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Kathleen A. DeLaney
Email: kathleen@delaneylaw.net
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Background & Experience
- Managing Partner of DeLaney & DeLaney LLC
- Former judicial law clerk for Hon. David F. Hamilton, United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of Indiana (1996-98), now Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Foreign Service Officer, United States Department of State (1991-93)
- AV Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell for ethical standards and legal ability
Community Leadership
- Selected by her peers for Best Lawyers in America for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012
- Recognized as Best Lawyers' 2012 Indianapolis Litigation -ERISA Lawyer of the Year. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the "Lawyer of the Year."
Received Indianapolis Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” recognition in 2006 - Recognized as an Indiana Super Lawyer in 2006-2012, Top 25 Female Indiana Super Lawyer in 2007-2011, and Top 50 Super Laywer 2007-2011
- Member of the FINRA Dispute Resolution Board of Arbitrators
- Board of Directors for Dress for Success Indianapolis (2006-2008)
- Previously served as a Barrister and Associate in the Sagamore American Inn of Court
- Secretary of the Local Rules Advisory Committee for the United States District Court for Southern District of Indiana
- Appointed by U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, to serve on the Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Committee in 2008
- Serves on the Supreme Court of Indiana’s Character and Fitness Committee of the State Board of Law Examiners
- Former Member and Chair of the Executive Council of the Labor and Employment Section of the Indianapolis Bar Association
Published Articles and Presentations
- Ethics Presentation, "What Hat Are We Wearing Today? Effectively Protecting Attorney-client Privilege," NAMWOLF Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, September 2011
- ICLEF Federal Civil Procedure Seminar Presenter in May 2010
- Indianapolis Bar Association Bench Bar Conference "What to Expect When Practicing in Federal Court" in June 2009
- 58th Annual Meeting of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association and Judicial Conference of the Seventh Cirucit panel regarding "The Slippery Application of Daubert to Non-Scientific Evidence" in May 2009
- ICLEF Complex Litigation Seminar Presenter in October 2008
- Current Issues in Employment Practices Liability Seminar presented to Professional Liability Underwriting Society in September 2008
- Equal Opportunity Commission’s Technical Assistance Program Seminar in September 2007
- “Response to Nannygate: Untangling U.S. Immigration Law,” published in the INDIANA LAW JOURNAL (Winter 1994)
Education
- Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, Order of Coif, and Order of Barristers from the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington (1995)
- Bachelor’s of Science in Foreign Service, cum laude, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (1990)
