Mary McKinney Flaherty
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Family Law, Collaborative Law, Mediation
The Gulf Tower, 707 Grant Street, Suite 3300, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
About Mary McKinney Flaherty
Practice Areas
- Family Law
- Collaborative Law
- Mediation
Education
- University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 2005J.D.
- Honors: Teaching Assistant to Professor Gerald N. Rosenberg, Law and Politics: United States Courts as Political Institutions
- Honors: Research Assistant to Professor Cass R. Sunstein, Chicago Judges Project
- Honors: Appellate Advocacy Clinic with Judge Abner Mikva
- Law Review: The University of Chicago Legal Forum, Articles Editor and Production Editor
- Georgetown University, 2002A.B.
- Major: History
- Major: English
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Departmental Honors in History
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Classes and Seminars
- Adjunct Professor, Writing in the Legal Professions, University of Pittsburgh, 2006 - 2007
- Teaching Assistant, Law and Politics: United States Courts as Political Institutions, The University of Chicago, 2004 - 2005
- Panelist , PBA Family Law Section 2018 Summer Meeting, Equitable Distribution and Alimony Update
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 2005
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 2007
Other Affiliations
- Co-Chair, Collaborative Law Committee, Allegheny County Bar Association
- Vice Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Allegheny County Bar Association
- Co-chair, Pro Bono Committee, Family Law Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Judiciary Committee (elected to three-year term, 2018-2021)
- Allegheny County Bar Association, Women in the Law Division Council (elected to three-year term, 2018-2021)
- Allegheny County Bar Association, LGBT Rights Committee
- Fellow, Allegheny County Bar Foundation
- GLBT Rights Committee, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
- Family Law Section, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Women in the Profession Committee, Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Council of Mediators
- Collaborative Law Association of Western Pennsylvania (“CLASP”), Executive Committee
- International Association of Collaborative Professionals
- Matrimonial Inns of Court, Pittsburgh Chapter, Member
Past Positions
- McKinney Point Asset Management, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Vice President, 2012 - 2015
- Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Associate, 2010 - 2012
- Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, District of Columbia - Associate, 2007 - 2010
- Judge Joseph F. Weis, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - Law Clerk, 2005 - 2007
- Judge Maureen Lally-Green, Superior Court of Pennsylvania - Intern (Summer 2004)
- University of Pittsburgh, Adjunct Faculty, 2006 - 2007
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- Family Law, Communications, Estate Planning
Nearby Lawyers
- Family Law
- Collaborative Law
- Mediation
- 0.7 mile away
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