Lansing Leroy Mitchell

Lansing Leroy Mitchell (January 17, 1914 – April 24, 2001) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Education and career
Born in Sun, Louisiana, Mitchell received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Louisiana State University in 1934 and a Bachelor of Laws from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in 1937. He was in private practice in Ponchatoula, Louisiana from 1937 to 1938. He was a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1938 to 1941. He was an attorney with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission from 1941 to 1942. He was in the United States Army as a Lieutenant Colonel from 1942 to 1946. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the Eastern District of Louisiana from 1946 to 1953. He was in private practice in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1953 to 1966.

Federal judicial service
Mitchell was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 6, 1966, to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 20, 1966, and received his commission on November 3, 1966. He assumed senior status on November 3, 1981. Mitchell served in that capacity until his death on April 24, 2001, in New Orleans.