Julie H. Yeager, Esquire
Delaware Family Law Attorney
Certified Divorce & Custody Mediator in Delaware
Certified Family Law Arbitrator in Delaware
“This is a firm that truly cares about the clients they serve.”
“Working with Mrs. Yeager was a delight. I would recommend the firm to anyone needing family legal advice/representation.”
“The firm has been very proactive and helpful. Working with Julie Yeager has been a pleasure.”
Expertise
Julie H. Yeager, Esquire established The Yeager Law Firm LLC in 2011. Julie provides skilled and knowledgeable counsel to clients in all types of civil family law cases in the Delaware Family Court in all three counties. She is a tough litigator with thousands of hours of experience inside the courtroom. Julie specializes in divorce matters with property division and alimony.
Julie is a certified divorce and custody mediator and a certified family law arbitrator in the State of Delaware. She helped create the curriculum and training program used by the Family Court to certify over forty new mediators since 2019. Clients can voluntarily choose mediation or binding or non-binding arbitration versus having a judge decide their case. Julie helps her mediation clients address the issues they need to resolve in order to separate and/or divorce, including support, custody/visitation, and property division, without ever stepping inside a Courthouse.
Julie has been an attorney since 2005 and specialized in the field of Delaware family law matters for the last 15+ years. She has earned several distinctions within her field. Julie has been named a Top Lawyer for Family Law and/or ADR Mediation by Delaware Today for seven consecutive years (2018-2024). From 2009 to 2018, she represented parents with children in foster care as a state-contracted parent attorney. From 2015-2018, Julie held a position on the Court Improvement Project Steering Committee, which works to ensure that children in foster care are safe, healthy and experience permanency. Julie spearheaded a Parent Engagement Project.
Education and Prior Experience
Julie earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Villanova University, graduating cum laude from the Honors Program in 2002. She was awarded her Juris Doctor from Temple Law School in 2005.
Professional Associations and Memberships
Julie is an active member of the Delaware law community. She was elected to serve as the Chair of the Family Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association in 2017, Vice Chair in 2016 and Secretary in 2015. She has been an active Member at Large on the Executive Committee of Melson-Arsht Inn of Court since 2015. Julie has presented at Continuing Legal Education seminars on various topics, such as Mediation, Alimony, Property Division, Adoption, School Choice / Custody, and Leading Practices in Dependency/Neglect Proceedings. She is the leading contributor for the firm's Blog.
From 2014-2020, Julie served as a co-chair on the planning committee for the Combined Campaign Cup, a charitable golf tournament that raises necessary funds for Delaware's three non-profit legal services organizations. She enjoys golf and curling in her spare time.
Pattie Weir, Esquire
Delaware Family Law Attorney
“I felt very supported by Pattie Weir throughout my custody case. She is very knowledgeable and has a positive attitude.”
Expertise & Experience
Pattie Weir, Esquire joined The Yeager Law Firm LLC in 2019. Pattie provides skilled and compassionate representation to clients for all types of civil family law matters in the Delaware Family Court in all three counties. Pattie specializes in custody and guardianship cases.
Pattie earned her Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and Philosophy, Justice Law and Values Option from Pennsylvania State University in 2013. She was awarded her Juris Doctor with the Child and Family Advocacy Certificate from Michigan State University College of Law, graduating cum laude in 2016. While in law school, Pattie was the Senior Managing Editor of Business for the Journal of Business and Securities Law. Pattie participated in the Michigan State University Chance at Childhood Clinic as a student clinician, senior clinician, and supervisor for the legal self-help center.
After law school, Pattie served as a judicial law clerk in the New Castle County Family Court for two years before joining The Yeager Law Firm LLC. Pattie is admitted to practice law in Delaware and Pennsylvania but focuses her practice in Delaware. Pattie was elected to serve as the Chair of the Family Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association in 2021 and was an officer in 2020. She is an associate member of the Melson-Arsht Inn of Court.
Michelle R. Skoranski, Esquire
Delaware Family Law Attorney
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!