Mike McLachlan

Michael Edward McLachlan (April 18, 1946 – June 23, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 59th district as a member of the Democratic Party from 2013 to 2015.

McLachlan, the son of a United States Air Force colonel, lived in multiple states and countries during his early life. He graduated from high school in Nebraska and enrolled in the University of Nebraska, but withdrew to join the United States Marine Corps. He graduated from Southern Colorado State College and the University of Arizona, where he was an associate editor of the Arizona Law Review.

McLachlan worked as a clerk for a Colorado Supreme Court justice and as an assistant district attorney. He worked at a law firm until 1995, and then opened his own firm. He was appointed as solicitor general for Colorado in 1998, and defended Colorado's shield law before the Supreme Court of the United States in ''Hill v. Colorado''. He served one term in the state house. Provided by Wikipedia