Expertise
Julie H. Yeager, Esquire provides skilled and knowledgeable counsel to clients in all types of civil family law cases in the State of Delaware. She is a tough litigator with thousands of hours of experience inside the courtroom.
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 assisted with the training process to certify over forty new mediators through the family law mediation training seminars offered by the Delaware Family Court since 2019. Clients can voluntarily choose mediation or binding or non-binding arbitration versus having a judge decide their case. Julie helps clients address the issues they need to resolve in order to separate and/or divorce, including support, custody/visitation, and property division, without ever going to the Courthouse or having to appear before a judicial officer.
Julie has been an attorney since 2005 and solely practiced in the field of family law for the last 10+ 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 six consecutive years (2018-2023). 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. Julie established The Yeager Law Firm LLC in 2011. She specializes in family law matters in the State of Delaware.
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, Adoption, Best Practices in School Choice Custody Cases, 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.
