Michael Arthur Delaney (born July 19, 1969)[1][2] is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 28th New Hampshire Attorney General from 2009 to 2013. Delaney was appointed to the office of Attorney General by Governor John H. Lynch and decided not to seek reappointment by Governor Maggie Hassan at the end of his term, instead taking a position at the McLane Law Firm.[3]
Michael Delaney | |
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| 28th Attorney General of New Hampshire | |
| In office August 24, 2009 – May 15, 2013 | |
| Governor | John Lynch Maggie Hassan |
| Preceded by | Kelly Ayotte |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Foster |
| Legal Counsel to the Governor of New Hampshire | |
| In office 2006 – August 24, 2009 | |
| Governor | John Lynch |
| Preceded by | Katherine Hanna |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey Meyers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Michael Arthur Delaney July 19, 1969 Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Spouse | Caroline Delaney |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence(s) | Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Alma mater | College of the Holy Cross (BA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Early life
Delaney grew up as the youngest of five children in an Irish American Catholic family in Danvers, Massachusetts. His father, Arthur Delaney, was a probation officer. He graduated from St John's Preparatory School in 1987.[4]
Delaney graduated from the College of the Holy Cross, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1991, and Georgetown University Law Center, where he received a Juris Doctor in 1994.[2][5]
Career
Delaney joined the law firm of Wiggin & Nourie in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1994 after graduating from law school; there, he specialized in business litigation.[4]
He joined the New Hampshire Attorney General's office in 1999, initially serving as an assistant attorney general. Delaney then served as the Homicide Unit Chief in the office until 2004, when he became deputy attorney general. During this time, Delaney successfully prosecuted infamous murderers such as Gary Lee Sampson, who was sentenced to the death penalty, Joseph Whittey, and Robert Tulloch and James Parker.[5]
Delaney served as deputy attorney general until 2006, when he left that post to become Governor Lynch's legal counsel. Lynch appointed Delaney New Hampshire Attorney General in 2009 after accepting the resignation of Kelly Ayotte. Delaney was sworn in on August 24, 2009, upon being unanimously confirmed by the Executive Council.[5]
Under Delaney, the attorney general's office and the state banking department collaborated to create a new, state attorney-run fraud prevention unit within the state's Consumer Protection Bureau.[6]
After leaving the attorney general's office, Delaney joined the law firm of McLane Middleton in its Manchester office, where he specializes in civil litigation and internal investigations, as well as advising schools on Title IX and compliance issues.[7]
Delaney serve as the Co-Chair of the New Hampshire Campaign for Legal Services Leadership Council.[8]
Nomination to court of appeals
On January 18, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Delaney to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.[9][10] On January 31, 2023, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated him to a seat vacated by Judge Jeffrey R. Howard, who assumed senior status on March 31, 2022.[11] His nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On February 15, 2023, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[12] During the hearing, Delaney received criticism from senators regarding his authoring and filing of a motion seeking to strip a minor female rape victim of anonymity as part of representation of a New Hampshire private school at which she was a student in criminal and civil sex assault cases.[13] The allegations were made by the victim of the 2015 assault in a letter to the panel.[14] Owen Labrie was 18 years old at the time he was accused of raping the then 15-year-old student.[15]
Personal life
Delaney resides in Manchester, New Hampshire with his wife, Caroline, and their three children.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ^ a b "Michael A. Delaney Profile". www.martindale.com. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
- ^ Leubsdorf, Ben (May 17, 2013). "Ex-AG Mike Delaney takes job at new AG Joe Foster's old law firm". Concord Monitor. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ a b c Forman, Ethan (September 1, 2009). "Danvers native becomes N.H.'s top legal eagle". The Salem News. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c Press Release: Gov. Lynch Swears In Michael Delaney as Attorney General Archived 2009-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, governor.nh.gov; August 24, 2009; accessed April 19, 2015.
- ^ Consumer Protection Bureau profile, concordmonitor.com; accessed April 19, 2015.
- ^ https://www.mclane.com/people/michael-delaney/
- ^ https://nh-cls.org/who-we-are/our-leadership/
- ^ "First on CNN: Biden releases first slate of 2023 judicial nominees".
- ^ "President Biden Names Twenty–Ninth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 18, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. January 31, 2023.
- ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. February 14, 2023.
- ^ "First Circuit Nominee Grilled Over Representation of Student in Sexual Assault Dispute".
- ^ "US Circuit Nominee Questioned on Sex Assault Cases Defense (1)".
- ^ "Prep school rape case from 2014 comes back to haunt Biden's latest troubled nominee".
External links
- AG Michael Delaney: There were “deficiencies” in the Greenland drug raid, concordmonitor.com, December 15, 2012; accessed April 19, 2015.