About the Attorney

Regent University School of Law, Juris Doctor: 2010
The Florida State University, Bachelor of Arts: 2005 – Dual Major: French & Family and Consumer Sciences (emphasis on Child Development, birth through age five);

Stakeholder: Delaware Court Improvement Program: Ms. Reid works on a full-time contractual basis assisting families involved in the Delaware child welfare process. The child welfare court system in Delaware is funded in part by the federal Court Improvement Program (CIP) grant, which works to ensure families are treated fairly and have a meaningful chance to reunify. Key stakeholders in this program include state attorneys, attorneys for children, attorneys for parents, key service providers, and judicial officers.
- Committee involvement includes the statewide Visit Host committee, which works to overcome obstacles to meaningful parent-child-family visitation. Ms. Reid is also engaged in a pilot project geared toward implementing the assistance of a social worker to help parents access services more effectively.

Delaware Technical and Community College: Former adjunct instructor of legal research and writing, srving the ABA-accredited paralegal program by offering thorough instruction in research techniques, technology, and the importance of thoroughness and attention to detail.

Delaware Office of Child Advocate: Ms. Reid is honored to dedicate her time as a volunteer attorney ad litem for the Delaware Office of Child Advocate. She works to provide representation of dependent, neglected, and abused children in civil Family Court proceedings – ensuring the “best interests” standards of 13 Del. C. § 722 are met for every child client.

Supreme Court of the State of Alabama: Ms. Reid was selected for a short-term clerkship under the direct supervision of a Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. She worked to provide research and advisement to the Court regarding the pivotal family law case In re A.K. v. N.B., Case No. 1080440 (2010). Court opinion available here.

Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General: Ms. Reid spent two summers as a legal intern within the high-profile Capital Appeals division, allowing her to travel to federal Habeas Corpus hearings and participate in various post-conviction procedures.

Bad Bad Teacher!: How Judicial Lenience, Cultural Ignorance, and Media Hype Have Inevitably Lead to Lighter Sentences, Underreporting and Glamorization of Female Sex Offenders, 11 Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy 353, Spring 2012. (Available here). Press on this article available here.

Duck . . . Duck . . . Goose! Chaotic Applications of De Facto Parenthood Doctrine Without Statutory Guidelines Leave Children Wondering: “Who is ‘It’ Now?” 30 Virginia Family Law News , 8 (Summer, 2010).

How to Handle Protection From Abuse Cases – February, 2013
Legal Representation of Children: Nuts and Blots – March, 2013
Protecting Delaware’s Children: Three-day Conference – May, 2013
The Family Court Called! You’ve Been Appointed – December, 2013
New Legislation and Extended Jurisdiction Cases (Panelist): Sussex County Court-Appointed Special Advocate program – February, 2014
Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence 20th Anniversary Institute: Trauma-Informed Legal Advocacy Clinic – July, 2014
What’s Happening in Sussex: A Police Officer’s POV – August, 2014
2017 American Bar Association Parent Attorney Conference, Tyson’s Corner, Virginia
2017 National Association of Counsel for Children Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana