Nature Bathing, Wonder Woman and Overturning SCOTUS Decisions

My nickname is … Kat.

I can’t go a day without … time outdoors.

If you were in my office, you’d … take time to enjoy all of the artwork.

My colleagues would be surprised to know that … I was a landscaper before I became an attorney.

When I was a newbie lawyer I … jumped at every chance to appear in court.

The lawyer I most admire is … Louis Brandeis.

The quality I most like in a lawyer is … integrity.

My pretrial routine is … poring over the evidence, working on witness outlines and thinking about how it will all fit into closing argument.

My courtroom walk-up music would be … DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win.”

When I started, I wish I knew … that I knew more and had more skill than I realized.

My career high point (so far) has been … holding my client’s hand while the jury validated her with a unanimous verdict.

My most embarrassing moment as a lawyer was … losing my train of thought while cross-examining a witness.

The SCOTUS justice I’d like to meet is … Thurgood Marshall if I could time-travel. Otherwise, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

The SCOTUS decision I’d overturn is … where do I start? Citizens United, Dobbs, Whole Woman’s Health, Trump v. United States, Loper Bright Enterprises, Buckley, Shelby County, Bowers …

A different practice area that intrigues me is … appellate.

 I can’t believe more people haven’t read … the Constitution.

I can do a pretty good impersonation of … Axl Rose singing “Sweet Child O’ Mine.”

My fictional hero is … Wonder Woman.

My real-life hero is … Shirley Chisholm or John Lewis.

On weekends I … play games and forest bathe.

My most bizarre talent is … complex origami.

The talent I wish I had is … painting.

The most fascinating person I ever met is … Talia Morales, music therapist.

I get angry when … justice doesn’t prevail.

My motto is … choose to be the person you want to be in every moment.

The three people I’d invite to dinner are … Michelle Obama, Jasmine Crockett and Barbara Lee.

My favorite word is … free.

My least-favorite word is … any pejorative.

My worst previous job was … retail craft store.

The one thing that I would change about the legal profession is … evasion and deception.

If I weren’t a lawyer, I’d be … bored.