Background
Mitzelfeld, Jim was born on April 26, 1961 in Royal Oak, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas Henry and Audrey Mae (Howard) Mitzelfeld.
Mitzelfeld, Jim was born on April 26, 1961 in Royal Oak, Michigan, United States. Son of Thomas Henry and Audrey Mae (Howard) Mitzelfeld.
Bachelor in Journalism, Michigan State University, 1984; Juris Doctor, University of Michigan, 1996.
Intern newspaper reporter, The Times, Hammond, Indiana, 1981; editor-in-chief, The State News, East Lansing, Michigan, 1982-1983; intern reporter, Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester, New York, 1983; newspaper reporter, The Oakland Press, Pontiac, Michigan, 1984-1985; newspaper reporter, The Flint (Michigan) Journal, 1985-1986; newspaper reporter, Uttar Pradesh International, Lansing, 1986; newspaper reporter, Associated Press, Lansing, 1986-1988; newspaper reporter, The Detroit News, Dearborn, Michigan, 1988-1990; state capitol reporter, The Detroit News, Lansing, 1990-1993; intern law clerk to Judge David W. McKeague, United States District Court for We. District Michigan, 1994; summer associate, Butzel Long, Lansing, 1994; law clerk, Holland & Hart, Denver, 1995; law clerk, Miller, Confield, Lansing, Michigan, 1996-1997; law clerk to Judge David W. McKeague, United States District Court (western district) Michigan, 1996-1997.
Member of State News Alumni Association (president, co-founder 1991-1993), Society Professional Journalists (Journalist of Year Detroit chapter 1994), Michigan State University Alumni Association.
Married Lisa Jeanne Grayson, September 28, 1985.