William Cassara, Attorney at Military Law

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Mr. Cassara is frequently called upon to represent service members in high profile cases. Here are a few of the media reports which have quoted Mr. Cassara.

  • Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Fayetteville Observer, July 14, 2009) -- One of seven soldiers accused of accidentally killing a fellow paratrooper has agreed to a plea bargain. (Full Story)

  • Evans attorney appears in Oscar-nominated movie  (Full Story) ( View a clip of the movie here.)

  • Bill Cassara outwits the CID - wins acquittal for GI after catching agent in a flat-out lie – soldier could have gone to Leavenworth on rape
    charge - interrogate him nine hours demanding "confession"  (Full Story)

     

  • Fort Campbell, Kentucky (The New York Times, February  23, 2007) -- Soldier Gets 100 Years for Rape and Murder  (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Campbell, Kentucky (Desert Dispatch, July 27, 2006) -- Cortez to face military hearing in Iraq (Full Story)
     

  • Bartstow, California (Desert Dispatch, July 22, 2006) -- Family raising money for Cortez’s defense (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Bliss, Texas (MSNBC.com, June 1, 2006) -- Army private cleared of Afghan abuse charges - Court-martial panel acquits Corsetti of mistreating prisoners in Afghanistan (Full Story) (Click Here to listen to Mr. Cassara's Closing Argument.)
     

  • Fort Bragg, North Carolina, June 1, 2006 -- U.S. soldier acquitted of abusing prisoners at a U.S. military prison in Afghanistan.  (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Stewart, Georgia -- Army mechanic sentenced to 15 months in prison for avoiding Iraq deployment. (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Carson, Colorado April 2006 -- Court-martial of Ft. Carson GI to go on. (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Carson, Colorado April 6, 2006 -- Iraqi general beaten 2 days before death; Four Fort Carson Soldiers face Murder Charges. (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Bliss, Texas (AP) March 28, 2006 -- A military intelligence soldier pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges he abused detainees in Afghanistan, and he asked to be tried by a military jury. (Full Story)
     

  • Parris Island, South Carolina (February 23, 2006) -- A Parris Island swim instructor charged in the death of a Marine recruit was found not guilty Wednesday night. (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Carson, Colorado (January 15, 2006) -- Defense could bring up CIA in soldier's murder trial (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Carson, Colorado (RockyMoutainNews.com, January 13, 2006) -- Army drops murder charges (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Carson, Colorado (The Gazette, January 12, 2006) -- Army drops murder charge against soldier, Officer will testify at fellow Carson GI’s court-martial (Full Story)
     

  • Washington, D.C., August 3, 2005 -- Documents Tell of Brutal Improvisation by GIs; Interrogated General's Sleeping-Bag Death, CIA's Use of Secret Iraqi Squad Are Among Details (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Stewart, Georgia (CNN.com) -- Soldier gets 15 months in prison for refusing Iraq duty. (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Carson, Colorado (Denver Post, July 28, 2005) -- Guardsman: CIA beat Iraqis with hammer handles (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Stewart, Georgia (ABC News, July 28, 2005) -- Soldier Who Refused Second Iraq Tour Faces Court-Martial Today; Says He 'Never Ran From' War (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Stewart, Georgia (July 28, 2005) -- Soldier Who Refused Iraq Duty Faces Charge (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Stewart, Georgia (June 10, 2005) -- Benderman faces new trial (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Stewart, Georgia (May 14-15, 2005 -- Army Files Additional Charges Against Conscientious Objector (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Stewart, Georgia (May 14, 2005) -- Army Files Additional Charges Against Conscientious Objector. (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Carson, Colorado May 11, 2005 -- Lesser charges urged in death of Iraqi (Full Story)
     

  • Fort Carson, Colorado, April 1, 2005 -- GI: "I am not a murderer" (Full Story)


 

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