About

Fighting for Justice! Fighting for You!

Ms. Mitchell was born and raised in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. In 1992, she graduated from the University of Wisconsin—La Crosse with honors, earning her Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. She earned her law degree from Marquette University Law School in 1996, and accepted a direct commission into the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Ms. Mitchell served at military installations around the country, including Fort Bliss and Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; Fort Carson, Colorado; and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. She served in the National Capital Region for several years, including an assignment at the Pentagon. Ms. Mitchell also served overseas in South Korea near the DMZ, and deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2005, she earned a Master of Laws degree in criminal law from the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center & School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Ms. Mitchell successfully litigated hundreds of criminal cases at both the trial and appellate levels, including several high-profile cases involving Abu Ghraib, drill sergeant sexual misconduct, and child sexual assault by a noncommissioned officer featured in Black Hawk Down. During her Afghanistan deployment, she served key roles as a legal advisor to the command and an investigating officer in the case featured in the Rolling Stone article, “Another Runaway General,” in which two wayward field grade officers falsely accused Lieutenant General William B. Caldwell IV of reprisal and ordering “psychological operations” on U.S. senators and other dignitaries. Ms. Mitchell’s legal acumen resulted in the resolution of this high-profile case in favor of the command at the U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Defense, and Congressional levels. Ms. Mitchell’s JAG career culminated with her assignment to the U.S. Army Military Police School (USAMPS), where she taught 500 hours of law in a joint environment to 3,400 active, reserve, National Guard, and civilian domestic and international students seeking to become law enforcement agents. Ms. Mitchell was rated as one of the best Law Instructors at USAMPS in 25 years. She honorably retired from the U.S. Army in 2016 with her husband, a U.S. Army CID agent, in 2016.

Ms. Mitchell represents the “gold standard” in military criminal justice, and expanded her expertise to defending students, faculty, and staff members accused of sexual misconduct under Title IX. She is a recognized expert in sexual assault litigation, particularly in cases alleging victim “incapacitation” due to alcohol consumption or mental disabilities. Ms. Mitchell is also a certified Instructor and Title IX Investigator, and a graduate of the Special Victims Capability Course at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, where she received specialized training and instruction in investigating and litigating military sexual assault cases.

Ms. Mitchell is licensed to practice law in the states of Wisconsin and Colorado. She is a member of the bars of the states of Wisconsin and Colorado, federal Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin, Eastern District of Missouri, Districts of North Dakota and Colorado, Army Court of Criminal Appeals, Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 4th, and 9th Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.

In her spare time, Ms. Mitchell enjoys spending time with family, playing piano, and nurturing her grapevines and flower and herb garden. Naturally, as a Wisconsin native, she is also an avid “Cheesehead”—a euphemism for a Green Bay Packers fan. However, Ms. Mitchell is no ordinary “Cheesehead;” she is also an owner of the Green Bay Packers, the only publicly-owned franchise in the National Football League.