Mike Delaney is a retired partner of the Spencer Fane LLC law firm in Kansas City, MO and Overland Park, KS, where he practiced as a labor and employment lawyer for more than 40 years. In 2014, Mike and his wife, Kathy purchased a historic home in the Oread neighborhood and returned to Lawrence, where both had attended KU. Since then, Mike has taught courses in labor law at the KU Law School and has become active in the local historic preservation community. Mike serves as the current president of the Lawrence Preservation Alliance and as a trustee and member of the executive committee of the Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area. He formerly served as a member and chair of the Douglas County Heritage Conservation Council and as treasurer and president of the Douglas County Historical Society/Watkins Museum of History.