Judge K. Nicole Mitchell

Judge Mitchell was born in Victoria, Texas. She graduated with honors from Baylor Law School after receiving both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Texas A&M University. While at Baylor, Judge Mitchell served as the Senior Executive Editor of the Baylor Law Review, as well as Managing Editor of the Law Review’s Texas Practice Edition. Judge Mitchell also received her LLM in Judicial Studies from Duke University School of Law. 

After Baylor law school, Judge Mitchell clerked for the Honorable Chief Judge Leonard Davis in the Eastern District of Texas before starting her civil practice at Fulbright & Jaworski in Houston (now Norton Rose Fulbright). Judge Mitchell’s practice focused primarily on the area of Health Law Litigation, but she also worked on patent cases and is licensed to practice before the USPTO. After her time at Fulbright & Jaworski, Judge Mitchell returned to the Eastern District of Texas to serve as the Chief Staff Attorney to Judge Davis. 

Judge Mitchell was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge on August 16, 2013. In her time on the bench, Judge Mitchell has overseen numerous patent and general civil litigation cases as well as criminal cases. She also mediates cases pending in the Eastern District of Texas. Judge Mitchell is active in bench and bar activities and has previously served as both the National President of the Federal Magistrate Judges Association and the President of the T. John Ward Inn of Court. 

In her spare time, Judge Mitchell enjoys running, reading, fishing and spending time with her husband and four boys.