Cynthia I. Mitchell, Esq.

Current Employment Positions:
Partner, since 1988

Areas Of Practice:

• Litigation & Appeals
• Personal Injury — Defense
• Personal Injury — Plaintiff
• Professional Malpractice Law

Litigation Percentage: 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

• Mississippi, 1982
• U.S. Northern District of Mississippi, 1982
• U.S. Federal Court, 1982
• U.S. Fifth Circuit, 1984
• U.S. Eastern and Western Districts Arkansas, 1989
• U.S. Southern District of Mississippi, 2001

Reported Decisions:

• Roberson v. Farm Credit Bank

Education:

Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981 
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence 
Honors: Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1978 
B.A., Bachelor of Arts 
Honors: Magna Cum Laude

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Member, Mississippi State Bar Association, 1981 – Present
• Member, Coahoma County Bar Association, 1981 – Present
• Member, American Association for Justice, 1986 – Present
• Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, 1986 – Present
  • Member of Board of Governors 1989 – 1991
  • Member of Board of Governors 2006 – 2007
  • Co-Chairman, Amicus Committee

Fraternities/Sororities: Phi Beta Kappa

Birth Information: August 27, 1957, Ackerman, Mississippi

 

Practicing: Medical Malpractice, Business Litigation, Commercial