who is kim davis' lawyer

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Who is Kim Davis?

Kim Davis was born on September 17, 1965, in Jackson, Kentucky. By 1991, she was serving as chief deputy clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, reporting to her mother, Rowan County Clerk Jean W. Bailey.

Who is Kim Davis and why was she arrested?

Here are eight things to know about Kim Davis, who spent five days in jail for refusing to abide by this summer’s historic ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage. The same judge who jailed her for contempt ordered her release on Tuesday. Who is Kim Davis?

Is Kim Davis personally responsible for the cost of her lawsuits?

Most people probably figured that Kim Davis spent a few nights in jail and that was all. In fact, her actions cost the State a lot of money for their own lawyers as well as costs and fees for the plaintiffs, and now Mrs. Davis may find herself personally responsible for a large portion of those expenses.

Did Kim Davis sue for denying man license to marry laptop?

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Who is Kim Davis?

Kim Davis is the elected clerk of Rowan County in northeastern Kentucky, along the edge of the Appalachian Mountains.

Why was she jailed?

Davis refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, defying the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that legalized same-sex marriage.

Why was she released?

Judge Bunning said in his order Tuesday that he is satisfied the office is issuing marriage licenses to “legally eligible couples,” and ordered that counsel for the five deputy clerks who agreed to issue such licenses to submit a status report every 14 days to ensure that compliance continues.

What is her faith?

Davis experienced a religious conversion 4½ years ago and became an Apostolic Christian, a faith which has a strict moral code. She attends Solid Rock Apostolic Church in Morehead, the county seat.

Will she resign or step down? Can she be fired?

The governor has no legal authority to remove Davis and cannot use an executive order to relieve her of statutory duties, he said.

Awards

Top 100 Litigation Lawyer in the State of Illinois for 2016 by the American Society of Legal Advocates

Publications

Co-Author, Illinois Supreme Court upholds 50/50 split on crossclaim for contribution by one “blameless” principal of a common agent against another, Trial Briefs – Illinois State Bar Association Newsletter, February 13, 2019

The judge who jailed Davis said what?

At the center of the Rowan County marriage license issue is a legal question: Are the licenses issued without Davis’s name on them still valid?

Something terrible was said, but not by The View

In September, Staver said twice on Liberty Counsel’s radio program, Faith and Freedom, that someone on ABC's popular TV talk show The View had called for Davis to be killed. “Kim has received just horrible death threats, even from The View ,” he said on Sept. 16.

Judge Bunning's order

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