Josh Mitchell is an experienced regulatory and appellate litigator and a member of Willkie’s Regulatory Litigation Practice Group and the Strategic Motions & Appeals Practice Group. He is based in the Firm’s Washington, DC office.
Josh offers comprehensive legal strategy to address clients’ regulatory issues—including regulatory challenges, rulemaking comments, and court challenges under state and federal administrative-procedure acts. He regularly represents clients in investigations, adjudications, and litigation before and involving DOJ, EPA, FDA, ITC, CFPB, USPTO, and other federal agencies.
Josh also has an active appellate practice spanning multiple industries and subject matters, which has involved successfully representing clients before the U.S. Supreme Court and state and federal appellate courts. Josh’s experience includes providing strategic advice during trials to preserve favorable issues for appellate review.
Experience
Before joining Willkie, Josh was a counsel at another international law firm.
Josh served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Ed Carnes, then–Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in 2014–15.
Before his legal career, Josh was a technical writer in the computer industry for nearly a decade.
Credentials
Education
Duke University School of Law, J.D. (magna cum laude), 2011 Duke University School of Law, LL.M., 2011 Carleton College, B.A. (cum laude), 1997
Bar Admissions
Court Admissions
United States Supreme Court United States Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit United States Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit United States District Court, District of Columbia