Lansing Mitchell

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Years in office: 1981 - 2001

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Years in office: 1966 - 1981

Education

Bachelor's

Louisiana State University, 1934

Law

Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, 1937

Personal

Birthplace

Sun, LA

Lansing Leroy Mitchell (1914-2001) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Mitchell was nominated by PresidentLyndon Johnson on October 6, 1966, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 20, 1966, and received commission onNovember 3, 1966. he assumedsenior status onNovember 3, 1981. He served the Eastern District of Louisiana until his death onApril 24, 2001.^[1] Mitchell was succeeded in this position byHenry Mentz.

Early life and education

• Louisiana State University, B.A., 1934
• Louisiana State University Law School, LL.B., 1937^[1]

Professional career

• Private practice, Pontchatoula, Louisiana, 1937-1938
• Special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1938-1941
• Attorney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1941-1942
• U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, 1942-1946
• Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1946-1953
• Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1953-1966^[1]

Judicial career

Eastern District of Louisiana

Mitchell was nominated by PresidentLyndon Johnson on October 6, 1966, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 20, 1966, and received commission onNovember 3, 1966. he assumedsenior status onNovember 3, 1981. He served the Eastern District of Louisiana until his death onApril 24, 2001.^[1] Mitchell was succeeded in this position byHenry Mentz.

External links

• Judge Mitchell's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Active judges	Chief Judge: Wendy Vitter  •  Greg Guidry  •  Jay Zainey  •  Jane Triche-Milazzo  •  Nannette Jolivette Brown  •  Susie Morgan  •  William J. Crain  •  Barry Ashe  •  Darrel Papillion  •  Brandon Long (Louisiana)
Senior judges	Sarah Vance (Louisiana)  •  Eldon Fallon  •  Mary Ann Lemmon  •  Ivan Lemelle  •  Carl Barbier  •  Lance Africk  •
Magistrate judges	Karen Wells Roby  •  Michael B. North  •  Janis van Meerveld  •  Donna Phillips Currault  •
Former Article III judges	Thomas Porteous  •  John Dick  •  Thomas Bolling Robertson  •  Samuel Hadden Harper  •  Philip Kissick Lawrence  •  Theodore Howard McCaleb  •  Edward Henry Durell  •  Edward Coke Billings  •  Edith Clement  •  Alvin Rubin  •  Charles Parlange  •  Rufus Edward Foster  •  Eugene Davis Saunders  •  Helen Berrigan  •  Martin Feldman  •  Frederick Heebe  •  A.J. McNamara  •  Kurt Engelhardt  •  Charles Schwartz  •  Peter Beer  •  Marcel Livaudais  •  Charlton Reid Beattie  •  Wayne Borah  •  Louis Henry Burns  •  Robert Ainsworth  •  George Arceneaux  •  Edward Boyle  •  Adrian Caillouet  •  Patrick Carr (Louisiana)  •  Fred Cassibry  •  Herbert Christenberry  •  Robert Collins  •  James Comiskey  •  Adrian Duplantier  •  Frank Ellis  •  Jack M. Gordon  •  Okla Jones  •  Henry Mentz  •  Lansing Mitchell  •  Morey Sear  •  Elmer West  •  Roger West (Louisiana)  •  Veronica Wicker  •  James Wright (Louisiana)  •
Former Chief judges	Edith Clement  •  Helen Berrigan  •  Sarah Vance (Louisiana)  •  Frederick Heebe  •  A.J. McNamara  •  Herbert Christenberry  •  Morey Sear  •  Elmer West  •  Nannette Jolivette Brown  •

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1964	Anderson •Bratton •Christie •Collins •Cowen •Davis •Ely •Freedman •Gordon •Higginbotham •McNichols •Muecke •Nichols •Port •Rabinovitz •Robinson •Simons •Suttle •Weber •Whelan •Zampano
1965	Bryant •Celebrezze •Coffin •Coleman •Collinson •Corcoran •Doyle •Eubanks •Fortas •Frankel •Gasch •Gibson •Gordon •Harris •Hemphill •Hill •Hunter •Landis •Langley •Leventhal •Maxwell •McEntee •Mehrtens •Nichol •Reynolds •Russell •Smith •Tamm •Thornberry •Young
1966	Ainsworth •Atkins •Boyle •Cabot •Cassibry •Copple •Craven •Cummings •Dyer •Fairchild •Feinberg •Ferguson •Fullam •Garrity •Godbold •Goldberg •Goodwin •Gray •Guinn •Harvey •Hauk •Heaney •Heebe •Hickey •Hogan •Kaufman •Kinneary •Krentzman •Lay •Leddy •Lord •Lynch •MacKenzie •Mansfield •McCree •McRae •Mitchell •Motley •Napoli •Nichols •Noland •Peck II •Peckham •Pettine •Pittman •Porter •Real •Roberts •Robinson •Robinson •Rubin •Russell •Scott •Seals •Seitz •Simpson •Singleton •Skelton •Smith •Smith •Taylor •Thomas •von der Heydt •Watson •Winter • Wise
1967	Arnow •Beckworth •Belloni •Butzner •Cancio •Carter •Clayton •Combs •Comiskey •Curtin •Eaton •Edenfield •Fernandez-Badillo •Gesell •Gordon •Jones •Keith •Kellam •Lambros •Maletz •Marshall •Masterson •Merhige •Morgan •Murray •Neville •Pollack •Pregerson •Theis •Troutman •Van Dusen •Waddy •Weiner •Weinstein •Whipple •Williams
1968	Aldisert •Baldwin •Bownes •Bright •Green •Gubow •Henderson •Holloway •Hufstedler •Judd •Justice •Keady •Kerner, Jr. •Lasker •Latchum •Lawrence •McMillan •Morgan •Newman •Nixon •Pratt •Re •Rosenstein •Schwartz •Smith •Stahl •Travia •Woodward