Community Leadership
The lawyers at DeLaney & DeLaney recognize their responsibility to give back to the community. Our attorneys value community involvement and believe that such activities benefit their clients. They have made numerous contributions to the community at large and to the Bar. Some of their activities, memberships, and honors are listed here.
Kathleen A. DeLaney
- Honoree, Indianapolis Business Journal's Forty under 40, February 2006
- Recipient, Indiana State Bar Association Pro Bono Public Award, October 2002
- Indiana Super Lawyer 2006-2010
- Top 25 Female Indiana Super Lawyer 2007-2010
- Best Lawyers in America 2007-2010
- Member of the FINRA Dispute Resolution Board of Arbitrators
- Faculty Presenter and Chair, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum
- Faculty Presenter, Indianapolis Bar Association
- Member, Local Rules Advisory Committee for the United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana
- Member of Board of Directors, Dress for Success Indianapolis (2006-2008)
- Former Law Clerk, the Hon. David F. Hamilton, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana
- Former Barrister, Sagamore American Inn of Court
- Distinguished Fellow, Indianapolis Bar Foundation
- Member, Indiana State Board of Law Examiners Committee on Character and Fitness
- Immediate Past Chair, Labor and Employment Law Council of the Indianapolis Bar Association
- Georgetown University Alumni Interview Program
- Member of Indiana State, Seventh Circuit, and Indianapolis Bar Associations
Ann M. DeLaney
- Indiana Super Lawyer-Employment & Labor Law
- Honored as a Distinguished Barrister by The Indiana Lawyer in 2010
- Influential Women Award from the Indianapolis Business Journal in 2008
- Angel of Grace Award from the Sisters of St. Benedict in September 2008
- Board of Visitors, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington
- Torchbearer Award for Advocacy from the Indiana Commission for Women, 2006
- Heritage Place Hoosier Heritage Night Honoree
- Fellow, Academy of Law Alumni Fellows, Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, 2001
- Antoinette Dakin Leach Award Recipient, Women and the Law Division, Indianapolis Bar Association, 2001
- "Woman of the Year," The Indianapolis Star, 1984
- Sagamore of the Wabash, 1984
- Democratic Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1984
- One of "Indianapolis' Most Influential Women," The Indianapolis Business Journal, 1996
- Former Member and Secretary, Greenways Commission, City of Indianapolis
- Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, Director, 1987
Edward O. DeLaney
- Representative, Indiana House of Representatives District 86 (Current)
- Honored as a Distinguished Barrister by The Indiana Lawyer in 2008
- Best Lawyers in America - Business Litigation & First Amendment Law
- Indiana Super Lawyer-Business Litigation
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington (Former)
- Past President of the Parish Council, St. Thomas Aquinas Church
- Former Member, Mayor Bart Peterson's Indy Works Committee
- Faculty Presenter, National Institute of Trial Advocacy
- Faculty Presenter, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum
- Counsel, Indiana Senate Majority (1977)
- Chair, Indiana Development Finance Authority (1990-94)
- Counsel, Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina (1996-99)
- State Department Assignment in Kosovo (2001)
- Member, Indianapolis Police Department Merit Board (2004-06)
Amanda Couture
- Associate, Sagamore American Inn of Court (2007-2009)
- Indiana Rising Star of 2009 by Indiana Super Lawyers
- Pro bono civil rights work in the United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana
- Indiana University School of Law Office of Career and Professional Development Volunteer
- College of Wooster Alumni Admissions Representative
- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra FORTE Member
- Member of Indianapolis Bar Association
Christopher S. Stake
- Associate, Sagamore Inn of Court
- Indiana Rising Star of 2010 by Indiana Super Lawyers
- Active member, American Constitution Society
- Member of Indiana State Bar Association
- Moot Court Judge for Indiana School of Law-Bloomington Fall 2007