Attorney Kathryn Donnelly spent decades litigating to improve NY’s mental hospitals. Now she’s holding attorneys accountable.
Attorney Kathryn Donnelly, who spent decades advocating for improvements in New York's mental health hospitals, is now focusing on holding other attorneys accountable.
Kathryn Donnelly has always had a strong sense of justice: At just 12 years old, she sent a handwritten letter to the FBI asking about the future opportunities they might have for her to join their ranks. “From a very young age, it was just a feeling that I had of wanting to right wrongs...
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