Lansing Leroy Mitchell
Personal
Birthday:
1/17/1914
Birthplace:
Sun, LA
Date of Death:
4/24/2001
Place of Death:
New Orleans, LA
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
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
Education
Name of School:
Louisiana State University
Degree:
B.A.
Degree Year:
1934
Degree - Second:
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second:
1937 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
President Nominating:
Lyndon B. Johnson
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
11/3/1966
Retirement from Active Service:
11/3/1981
Termination Date:
4/24/2001
Termination Reason:
Death