Background
McLachlan, Michael E. was born on April 18, 1946 in Dover, Delaware, United States.
McLachlan, Michael E. was born on April 18, 1946 in Dover, Delaware, United States.
University of Nebraska and Southern Colorado State College (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1970). University of Arizona (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Worked at McLachlan & Goldman, Limited Liability Company (Durango, Colorado) specializing in Personal Injury, Insurance Law, Criminal Law, Trial and Appeals, Land Use Law, Administrative Law. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Colorado and United States. District Court, District of Colorado.
1989, United States.
Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Associate Editor, Arizona Law Review, 1972-1973. Author: Chapter 6, "Effective Household Products Liability", Personal Injury Hanbdbook (James Public 1991).
Law Clerk to Justice Edward C. Day, Supreme Court of Colorado, 1973-1974.
Assistant District Attorney, Sixth Judicial District, Colorado, 1974-1976. Member, Colorado Supreme Court Grievance Committee, 1987-1992, Chairman, 1993.
Chairman, Commission on Judicial Performance, Sixth Judicial District, 1990-1993. Member, Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions, 1996.
Louisiana Plata County Attorney, 1995.
Member: Southwest Colorado, Colorado and American Bar Associations. American Board of Trial Advocates. Colorado Bar Foundation.
Four Corners Inns of Court.
American Judicature Society. Master Advocate, National Institute of Trial Advocacy.
Member, Colorado Supreme Court Grievance Committee, 1987-1992, Chairman, 1993. Chairman, Commission on Judicial Performance, Sixth Judicial District, 1990-1993. Member, Colorado Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions, 1996.
Louisiana Plata County Attorney, 1995.
Member: Southwest Colorado, Colorado and American Bar Associations. American Board of Trial Advocates.
Colorado Bar Foundation. Four Corners Inns of Court.
American Judicature Society.
Master Advocate, National Institute of Trial Advocacy.