October 17th Speaker: State Senator Shawn Mitchell
Shawn Mitchell was elected to Senate District 23 in the Colorado General Assembly
in November of 2004.
Shawn is an attorney at private practice in Denver and Adams County. Previously,
Shawn served as Special Counsel to the Attorney General, where he was a legal policy
advisor and one of the top aids to former Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton.
In that position, Shawn worked on significant constitutional litigation, including
the Amendment 2 case and First Amendment litigation on issues of church and state.
Shawn also represented Colorado in fighting criminal appeals in the Colorado Court
of Appeals and the Supreme Court.
Shawn is a former Senior Fellow at the Independence Institute, a conservative and
free-market think tank in Golden, CO. He continues to write and speak often on public
policy issues. Shawn is the president of the Colorado Chapter of the Federalist
Society, a national organization of scholars, judges, and lawyers that promotes
limited government and legal reform. He also served 3 years on the Denver Rocky
Mountain News Board of Editorial Contributors.
He was reelected to that House seat twice and served a total of six years in the
Colorado House of Representatives. In November 2004 Shawn was elected to serve
as State Senator from District 23, which includes Broomfield County, Westminster
and southern Weld County.
Shawn received a B.S. magna cum laude from Brigham Young University and graduated
from law school at the University of California at Berkeley.
Shawn and his wife Yvette have seven children. They are active in their church and
schools. Shawn's hobbies include vegetable gardening and rock climbing.
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Shawn Mitchell was elected to Senate District 23 in the Colorado General Assembly
in November of 2004.
Shawn is an attorney at private practice in Denver and Adams County. Previously,
Shawn served as Special Counsel to the Attorney General, where he was a legal policy
advisor and one of the top aids to former Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton.
In that position, Shawn worked on significant constitutional litigation, including
the Amendment 2 case and First Amendment litigation on issues of church and state.
Shawn also represented Colorado in fighting criminal appeals in the Colorado Court
of Appeals and the Supreme Court.
Shawn is a former Senior Fellow at the Independence Institute, a conservative and
free-market think tank in Golden, CO. He continues to write and speak often on public
policy issues. Shawn is the president of the Colorado Chapter of the Federalist
Society, a national organization of scholars, judges, and lawyers that promotes
limited government and legal reform. He also served 3 years on the Denver Rocky
Mountain News Board of Editorial Contributors.
He was reelected to that House seat twice and served a total of six years in the
Colorado House of Representatives. In November 2004 Shawn was elected to serve
as State Senator from District 23, which includes Broomfield County, Westminster
and southern Weld County.
Shawn received a B.S. magna cum laude from Brigham Young University and graduated
from law school at the University of California at Berkeley.
Shawn and his wife Yvette have seven children. They are active in their church and
schools. Shawn's hobbies include vegetable gardening and rock climbing.
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