BAR ADMISSIONS GA Superior, State, and Magistrate Courts GA Court of Appeals U.S. District Court (Northern GA, Atlanta) U.S. Appeals Court (Eleventh Circuit) EDUCATION Emory Law School, J.D. Oxford University, M.Phil. Millsaps College, B.A. MEMBERSHIPS State Bar of Georgia Atlanta Bar Association DeKalb Bar Association |
The law firm of Lamar K. Mitchell, LLC provides general litigation services, focusing on commercial disputes, business/property torts, and employee benefit claims governed by ERISA.
__________________________________________________________ EXPERIENCE. In addition to his role as managing member of the law firm of Lamar K. Mitchell, LLC, Lamar serves as legal counsel to several businesses, including an Atlanta-based organic waste management company and an Athens-based music production company. Previously, Lamar worked at a large defense firm located in Savannah and, more recently, with a boutique plaintiff's firm in Midtown, where he litigated shareholder oppression cases, allegations of business interference, and trade secret misappropriation claims. Lamar has also volunteered his services pro bono at Georgia Lawyers for the Arts and the Fulton County Conflict Defenders' Office. In 2011, Lamar was selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in the fields of general litigation, business litigation, and employee benefits/ERISA, a recognition limited to less than 3% of attorneys in Georgia, and he maintains an "Excellent" rating on Avvo.  BIOGRAPHY. Before graduating from Emory Law School, where he was active in Moot Court Special Teams, Lamar attended Harvard Divinity School and then Oxford University in England, where he earned a Master of Philosophy degree with a concentration in theological ethics and aesthetics. At Oxford, Lamar was President of the Worcester College Middle Common Room and a member of the Oxford Union. Prior to graduate school, Lamar attended Millsaps College, where he earned a double major in Philosophy and Religion.
Today, Lamar lives with his wife, Leslie, and three dogs, Tate, Bella, and Sam, in Oakhurst. Lamar and Leslie personally renovated their home, a 1920's bungalow, and were married in their backyard garden in 2007. They welcomed their firstborn child, Jude, on March 27, 2011. Lamar enjoys writing and is a published poet, winner of a 2001 Oxford Starkie Prize for Poetry; he also enjoys painting, and has exhibited his artwork, acrylic murals, both in Athens and Atlanta. |
