Speakers
Hon. Angel D. Mitchell
Hon. Angel D. Mitchell

Angel D. Mitchell was appointed in 2019 to serve as a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the District of Kansas.  Before joining the bench, she was a partner at Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, where she practiced in intellectual property litigation.  While there, she represented primarily Fortune 100 clients in patent, trademark, and copyright cases in federal district courts throughout the country.  She also handled appellate litigation before the Federal Circuit and coordinated litigation efforts with parallel proceedings before the United States Patent & Trademark Office.  Earlier in her career, she practiced as an associate at then-Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin, LLP’s commercial litigation practice, and served as a law clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge James P. O’Hara and U.S. District Judge John W. Lungstrum.