Ed DeLaney for Our House
3646 Washington Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46205
(317) 920-0400
The Lawyer
"After the Navy, I headed to Harvard Law School. Fortunately, I had the GI Bill and Ann worked two jobs because we already had our two girls when I started. Upon graduation, J.D cum laude, I started as an associate in what was to become Barnes & Thornburg in Indianapolis. At the time I started, I was the 40th lawyer. When I retired, thirty years later, there were more than 400 lawyers in the firm. "Throughout my career, I did trial work representing large and small businesses and individuals with problems. Some of my clients included National City Bank; Hillenbrand Industries, The Indianapolis Star, GM and Gatorade. "From the beginning of career I have done pro bono for individuals and groups who could not afford legal representation. Early in my career I represented the Urban League. Later, Larry Reuben and I brought a successful suit to integrate the Rivera Club. "I was founding Counsel for IRE, Investigative Reporters and Editors and served in that capacity for twenty-five years. IRE had its first conference in Indianapolis and was formed in response to the assassination of Don Bolles, a reporter in Arizona who was investigating corruption in that state when he was murdered. IRE is now an international organization with more than 4,000 members who help reporters improve their skills at investigation. "Over the years, the Russian which I learned at the Defense Language Institute in the Navy has enabled me to do business deals in Russia. One of the most satisfying was negotiating the exhibit “Gifts to the Czars” which appeared only at the Indianapolis Museum of Art and no where else in the United States. "When the late Congressman Frank McCloskey joined Barnes & Thornburg after Congress, he and I participated in an arbitration, which was held in Rome and Vienna, to decide the fate of a strategically important city called Brcko. This city was so important that its fate could not be decided by the Dayton Accords which resolved the conflict in Bosnia. The resulting decision was worked wonderfully well for the residents of Brcko. "I was asked to spend seven months in Kosovo by the U.S. State Department helping to reestablish the rule of law in that war torn country and I have recently traveled to Russia to assist in developing freedom of the press in that country. "Now, I work for my daughter at DeLaney & DeLaney and I am neither DeLaney. The firm was founded by my daughter Kathleen and my wife Ann in 2002. We now have seven lawyers and do trial work for businesses and individuals. It is very gratifying for me to see my daughter at work and to help her build her firm. I treasure the experience and I only hope Kathleen can say the same." - Ed |  |
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