Background
Mitchell, John R. was born on September 1, 1954 in Fort Dix, New Jersey, United States.
Mitchell, John R. was born on September 1, 1954 in Fort Dix, New Jersey, United States.
Bachelor, Hampden Sydney College, 1977. Juris Doctor, Thomas Colley Law School, 1983.
Assistant prosecuting attorney,, Nicholas and Kanawha, West Virginia, 1984-1988. Private practice, Charleston, since 1988. Member West Virginia Senate, since 1999.
Member agriculture committee, confirmations committee, education committee, judiciary committee, labor committee, natural resources committee. Public defender State of West Virginia, Kanawha, 1988.
Legal council State House Judiciary, 1988. Member American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, West Virginia Bar Association, West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, West Virginia Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Kanawha County Bar Association, Charleston Regional Chamber of C., West Virginia Wildlife Federation, Kanawha County History Society, Ducks Unlimited, AWTF, Masons, Shriners.
Married Stephanie Mitchell. Children: Katherine, Riley, Hannah.