Ms. Daley specializes in conducting complex investigations on behalf of boards of
directors, senior management, outside counsel and regulators. Ms. Daley’s work
includes high profile investigations and compliance initiatives on behalf of higher
education institutions, financial institutions and healthcare providers. Ms. Daley has
testified at regulatory and sanctions hearings and also serves as an expert witness in
matters relating to fraud, data privacy, data analytics, TCPA and consumer fraud, compliance and data security.
Ms. Daley’s investigative team has been named “Best of Chicago for Global Risk &
Investigations” by the National Law Journal. Who’s Who Legal has named her as one of
limited group of Forensic Investigations Experts every year since 2014 and noted that
she is “one of the most highly respected nominees in our research overall.” Ms. Daley was selected in 2018 by Who’s Who as one of five U.S “Thought Leaders” in the field of Digital Forensics.
Ms. Daley’s compliance work includes serving as the independent auditor for financial,
admissions and marketing Student Commitments made by Adtalem Global Education.
She has also designed and implemented graduate employment outcome reporting
protocols for all U.S. law schools on behalf of their accreditor, the American Bar
Association. Ms. Daley has investigated whistleblower claims on behalf of large
public universities relating to misreporting data to accreditors and unethical behavior of
university leadership.
Ms. Daley is very experienced in matters relating to government ethics. She currently
serves as the Chairman of the Cook County Board of Ethics, which oversees the
governance of the Cook County Ethics ordinance over the 22,000 Cook county
employees and officeholders. She also serves on the state board overseeing the
licensing of private detectives and security professionals. She is a Life Trustee of the
Better Government Association, where she previously served as the Chair of the Board
of Directors. Ms. Daley received her J.D. cum laude from Boston University School of Law and her B.A. from the University of Michigan.