[Vision2020] Mabbutt takes on many roles in community

[Janesta]

Thank you so much, Tom!

Cathy is truly a remarkable person!

On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 7:25 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Courtesy of today's (October 3, 2015) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
>
> ---------------------------------
> Mabbutt takes on many roles in community
>
> Busy life for local attorney, nurse, coroner and adjunct professor
>
> Some know her as a defense attorney, some as the county coroner and others
> as a nurse at Gritman Medical Center.
>
> Cathy Mabbutt, 65, is a busy woman.
>
> For 42 years she has worked at Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, where she
> has served in a multitude of positions, including director of the
> obstetrics department and director of the emergency room.
>
> In 1995 she became a full-time student and took night classes at the
> University of Idaho to earn a bachelor's degree in political science. Then,
> in 2001, she graduated from the UI Law School. She completed both of her
> degrees all while working at Gritman Medical Center and raising a family.
>
> "I wanted to be a nurse for a long time," Mabbutt said. "And law school
> was always a dream, but I waited until the kids got older."
>
> Mabbutt said her goal was to do something medical-related with her law
> degree and that is what she did while working with a personal injury
> attorney in Clarkston for a period of time.
>
> "When I went to law school I didn't think I would stay on as a nurse, but
> I like it so much I did," she said.
>
> While the daily duties of a defense attorney and a nurse may be
> drastically different, it boils down to one common denominator - helping
> people.
>
> "There is a lot of overlap. As an attorney I'm still helping people," she
> said.
>
> In her various roles Mabbutt sees people when they are most vulnerable.
> Most people don't plan to go to the emergency room or to get arrested, she
> said.
>
> "It can be hard, but then you see them when they get better," she said.
>
> Mabbutt opened the Mabbutt Law Office in June 2003. The office handles
> criminal defense, divorces, custody cases and simple wills, she said.
> Mabbutt is also one of three contracted public defense attorneys for Latah
> County, so she also handles both indigent and private cases.
>
> "My goal is that somebody wouldn't know the difference," she said of how
> she handles private cases versus cases contracted by the county.
>
> She said it can be challenging to be a criminal defense attorney, but she
> works to ensure clients' civil liberties are protected and that they get
> the best deal possible.
>
> "If you get to know them and treat them with respect, they appreciate
> that," she said.
>
> In 2006, Mabbutt added coroner to her list of jobs.
>
> "That was something I had always been interested in," she said.
>
> Mabbutt ran against six other individuals in the primary election and has
> held the position since. Mabbutt said she responded to seven deaths within
> her first six months on the job.
>
> "It's hard because I've lived here so long I know some of the families,
> but that can also be comforting to them," she said.
>
> Mabbutt was recently awarded the SightLife Shining Star Award for her
> support of donor families and the cornea donation program. Mabbutt said in
> her role as coroner, she will try to determine and organize organ donations
> for anyone who dies outside of a hospital. In 2014, she assisted in the
> cornea donation process from seven individuals, she said.
>
> "I feel very blessed to be in a position to help people," she said.
>
> Between the three jobs and being an active member of the Lions Club,
> Mabbutt keeps busy, but she said the busier she is the more organized she
> becomes.
>
> Despite all that, she still makes time to be with her two children, six
> grandchildren and her husband of 25 years, Charles, who is more commonly
> known as Chick, and attend University of Idaho events. She also teaches a
> lawyering process course as an adjunct professor at the UI.
>
> --------------------
>
> Photo
>
> Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt, second from right, works at the scene
> where a man was found dead Aug. 30 in Moscow
>
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Moscow/Cathy_Mabbutt_County_Coroner.jpg
> ---------------------------------
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com <http://www.moscowcares.com/>
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
>
> =======================================================
>  List services made available by First Step Internet,
>  serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.
>                http://www.fsr.net
>           mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
> =======================================================
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20151003/02f682c6/attachment.html>