Expertise
Michelle R. Skoranski, Esquire joined The Yeager Law Firm LLC in 2024. Michelle practices in all areas of family law and is a fierce advocate for her clients. She has built her career in Family Court litigating on a daily basis. Michelle served as a Judicial Law Clerk in the New Castle County Family Court and spent five years as a Deputy Attorney General for the Delaware Department of Justice prosecuting civil child abuse and neglect cases every day. She served as the supervisor of the Child Protection Unit and has extensive experience litigating custody cases. Prior to that, she represented clients in private practice, advocating for them in divorce, custody, child support, and protection from abuse matters. She also served two sessions as a Legislative Attorney in the Delaware House of Representatives advising and drafting legislation on all areas of law.
Education
Michelle received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware in 2009 and in 2015, she graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctorate from Widener University Delaware School of Law after attending law school in the evenings while working fulltime as a paralegal.
Awards
In 2020, Michelle was an award recipient for “40 Under 40” by the Delaware Business Times and for “Women in Business” by Delaware Today. In 2024, she was voted by her peers as a Delaware Top Lawyer in Family Law and featured in the November issue of Delaware Today magazine. In 2024, the Delaware State Bar Association selected Michelle for The Service to Children award. This very prestigious award is given as warranted, not necessarily annually, to a lawyer who demonstrates outstanding commitment to, and work for, children in the provision of legal services.
Professional Associations and Memberships
Michelle has been a member of the Delaware Bar Association since 2016, including the subsections for Family Law and Women and the Law. She has been a member of the Melson Arsht Inn of Court, which focuses on family law, since 2015. Michelle was a speaker multiple times for the Fundamentals of Family Law Continuing Legal Education seminar presenting on the topic of Termination of Parental Rights.
Michelle is dedicated to Delaware’s most vulnerable children serving on the Board of a nonprofit adoption agency for children in foster care, A Better Chance for Our Children, from 2018-2022. Michelle and her spouse also became certified foster parents in 2021 enabling them to foster an adorable 18-month-old child.
Michelle spends her spare time with her loving family, including twin toddlers that keep her running!