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Linda
A. Delaney is a founding partner in Delaney McKinney, L.L.P. and
a litigator who views the law and our courts as vehicles for the
protection of our most vulnerable. Ms. Delaney has litigated and
negotiated complex custody and financial matters in the context
of divorce and separation for more than 15 years. She has singular
expertise in the psychological issues that occur in many high
conflict custody cases. She successfully represents parents and
children in complex child custody and divorce cases in Maryland
and the District of Columbia. Her outstanding performance, and
unsurpassed devotion to her clients and their children, have been
recognized by Washingtonian Magazine in its guide to the
areas' top divorce lawyers. Consistent with her concern for children,
Ms. Delaney also frequently serves as a guardian ad litem
representing children in custody cases. Ms.
Delaney is also committed to exploring global public policy solutions
to improve the lives of children and families. In 2004, Ms. Delaney
and her partner, Meg McKinney, founded the non-profit public policy
institute, Montauro Group. Through targeted research and writing,
the organization seeks to inform and influence the economic and
social policy debate around work, family, child well-being and
other vital issues. In
May 2003, Ms. Delaney was invited to participate in a dialogue
hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center discussing the American Law
Institute's Report, "Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution:
Analysis and Recommendations." Ms. Delaney has been a catalyst
locally for the increasing use of parent coordinators to assist
parents in high conflict custody cases, as an alternative to custody
litigation. She serves as an attorney advisor to the Psychology
and Law Parent Coordinator Project, a joint project of the American
Psychological Association, the Family Law Section of the D.C.
Bar, and Argosy University, which provides free parent coordinators
to low income families with custody cases pending in the Family
Court of the District of Columbia Superior Court. Ms. Delaney
also serves as a settlement facilitator for the D.C. Family Court. Ms.
Delaney was a panel member in the continuing legal education course,
“Children Held Hostage” presented at the 2006 annual
meeting of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She has
served as a faculty member for continuing legal education courses
sponsored by the Family Law Section of the D.C. Bar and has provided
training for D.C. Family Court judges. In 2000, Ms. Delaney was
elected to serve a two-year term on the Steering Committee for
the Family Law Section of the D.C. Bar. She is a member of the
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the D.C. Bar (Member,
Family Law Section), the Montgomery County Bar Association (Member,
Family Law Section), the Maryland State Bar Association, and the
American Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section). Ms. Delaney graduated with a B.A. from the State University of New York College at Buffalo in 1979 and received her J.D. from the Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C. in 1983. She litigated complex civil rights and police misconduct cases before her practice shifted to family law and, in particular, child custody, where she thought she might make a difference in people's lives and sometimes in the law. Publications by Linda Delaney: “No Approximate Parents: States Should Reject ALI's Proposed Standard for Child Custody Disputes,” Legal Times , Vol. XXVIII, No. 9, February 28, 2005. Email: Linda A. Delaney
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