2021 and rare disease advocacy

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The Kavanaugh Hearings: Views from a Former Sex Crimes Defense Attorney

By: Katherine Itacy, Esq. Dated: September 28, 2018 For those of you who don’t know, I used to make my living defending those suspected of, charged with, and/or convicted of a wide array of sex offenses. I represented these (mostly) men sometimes from the moment an allegation is made until the appeal is done and […]

Happy Silver Anniversary, Notorious RBG!

By: Katherine Itacy, Esq. Dated: August 14, 2018 Last Friday marked 25 years on the Supreme Court for the Notorious RBG!! Happy Silver Anniversary, Justice Ginsburg! Well before #NotoriousRBG became a thing, I was a huge Ruth Bader Ginsburg fan. Not only is she an 85-year-old badass, who is almost certainly more physically fit than […]