Catherine Mary White

Catherine Mary White

4.9
Rating: 7.6

Licensed for 24 years

Family Lawyer at Columbus, OH
Practice Areas: Family, Divorce & Separation, Child Custody

5 E. Long Street, Suite 501, Columbus, OH

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Licensed in Ohio for 24 years

State: Ohio

Acquired: 2001

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Catherine M. White, Attorney at Law

5 E. Long Street, Suite 501, Columbus, OH, 43215

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Catherine Mary White's Reviews

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4.9 /5.0

123 Client Reviews

Showing 21 - 25 of 31 reviews | Practice Area Knowledge

Posted by anonymous | October 15, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Smart, Competent, Trustworthy, Honest, Effective and Professional

Catherine is wonderful! I hired her to represent me as the plaintiff in a contested divorce case. I cannot say enough great things about her. When she first consulted with me, she was honest. I cannot explain how important this was in this situation. There was so much emotion in the proceeding. She h...elped me separate the emotions from the issues we needed to handle legally and where to put my focus. She told me what was important and what did not matter to what we were trying to accomplish. She made me feel listened to, and heard. She was very helpful and always had a point to each piece of advice I needed to hear, even when it was not what I wanted to hear. My divorce almost took a wrong turn toward a trial when it did not need to, and she helped me get it sorted out. She always believed in me. There was a stopping point of no compromise and there was much pettiness between myself and my spouse. My ex did not feel he was entitled to give me anything when I left my marriage. I had believed that was true. She educated me on how the law looks at my situation and helped me get half of my share in the marital home to start my life over again. She helped me tremendously with my settlement and get exactly what I wanted and was entitled to, lawfully. Catherine is a no BS kind of lawyer. She is professional and pleasant. She knows what she is doing and always told me to remember what I told her, I want to do what is in the best interests of my children. There were times where emotions were high, but she kept me steady. We came up with a fair Joint Parenting Plan that makes my children happy and satisfies both parents. I could always count on her honesty and word, she always kept it. She communicated often with opposing counsel when pieces of our parenting plan were not being followed as ordered by the court. Where I had questions and concerns, she had plans and answers. I appreciated her more than she could understand. I was ready to tear my hair out when my ex stopped paying child support, but she was there to help me file contempt charges and take care of the matter. She protected my best interests at all times because that is what she does. She enjoys this work, and it shows because she is so good at it. She provided me real value for my money. She was a great advocate for me and never avoided the tough stuff. She speaks up and fights for her clients. If I ever needed another lawyer for any matter in her specialty, I would always go back to Catherine without a second thought. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Posted by LUNE DELIOTTE | October 03, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Mr. Lune Deliotte

I wanted an easy divorce in giving to a terrible wife all assets we had together. What I wanted was just a divorce to legally liberate myself from an evil. That EVIL wife had a stupid, rude, DISRESPECTFUL and ridiculous lawyer whose name is Richard fighting for nothing and threatened to file contempt... to jail me for no reason while I was NOT looking for anything from that divorce. However, after someone referred me to Catherine White, an expert in family law, she makes it the easiest case for me the way I wanted. Furthermore, her compassion saves me some legal fees, helps me to avoid jail; and moreover, when it comes to child support, Catherine helps me to pay the lowest child support ever in the divorce history. She has a GREAT personality and possesses the exact professional knowledge of what she is doing. I recommend Catherine to anyone facing any type of legal challenges. In my legal challenge experiences, Catherine M White is the ONLY five star lawyer.

Posted by RJ (Robert) | April 17, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody

Custody battle

Catherine is an amazing lawyer!! During my custody battle she has been an amazingly confident,supportive, knowledge lawyer. I live in a different state than my child's mother and had to fight for my son that is battling cancer and had to make several trips to Ohio to fight for my son, because his mot...her couldn't or wouldn't acknowldge that my son was sick and wouldn't stay at the hospital long enough to learn how to take care of him!! Catherine has been totally supportive and helpful to me and my fight for my six year old son!! She truly cares about her clients and even though I got full custody of my son I am still in contact with her because she is truly concerned on how we are doing. I would refer to anyone and everyone!!

Posted by John | May 30, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Fathers have rights also as a parent

This is being written to any Man that is going through a divorce with children. I would like to start with saying that I am beyond trying to comprehend to what is going on in my divorce right now. First for men that don't believe your spouse, the one that is supposed to love you and be there for you,... can up and Kidnap your children and take them out of state, and cut off all communication with you and your kids, believe me it happens. Because I am going through this right now. I have not seen my two very young boy's in over a year now. Mom is seeking revenge on me for handing her Dissolution papers last year, because of verbal, mental and physical abuse to me, now I am paying the price for me standing up for myself and my sons, so she answered with kidnapping my sons, and is doing everything in her power to keep them from me no matter who she hurts in the process, including her own sons. This is by far the worst thing I have every been through in my life, it literally feels like two deaths to me. I got to the point where I was just going to give up on the whole situation, and I thought to myself not only are you letting her when, you are giving up on your own kids. Once I said those words back to myself, there was no way in HELL I will ever give up on my sons. So I sought out some legal advise. And I found Attorney Catherine M White online and, with one sit down consultation with her I knew who I wanted to represent me in my case and hired her right on the spot. And her knowledge of Family, Divorce, Separation and child custody was overwhelming to me I have learned a lot from her. When I thought there was no hope on some issues, she has worked her magic and got things turned around in my direction. I actually got to facetime and see my handsome little boys for the first time last night, 05/30/2018, thanks to the hard work and dedication and long hours put in by Catherine. I would highly recommend her to anyone going through a divorce or custody battle like myself, you can't go wrong. And I will continue praying for my situation, and anybody else that is going through this kind of Horrific situation. GOD BLESS YOU,AND GOOD LUCK AND LOTS OF PERSEVERANCE IS NEEDED. GOD BLESS YOU CATHERINE AND YOUR FAMILY. Thank you, John W

Posted by anonymous | May 21, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Ex Parte and Affair

Ex Parte was issued October 18, 2017 during my divorce. Let me be clear that at that time I did not know or had ever heard of Ex Parte. The order gave my wife temporary custody of our sons. I contacted Catherine M. White immediately for clarification. Under her guidance and questioning of my wif...e the Order was reversed as the Magistrate found no grounds for the order. I could finally have some peace of mind for me and my sons. Her technique in the hearing was “to the point” when questioning my wife and left no doubt that the order should never have been issued. Affairs are a sad reality. Let me explain how this affects the entire family. I found out that my wife had been having affairs for up to 2 years prior to the divorce proceedings. When she filed for divorce I was unaware of any of the affairs. You ask how can that be? The simple answer is “trust”. All of the sorted facts came out during our separation. The final affair with Mr. X came as a Devastating shock to our small children and to me. She had Mr. X spending the night in our home when she had the boys. We were under the 2-2-5 agreement so she had long stretches of time in control of our house and our sons. She blandly had intimate relations with our sons in the marital residence which has changed them forever. She moved the boys to Mr. X’s home which caused the children stress and unsure of their future. Don’t let Catherine’s kind and loving demeanor fool you. She is a bulldog in court.

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Christopher Tamms

Child custody lawyer | Aug 09

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"Catherine is on the short list of lawyers who I would ask to cover for me in a pinch. I know her to be someone who truly cares about her clients. I endorse highly and unreservedly."

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Rainer Steinhoff

Family lawyer | Sep 22

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"Ms. White is a compassionate attorney who works hard for her clients."

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Experience

Rating:  7.6 (Very Good)

Associations

Central Ohio Association of Juvenile Lawyers

Member

Ohio State Bar Association

Member

Education

2000

Capital University

JD - Juris Doctor

N/A

Arizona State University

BS - Bachelor of Science

Languages

English

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