Ryan J. Mitchell is a shareholder with Burson Entrekin Orr Mitchell & Lacey, PA in Laurel, MS. Mr. Mitchell focuses his practice in the areas of workers compensation and litigation, having defended employers and carriers in front of the Mississippi Workers Compensation Commission and appellate courts of Mississippi for 20+ years. Mr. Mitchell’s litigation practice focuses on the representation of hospitals and healthcare providers across the southern and central portions of Mississippi.

He received his Bachelor of Sciences degree from Mississippi College in 1997 and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2000. After spending one year as a law clerk for Circuit Court Judges Robert “Rip” Prichard and Michael Eubanks in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Mississippi, Mr. Mitchell has spent his entire career with the same firm in Jones County, Mississippi.

He is a certified mediator with experience mediating both workers compensation and general litigation matters.

Mr. Mitchell has spent years volunteering to improve the lives of those in his community. He serves on the Advisory Board for the Children’s Center for Communication and Development at the University of Southern Mississippi and is a member and past President of the Sertoma Club of Laurel.

He and his wife, Brandy, have three children (Macey, Connor, and Avery). His passions outside of work consist of golf, family, Ole Miss sports, and his three-year-old granddaughter, Brynlee.