Michael E. McLachlan

Personal Injury, Mediation
813 Main Avenue, Suite 308, P.O. Box 3670
Durango, Colorado 81302


Personal Injury

Admitted

1973, Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

University of Arizona, J.D., 1973

Law School Graduation Year

1973

College

University of Nebraska and Southern Colorado State College, B.A., with honors, 1970

Memberships

Southwest Colorado, Colorado and American Bar Associations; American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate); Colorado Bar Foundation; Four Corners Inns of Court; American Judicature Society. Master Advocate, National Institute of Trial Advocacy

Biographical

Associate Editor, Arizona Law Review, 1972-1973. Recipient, The Best Lawyers in America, 2002. Author: Chapter 6, Effective Household Products Liability, Personal Injury Handbook (James Pub. 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, 1996-2002. La Plata County Attorney, 1995-1998. Solicitor General, State of Colorado, 1999-2000. Member, Southern Ute Tribe - State of Colorado, Environmental Control Commission, 2001—. Fellow, International Society of Barristers, 1999.

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