About Craig
Craig Mitchell built his path to law through two Southern campuses. He earned a B.A. in English and history at Fisk University in 1993. Three years later he completed a J.D. at Tulane University School of Law and obtained a certificate in Environmental Law. Those academic choices set the stage for a career that blends municipal matters, land use and commercial practice.
He began practicing as an associate at Christovich & Kearney, LLP in 1996. That early period gave him hands-on experience in courtroom work and transactional matters. In 1999 he left to establish Mitchell & Associates, APLC, where he serves as managing member. Over the years he has kept an office presence in New Orleans’s central business district and a satellite location in downtown Baton Rouge.
Mitchell’s professional profile includes bar and civic memberships across the region. He has been a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the New Orleans Bar Association since 1996. He joined the Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit in 2014. These affiliations have run alongside sustained participation in local public bodies.
He has served on the New Orleans City Planning Commission since 2011 and led the commission as chair from 2011 to 2013. During that span he also held a commissioner role on the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission. Earlier civic work included advisory service to the Algiers Economic Development Foundation from 2010 to 2012 and leadership roles at the New Orleans Public Library and its foundation from 2003 to 2008. He has also been involved with the Tulane Alumni Association’s board.
His legal training includes a certificate in Environmental Law, and his credentials extend beyond the bar: he holds a ServSafe certification from the National Restaurant Association. That combination of environmental training and hospitality-industry certification can intersect in municipal permitting, zoning, and commercial development matters.
Colleagues describe a practitioner comfortable in both public and private arenas. He balances courtroom work with advisory roles for businesses and local government entities. He maintains a practice in Louisiana, advising clients on land use, municipal regulation, commercial transactions and related issues. His current practice centers on serving clients from his New Orleans and Baton Rouge offices.
