Mitchell is one of the principals of Hounsell Cunningham and has been practicing solely in criminal defence since his admission as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2011.
Mitchell deals in all areas of the criminal law arena from drugs charges to serious sexual offences, however specialises in serious violent offences such as assaults and robbery, serious drug offences including trafficking and importation as well as the intricacies of dealing with traffic offences from drink driving and unlicensed offences, to work licence or special hardship applications.