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= Ann McGovern DeLaney = Ann McGovern Delaney served as the Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and Commissioner in Marion County, Indiana and a Special Prosecutor in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. She was also appointed by Former U.S President William J. Clinton to serve as Standing Trustee of Chapter 13 Bankruptcy in the Southern District of Indiana. She is the co-founder of DeLaney & DeLaney LLC., a law firm that specializes in Business, Employment, and Civil Litigation. She was also the Executive Director of the Julian Center, a United Way agency.

Early Life & Education
Ann DeLaney was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1947. She attended Berner High School in Massapequa, New York and graduated in 1967. She then attended Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, Binghamton University, Broome County, New York and graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor's in Political Science. She earned her Law Degree from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1977.

Legal Career
After she obtained her Bachelor's, she worked for the New York State Department of Environment. After obtaining her law degree, she worked as a Deputy Prosecutor at the Marion County prosecutor's office from 1977 to 1982, supervising the Felony Sex Offence and Child Abuse Unit. Shortly after that, she practiced law privately with Henry Price until late-1980s. From 1995 to 2011, she served as the Executive Director of The Julian Center, a non-profit organization that serves and supports survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in Indiana. In 1995 she also wrote and published 'Politics for Dummies', a book explaining the basics and functioning on the American political world. She was also an active participant in Indiana politics. She was the Chairwoman for the Indiana Democratic Party and she also ran for local and state office throughout the 1980s and 1990s. She co-founded her law firm, DeLaney & DeLaney LLC., with her daughter, Kathleen DeLaney, in 2002. Ann appeared as a Democratic panelist on Indiana Week in Review, a televised program where insiders talk about Indiana politics, for 20 years.

Personal Life
Ann DeLaney married her husband, Ed DeLaney, the very same year she obtained her Bachelor's degree. They moved to Indianapolis, Indiana in 1972 shortly after she started working for the New York State Department of Environment, after her husband was offered a job with a local law firm in Indianapolis. They have three children - Kathleen DeLaney, Jennifer DeLaney, and Timothy DeLaney.

Awards & Recognitions

 * Presidents Circle Laurel Pin - 2002
 * Bicentennial Medal - 2020
 * Maurer School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows - 2021