Karen Feld, a former gossip columnist for the Washington Examiner, is best known for her fierce legal battles with her brother and for those dirty, fluffy purse dogs she’d infamously bring around with her to cocktail parties.

At one point she accused her brother of giving her brain damage by throwing her out of a family gathering honoring a dead aunt and filed a $110 million lawsuit against him. According to Daily Mail, she alleged that “she was forcefully removed by a trio of ‘large, aggressive’ bodyguards, beaten and thrown into an elevator along with her poodle.” The D.C. Court of Appeals ultimately rejected her appeal.

Obviously those two browning pups of hers, Compari and and Bellini, are nothing to sniff at, even if they aren’t the cleanest. (Please ignore the caramel spot above Compari’s nose.) After all, they made the finals of the New Yorkie Runway competition to benefit Angel on a Leash.

Feld sent out a letter about it. She clearly thinks the dogs are human and signed the letter, “Karen, Compari & Bellini.” Read more

Remember the former kooky gossip columnist for the Washington Examiner who attends parties with a succession of dirty, fluffy purse-sized pooches? Well, Karen Feld (pictured at right with her questionably hygiened dog) is back, and it’s just as much of a circus as it always was.

Literally.

AP‘s Frederick J. Frommer reports that Feld was back in court over what she claims was an assault she endured from her brother’s security guards. Her brother is Kenneth Feld, CEO of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The court turned down Feld’s appeal Tuesday. She’s on a losing streak — she lost a multimillion dollar lawsuit against her brother last year.

The last time we heard anything about Feld was in June 2011, when a partygoer spotted her at a lobster event at Tackle Box in Cleveland Park. The guest said she was spotted there with her “overly medicated” dog. Before that, we ran into her at a 2010 WHCD brunch hosted by John McLaughlin at the Hay Adams Hotel. “Compari’s jealous,” Feld crowed at the time, referring to her dog, who didn’t get to be cradled in McLaughlin’s arms like another, perhaps cleaner, fluffy dog at the party.

Feld formerly worked for Roll Call and TWT.

Capitol File‘s Kate Bennett, husband, Cab, and their daughter.

A smattering of journos showed up to Tackle Box last night at its new Cleveland Park location. They offered a sampling off the newly expanded seafood menu.

Local VIPs such as Carlos Gray (Mayor Vincent Gray‘s son), WUSA 9′s Andrea Roane, NBC 4′s John Schriffen, Capitol File Magazine Editor-In-Chief Kate Bennett, KStreetKate’s Kate Michael and Luxxery Med Spa Celebrity Plastic Surgeon Dr. Ayman Hakki made a toast to owner Jonathan Umbel‘s second seafood shack.

Others in the crowd: David Bass, President and CEO of Raptor Strategies, his wife, and former Washington Examiner gossip columnist Karen Feld and, as one guest put it, her “overly medicated dog.”

It’s a dog eat dog world out there. And no one knows that better than Karen Feld and her pooch, Campari. For those who aren’t acquainted, Feld is an alum of Roll Call, the Washington Times and most recently, the Washington Examiner… until, as she puts it, Patrick Gavin (now of Politico) stole her job.

An heir to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum Bailey Circus who stays in the headlines through frivolous lawsuits and other theatrics, Feld is currently most recognizable as the woman with the small browning poodle hanging out of her silver handbag. Such was the case at the McLaughlin Thomson-Reuters brunch on Sunday.

Atop the Hay Adams, Feld was seen edging in toward McLaughlin in hopes of him holding her dear Campari…until things got Rocky.

Editor of Animal Fair Wendi Diamond (another dog purse kind of gal as shown in the above photograph), also at the party was overheard flirtatiously telling John McLaughlin that she was going to set him up with a pretty, skinny 53-year-old woman in Manhattan, before asking him to pose with her dog.

McLaughlin, who is on the rebound after filing for divorce, was easily taken in by Diamond’s charms and held her dog in his arms and posed for pictures.

Meanwhile, Feld watched with fury in her eyes, as an innocent little Campari hid quietly in her purse. “Campari’s jealous,” Feld said snidely in the vicinity, rolling her eyes at Diamond.

Somehow Campari made it through the awkwardness of watching McLaughlin cradle another dog.

We’re not sure, however, that Feld did.

Campari poking out of Feld’s silver handbag.

Okay, they weren’t bearded ladies…they were men but the rest is true. So says the $110 million lawsuit filed by the gossip column alum of Roll Call, the Washington Times and the Examiner.

Check out a choice excerpt from the most “entertaining” WaPo article this year:

Former gossip columnist Karen Feld alleges that her businessman brother, Kenneth Feld — whose family-entertainment conglomerate includes the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus — authorized her forceful removal from their aunt Shirley’s shiva service. Karen Feld claims that a trio of “large, aggressive” bodyguards working for Kenneth beat her and threw her into an elevator, along with her ever-present toy poodle, Campari.

Her suit alleges that the beating aggravated a brain tumor that later had to be removed, and caused her emotional distress, “symptoms of Tourette Syndrome” and “seizure-like episodes.” For those and other alleged injuries, Karen Feld wants $110 million in damages from her younger brother.

The must-read article is available here.

From WUSA 9′s Thursday night feature on former gossip columnist Karen Feld‘s recovery from brain surgery:

If Campari senses from Karen’s electrical brain activity that a seizure is coming on he barks loudly and acts agitated. Then she knows to go to a quiet dark place and hopefully avoid the seizure.

Former gossip columnist Karen Feld sent out the following note to friends:

WUSA-TV, channel 9 in DC, has an airdate scheduled for their story on my successful medical journey following brain tumor surgery. It will run this Thursday at 11 pm, right after the VP debate… so if the debate doesn’t put you to sleep, you may want to tune in to anchor Anita Brikman’s Living Well segment. It will probably be available on WUSA9.com after it airs. Campari, of course, has a leading role.

Congrats to Karen for the successful surgery.

Good morning Washington.