Speaker Bio

Cleta Mitchell

Cleta Mitchell

Cleta Mitchell, Partner at Foley & Lardner LLP. Ms. Mitchell has more than 30 years of experience in law, politics, and public policy. She advises corporations, nonprofit organizations, candidates, campaigns, and individuals on state and federal election and campaign finance law, as well as compliance issues related to lobbying, ethics, and financial disclosure. A member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1976-1984, Ms. Mitchell chaired the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. She also served on the executive committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures. “Today, Cleta is one of the most knowledgeable and effective advocates in the conservative camp,” says David Keene, Chairman of the American Conservative Union. “She knows politics, the law, and is fearless in her pursuit of principle.” Senator Elizabeth Dole, Senator Jim Inhofe, Senator David Vitter, Representative Roy Blunt, and Representative Tom Cole, among others, represent a portion of the numerous Republican candidates, campaigns, and members of Congress Ms. Mitchell represents. “As an attorney and a conservative, she has high standards which combine a strong working knowledge of the law with rock-solid conservative values.”-- Andrea Lafferty, Traditional Values Coalition.

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