Mary Higgins

Mary Higgins is an attorney at McLean Higgins Injury Law in Newark, Delaware. Higgins focuses on personal injury and workers’ compensation. The practice includes plaintiff injury claims, workers’ compensation matters, and proceedings before boards and licensing commissions in Delaware and New Jersey. The work calls for close attention to the record, governing law, procedure, and the practical choices available to the client.

Higgins earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration before attending Widener University School of Law. Her graduate work included a University of Delaware Public Service Fellowship, and in law school she participated in Phi Delta Phi and received a certificate of achievement in Administrative Law. After law school, she clerked for Judge William L. Witham, Jr. in Delaware Superior Court. The training supports Higgins’s ability to evaluate legal questions, organize detailed facts, and explain options in personal injury and workers’ compensation matters. It also provides useful context for the practical issues clients may face.

Higgins’s experience includes representing plaintiffs in injury and workers’ compensation cases, defending large corporations in complex multi-party litigation earlier in her career, and serving as a Fair Hearing Officer for the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services. The work has required detailed preparation, procedural judgment, and coordination with the people and institutions involved in each matter. That experience helps place legal and evidentiary questions in the practical setting in which clients must make decisions.

Mary Higgins has performed pro bono work and has been appointed as a guardian ad litem in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Her background combines plaintiff advocacy, defense litigation, administrative proceedings, and public service. This professional record complements Higgins’s work in personal injury and workers’ compensation and related matters. The combination of subject-matter experience, preparation, and communication helps clients understand the legal framework and the practical considerations affecting their next steps.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, McLean Higgins Injury Law
• Member, Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
• Guardian ad litem, Delaware Court of Chancery
• Legislative Fellow, Delaware State Senate Majority Caucus
• Member, Phi Delta Phi Harrington Inn Honor Society

Licensed State

• Delaware
• New Jersey

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