Background
Delaney, Michael Francis was born on January 22, 1948 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Donald J. and Evelyn A. (Edwards) Delaney.
Delaney, Michael Francis was born on January 22, 1948 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Donald J. and Evelyn A. (Edwards) Delaney.
Bachelor, University Kansas, 1969. Juris Doctor, University Kansas, 1976.
Worked at Spencer Fane Britt & Browne Limited Liability Partnership (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Banking, Business and Finance, Business Litigation, Communications and Media, Creditors" and Debtors" Remedies, Employee Benefits, Environmental, Estate Planning and Trusts, Health Care, Intellectual Property and Technology, International, Labor and Employment, Public Utilities and Energy, Real Estate, Tax Transactions and Planning, Tort and Insurance, Trade Regulations, White Collar Defense. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Missouri.
Phi Kappa Phi.
Order of the Coif. Member, 1974-1976 and Article Editor, 1975-1976, Kansas Law Review. Lecturer in Law, University of Kansas, 1977, 1992.
Member, Board of Governors, University of Kansas Law Society, 1988-1991. Member: American Bar Association (Member: Labor Relations Law Section.
Litigation Section; Forum Committee on Construction Industry, 1991).
National Organization on Legal Problems in Education. National School Boards Association. Council of School Attorneys.
Military: Captain, United States.
Army, 1969-1973
Spencer Fane Britt & Browne Limited Liability Partnership has gained prominence over the years through its general business practice and that practice continues in all respects today. The firm"s general business practice includes all areas of trial and appellate work in state and federal courts throughout the country, as well as matters involving corporate transactions, employee benefits, employment law and environmental concerns.
The firm"s clients conduct their business in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the rest of the country, as well as throughout the world.
Active Kansas City Tomorrow, 1982. Member steering committee Kansas City Veterans Memorial Fund, 1984-1988. Volunteer citizen review agency relations committee United Way, Kansas City, since 1984.
Co-chairman Heartland Labor and Employment Conference, since 1988. Board member Harwycke Homes Association Captain United States Army, 1969-1973, Vietnam, Associated Building Contractors, Inc., board directors, Heart America Chapter, since 2010. Member American Bar Association, Missouri Bar Association, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Kansas Bar Association, Lawyers Association Kansas City, Education Law Association, National School Boards Association, Missouri Council School Attorneys (board directors since 2006), University Kansas Law Society (board governors 1988-1992), Kansas City Tomorrow Alumni Association (board directors 1990-1994), Wage & Hour Defense Institute, 10th Circuit Credentials Committee, College Labor & Employment Lawyers.
Married Sally E. Jenkins, July 30, 1977 (divorced November 1984). 1 child, Patrick Neal. Married Kathleen Lynette Gibbons, February 22, 1986.
Children: Rebecca Marie, Laura Margaret.