Cherie Lane Cash-Kristinus

One day 12 yrs ago, while at work, I was visited by a Sheriff, who was handing me filed papers for divorce, eviction notice ( out of the home I bought ), and IOY papers signed by a judge saying I had to pay my soon to be ex 8K a month. Someone recommended Cherie to me and she went to battle for me.... She worked on my case for a year and helped me get a decent settlement. More importantly, she helped me get my kids for a third of the year while my ex fought to see I got the minimum. Two more times over the next decade my ex brought me to court always wanting more money and for me to have less time with my kids. And again recently as this past year Cherie went to battle for me. Just like the previous outcomes, this most recent court stint went my way. Cherie saw to it that I was well represented in my case. Cherie was well prepared and had a great game plan going into court. I am pleased with the outcome. And when my ex decides in a year to go through it all again I will call Cherie. And she will be there for me. Each time I’ve needed her over all this time she has come through for me. No reason to call anyone else. She has yours and your kids best interests in mind.

She was hired and paid $2500 in advance of our court date to represent me for child support and a few minor issues with my case, nothing too serious. To my shock and surprise, she showed up to court unprepared to perform and postponed the hearing. I kept my cool as she explained that she would get ...the child support modified and talk to the judge concerning other issues. That was the last I heard from her. She moved out of her office without any notification and did not answer my texts, emails, or calls. The next time I saw her was in The Daily Journal for felony DUI with her minor kids in the car. I filed to have her removed as my attorney and represent myself. She never showed up to the hearings and finally responded to asking me to not remove her as my attorney. She is a compulsive liar, like no other. I filed a complaint with her the Tennessee Bar Association for her behavior. She was supposed to return my money and the file of my case. I have not received either one. This is just a summary. To this day, my child support is messed up. I have my daughter for 122 days out of the year, but pay child support as if I only have her for four days. Do not use her.

Attorney does not get back with you when you call her. Takes your money and tells you she will handle and it will go quickly and then want return phone calls does nothing at all . She is always out of the office. She is rude when you do talk to her and then she still does nothing. Please do not choos...e this Attorney she will take your money and do nothing but avoid you.

Like the above reviewers she told me everything I wanted to hear. Once she got her $3500 retainer, she stopped returning my calls, and "forgot" to show up for the mediation. I finally got her to come one and a half hours later. At which point she didn't even know my son's name. Then she completely we...nt back on everything she told me before getting her retainer. RIGHT IN THE MIDLLE OF MEDIATION! After this fiasco, I asked her for a report of the hours she had spent on my case. Amazingly she had spent over ten hours and hadn't learned my son's name or any of the details of the case. She then broke off all communication with me. I will be reporting her to her employers and most likely the Tennessee Bar Association. In the mean time, Avoid Cherie Cash Rutledge at all costs! Find a good lawyer, they are out there.

I hired her to take work on a child support case and she started telling me everything she could do for me and it would be took care of in no time. I'm currently now going on 2 1/2 yrs and not the first thing has been done. Currently I call about twice a month trying to find out a status on my case a...nd she's either never in the office or unavailable at the time and her assistant says she will have her call me back but she never calls. I'm not very happy with her at all considering she was quick to take a few thousand dollars and not do anything in return. The one time I do get a response from her she informs me were waiting on my exes lawyer but there has to be a time limit they have to give a response. I would not recommend her to anyone for anything. Don't waste your money with her because you will never get anything in return.