Colin R.P. Delaney

Colin R.P. Delaney is an associate in the Litigation Section of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

Mr. Delaney’s practice covers a broad range of commercial litigation, from real-estate-related disputes to trade-secrets matters to debtor/creditor litigation to all manner of contract cases, although Mr. Delaney has gained the most experience in aviation-related litigation and pre-litigation strategy development.

Mr. Delaney’s most notable successes include the following:

• Defense of an airline in a lease dispute with a lessor over an engine
• Summary judgment for an airline in bankruptcy-claims disputes with lessors
• Advising an aviation asset-holder in a contract dispute with an airline to avoid litigation
• Defense of an engine repair facility in a dispute with a private jet owner
• Summary judgment, affirmed on appeal, for a guarantor in a commercial real-estate dispute
• Favorable arbitration award for a German manufacturer of sinks in a joint venture and contract dispute with a U.S. manufacturer
• Defense of an energy-consulting startup in a trade-secrets and employee-raiding case brought by a manufacturing conglomerate
• Injunctive relief leading to settlement for a hedge fund investor in a treasure-hunting outfit
• Putting a public company in receivership to protect the rights of minority investors
• Summary judgment for a lender in a commercial-financing dispute and favorable arbitration award denying lender liability claims
• Summary judgment for a design and dental-supply firm in a contract dispute with a supplier
• Summary judgment in multiple real-property title cases
• Representation of a toy maker in a breach-of-contract arbitration with a manufacturer and logistics-provider
• Dismissal of fraud and related claims by franchisees against restaurant franchisors
• Summary judgment on breach-of-contract counts for hotel franchisor, rejecting claims by franchisees

Mr. Delaney received his B.A., cum laude, from Tufts University in 1997, with concentrations in History, Classics, and Political Science. In 2000, he earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Vanderbilt University Law School. Mr. Delaney was a member and Notes Editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review, which published his note, The Graduation Prayer Cases: Coercion by Any Other Name, 52 VAND.L.REV. 1783 (1999). He was elected to Order of the Coif upon graduation. In January 2000, he organized “Same-Sex Marriage: A Panel Discussion,” which featured constitutional law scholars from Vanderbilt and Yale Law School. At Vanderbilt, he was a member of the Federalist Society and is presently involved in the Stonewall Bar Association of Atlanta. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Delaney served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Danny J. Boggs of the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, in Louisville, Kentucky.

Mr. Delaney is admitted to practice in Georgia.