DeLaney & DeLaney LLC has been recertified by the State of Indiana as a Women Business Enterprise. The certification is issused by the State of Indiana's Department of Administration, Minority and Women's Business Enterprises Division, and endorses us as WBE legal service providers through 2017.
DeLaney & DeLaney was selected by the U.S. News & World Report to be included in its Best Law Firms 2015 - Indiana. Our firm was recognized in the Metropolitan Tier 1 practice areas of Commerical Litigation, Employment Law - Individuals, and Litigation - Banking & Finance. This is the second consecutive year DeLaney & DeLaney has been honored as a Best Law Firm in Indiana.
Congratulations to Kathleen DeLaney and Ed DeLaney for their selection as 2015 Indiana Best Lawyers. Best Lawyers are selected through exhaustive peer-review suverys in which thousands of attorneys confidentially evaluate their peers. Kathleen was recognized in the categories of Labor and Employment Law - Individuals, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, and Commercial Litigation. Additionally, Kathleen was named as a 2015 Indiana Lawyer of the Year in the category of Employment Law - Individuals based on her particularly high level of peer recognition. Ed was recognized in the categories of Banking & Finance Law - Litigation and Commerical Litigation.
Congratulations to Kathleen DeLaney and Ed DeLaney for being selected to The Best Lawyers in America for 2015. Kathleen was selected for the practice areas of Commercial Litigation, Employment Law- Individuals, Litigation - ERISA and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Ed was selected for the practice areas of Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Banking and Finance.
Kathleen DeLaney was named the Best Lawyers' 2015 Indianapolis Employment Law- Individuals "Lawyer of the Year." Only a single lawyer in each practice area in... Read more →
Congratulations to Kathleen DeLaney, Ed DeLaney, and Christopher Stake for being recognized in the 2015 Indiana Super Lawyers Magazine. Kathleen was included in the list of Top 25 Women by Super Lawyers in 2015, which is her eighth time to receive this recognition. Kathleen and Ed were selected as 2015 Super Lawyers in the categories of Employment & Labor and Business Litigation respectively. Christopher Stake was recognized as a Rising Star in the category of Business Litigation.
Congratulations to Kathleen DeLaney, who was awarded Martindale-Hubbell's highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards for 2015. The AV rating reflects the results of a confidential peer evaluation conducted by members of the Bar and Judiciary. Kathleen has maintained her preeminent rating every year since 2008.
Congratulations to attorney Mark Plantan, who was recently elected to join the Board of Directors for Mental Health America of Greater Indianapolis. MHA works to advance mental health care and awareness through education, advocacy, and intervention. Mr. Plantan joins the Board in 2015 for his initial three-year term.
Emily Herx's jury trial verdict was featured in Reader's Digest Magazine's July 2015 publication "A Catholic School Teacher Received IVF. Then She Was Fired for Being Immoral. Can a Catholic school dismiss an educator for breaking church tenets by receiving IVF for infertility?"
The July 2015 issue of Ergo, Indiana University Maurer School of Law's alumni publication, recognized Kathleen DeLaney for her recent feature in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. The original article covered Kathleen's $2 million jury verdict in Emily Herx's case against the Fort Wayne-South Bend Roman Catholic Diocese and her practice at DeLaney & DeLaney. Kathleen earned her J.D. from IU's Maurer School of Law summa cum laude in 1995.
On April 30, 2015, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) delivered remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives during a debate on House Joint Resolution 43. The resolution seeks to overturn a Washington, D.C. law which makes it illegal to fire an employee based on personal decisions regarding his or her own reproductive health. Duckworth cited the case of Emily Herx in her arguments against passing H.J. Res. 43, as a prime example of the type of workplace discrimination with the D.C. law prevents. In her floor speech Duckworth said, "Employees like Emily Herx should be judged at work based... Read more →