Maureen Flatley is a subject matter expert in child welfare and child exploitation with a particular expertise in government reform and oversight. She provides expert consultation to policy makers, attorneys, nonprofits, families and individuals on a wide range of related issues. In 1994, she was appointed by Federal District Court Judge Thomas Hogan to serve as a strategic advisor to the LaShawn General Receiver to provide oversight of Washington, DC’s child welfare agency.

Her advocacy on Capitol Hill has resulted in the introduction, passage and implementation of a wide range of large scale reforms of child welfare, adoption and child abuse and exploitation laws.