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addition to her private practice, Ms. McKinney has been active
in local bar associations and pro bono services. Ms. McKinney
was elected to two three-year terms on the Steering Committee
of the Family Law Section of the D.C. Bar, and during her tenure
as co-chair, the Family Law Section won the Best Bar Project (2002)
and the Frederick B. Abramson awards (2003). In January 2003,
Ms. McKinney was appointed to a key three-year term on the District
of Columbia Child Support Guideline Commission. During her tenure,
the D.C. Child Support Guidelines were completely revised and
updated. Ms. McKinney has been appointed or elected to other important
positions, including President of the D.C. Bar Council on Sections
from July 2004 through June 2005, and Vice President of the Council
the preceding year. She also is a member of the D.C. Superior
Court Family Court Implementation Committee and other Court committees.
Ms.
McKinney's pro bono activities, in addition to the activities
above, include her membership in the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program's
Family Law Representation Committee, serving as a mentor for the
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program's Law Firm Clinic, and volunteering
in the D.C. Family Court Self-Help Center. Like her partner, Lin
Delaney, Ms. McKinney has served since 2004 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 D.C. Family Court. With Lin Delaney, Ms. 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.
Ms. McKinney also serves as a settlement Facilitator for the D.C.
Superior Court Family Court ADR Project, which she helped design
and implement. Ms. McKinney has served as a faculty member for
continuing legal education courses in Maryland and the District
of Columbia, and has provided training for D.C. Family Court judges.
She has testified on a number of occasions before the D.C. Council,
as well as committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and
U.S. Senate, on a variety of family law issues. Ms. McKinney is a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, the American Bar Association, the Maryland and D.C. Bar Associations, and the Montgomery County Bar Association, and their Family Law Sections. Ms. McKinney is also a member of the William Bryant Inn of Court, in Washington, D.C. Ms. McKinney received her B.A. in political science, magna cum laude, in 1989, and her J.D., with honors, in 1992, from the George Washington University. Publications by Margaret McKinney: “No Approximate Parents: States Should Reject ALI's Proposed Standard for Child Custody Disputes,” Legal Times, Vol. XXVIII, No. 9, February 28, 2005. Email: Meg McKinney |
