MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - An Appeals Court has upheld a jury’s findings that former Fox Crossing Municipal Judge Len Kachinsky violated a restraining order On July 29, the District II …
Jul 09, 2019 · The Wisconsin Supreme Court has handed down a three-year suspension to former Fox Crossing Municipal Judge Len Kachinsky. On July 9, the justices issued an order that suspends Kachinsky from...
Jul 29, 2020 · A state appeals court is upholding the conviction of a former Fox Crossing municipal judge. Len Kachinsky was convicted of violating a restraining order filed by the municipal court manager. A Winnebago County jury found him guilty last year.
Jul 11, 2018 · Len Kachinsky, who was for a time the attorney for ‘Making a Murderer’ subject Brendan Dassey, has been criminally charged with one count of felony stalking and two misdemeanors for violating a harassment restraining order.That’s according to an online court docket. The stalking charge is a Class I felony. The charges for violating a restraining order are …
October 2019: Kachinsky was found guilty of violating a restraining order and sentenced to a year of probation, along with a six-month imposed and stayed jail term. May 2020: Kachinsky was charged, again, with violating a restraining order. His trial was scheduled for Sept. 14, but the case was instead dismissed.Sep 10, 2020
Kachinsky was featured in the Making a Murder documentary series. On July 29, the District II Court of Appeals upheld a verdict that found Kachinsky guilty of one count of Violate/Harassment Restraining Order. He was convicted at jury trial and sentenced to five days in jail and probation.Jul 29, 2020
Dassey, now 32 and currently incarcerated in Oshkosh, has spent nearly half his life in prison for a crime many argue he didn't commit. He is not eligible for parole until 2048, when he will be 59 years old.Mar 4, 2022
Thirteen years ago this week, Manitowoc special education student Brendan Dassey was convicted of participating in the murder of Teresa Halbach based on a confession now widely acknowledged to be false. Brendan was 16-years-old and in the tenth grade when he gave that confession; today, he's 30.May 2, 2020
Kachinsky's license to practice law remains intact. He currently handles criminal appeals in Neenah, according to Law360. After his suspension from the bench, he will have to establish his fitness if he applies to serve as a reserve judge.Jul 10, 2019
A lawyer who represented a defendant profiled in the Making a Murderer Netflix series is facing his own legal troubles. Len Kachinsky, a lawyer and former municipal judge, failed to persuade a Wisconsin appeals court to reverse his September 2019 conviction for violating a harassment order.Jul 31, 2020
Avery's current lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, remained upbeat after the decision, report the Associated Press, WLUK and Law & Crime. “Not deterred by the appellate court decision,” Zellner tweeted. “It pointed out the specific doors that are still open for Mr. Avery's quest for freedom.Jul 29, 2021
His nephew, Brendan Dassey, was also convicted in the case. Both Avery and Dassey have maintained their innocence.Nov 18, 2021
After an evidentiary hearing, the panel concluded that Kachinsky violated the Code of Judicial Conduct. "We have found multiple acts in violation of the judicial code of conduct thus demonstrating that Judge Kachinsky's misconduct was not an isolated occurrence but a pattern of conduct," the panel stated. Kachinsky was initially suspended by the ...
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has handed down a three-year suspension to former Fox Crossing Municipal Judge Len Kachinsky. On July 9, the justices issued an order that suspends Kachinsky from eligibility for appointment as a reserve municipal court judge for three years.
In April 2019, Kachinsky was charged with three counts of Knowingly Violating a Harassment Restraining Order.
A jury trial is scheduled for Sept. 26 in the restraining order violation case. Kachinsky, a former attorney, was featured in the Netflix series "Making A Murderer.". He served as Brendan Dassey's attorney following Dassey's arrest for the murder of Teresa Halbach.
Kachinsky did not seek re-election as municipal court judge, but he could be called to serve as a reserve judge. In 2018, the clerk who accused Kachinsky of harassment was granted a restraining order against him.
Kachinsky was replaced on the bench after the April 2 election. However, he continued to send emails to the clerk. Kachinsky says his emails were "part of running the Municipal Court.". Police told the former judge that he had "no role in the running of the Municipal Court and, therefore, the emails were in violation of the injunction.".
Len Kachinsky said he only allowed police to interview Brendan Dassey (above left) because private investigator Bill O'Kelly (above right) promised to be present and Dassey had said he was happy to talk. Dassey told Kachinsky: 'I don't want to delay it, let's do this!'.
Kachinsky ordered her reprimanded for not thanking him for a facebook post where he praised her work and for wishing her Christmas greetings.
Len Kachinsky (above left) was arrested and taken to Winnebago County Jail, Wisconsin this year for breaking a harrasment order. In 2005, he advised client Brendan Dassey (above right) to confess to helping Dassey's uncle Steven Avery murder Teresa Halbach in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.
The 'Making a Murderer' lawyer blamed for letting his client Brendan Dassey get a life sentence for murder, faces five years in jail if convicted for stalking the clerk of his court, DailyMail.com can reveal. In an exclusive interview, 65-year-old Len Kachinsky, whose two-day trial begins on December 6, said he regrets how he represented Dassey ...
In an exclusive interview, 65-year-old Len Kachinsky, whose two-day trial begins on December 6, said he regrets how he represented Dassey but still thinks the trials for his client and Steven Avery were well-handled and, bizarrely, partly blames his own current stalking and harassment charges on a toy cat called 'Jag'.
Last June the US Supreme Court refused to hear any further appeal. Kachinsky became a municipal judge in Fox Crossing, Wisconsin, and is now on trial for stalking the clerk of his court as well as two counts of violating a harassment restraining order.
Avery made a statement to the media, while he and Dassey were in jail, saying Dassey wouldn't be real smart if he testified against him, or something to that effect. I took that as a subtle threat. Why he did that, I guess people have to decide. Kachinsky has no intention of watching 'Making a Murderer'.