Catherine Mary Cherkasky

I contacted Catherine after false sexual assault allegations were made against me and promptly hired her after she demonstrated that she was more knowledgeable in the handling of cases of this nature than several other attorneys I contacted. She was extremely supportive, checked in on me periodicall...y as well as was available when I had any questions. The charges were dropped and I was able to continue doing the job I loved. Thank you so much Catherine. You and your team are outstanding!

Katie and Andy are good people and there is no one else I would recommend for military sexual assault defense! However, my case had much different circumstances. While their track record in sexual assault cases is remarkable, I am not the only one disappointed in the service, support, and ability in ...other types of cases. I was not a fan of their laid back approach as I was bullied by my chain of command and ultimately lost my career. They are willing to defend you against any types of charges but there are other, better specialists around for the other types of cases...

When I found out I was being investigated for sexual assault I immediately freaked out because it was totally false. I went on google and searched civilian ucmj lawyers. I went through a couple of sites, but something about Catherine's bio that made me feel comfortable talking to her, but I was a lit...tle nervous because at this point I didn't want to trust a female. I remember calling her at 11pm on a Friday, and she picked up and we talked for a lil over an hour. She heard my story and made me feel untroubled, because she hears these allegations all the time. This crisis of mine happened right after Christmas and I told Catherine I was serious about retaining her services, but I literally had a couple hundred dollars, and couldn't pay the retainer fee at that very moment. She allowed me to put 10% down and she would send me a memorandum that I can show my company commander informing them that I am being represented. I was able to pay her when I got my following check like we agreed. I don't know of any other lawyer who would do that. The price was more than reasonable, even if it would go to trial. This is my future, and my army career was something I was willing to fight for. She was in constant communication with the army prosecutor and gave me a heads up of what's going on. My case was a little different because the allegation happen of post in my hometown. Since it happen in my hometown civilian law enforcement came to interview me on base. Katie told me what to say and made me feel comfortable asserting my constitutional rights. Two months past, and the civilian law enforcement closed the case. Then a couple of days later C.I.D came to interview me, unlike the civilian law enforcement they were ten times more aggressive. This time I brought the memorandum that Katie wrote for me. I remember the C.I.D agent reading it and he knew I meant business, because he went from being nice and trying to build a rapport with me to telling me he has hard evidence against me, and if I take a lie detector test he can close this case as soon as possible. I didn't budge and remembered Catherine telling me that C.I.D can legally lie to me about anything. I knew I was innocent and didn't do anything this female claim to say I did, so I put all my trust in Catherine's words and didn't believe them when they said they had hard evidence, or take a polygraph test because C.I.D can lie and say I failed even if i passed it. A month later went by and the lieutenant Colonel came to me and told me I will be able to PCS to my duty station and I will not be receiving an Art. 15. I got the flagged removed and my rank back. Catherine saved my life and my career. I knew these results wouldn't of been attained with JAG, and I wasn't going to plead guilty with the possibility of being registered a sex offender for life and doing time in jail. The Cherkasky law firm is one of the the best decision I ever made in my life!!!