Attorney A. J. Mitchell, an Accredited Purchasing Practitioner (A.P.P.) and Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.), is a member of the American Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, Gwinnett County Bar Association, Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and National Contract Management Association (NCMA). As a U.S. Army officer, he served in various positions of contract management both in the U.S. and abroad. During Operation Desert Storm, he was deployed to Saudi Arabia and served as Manager of Contracts, U.S. Army Support Group. Upon retiring from the Army as a Major, Mr. Mitchell served as Corporate Purchasing and Subcontracts Manager, Westinghouse Remediation Services, Inc. After leaving Westinghouse, he served as a Manager of Contracts and Risk Management for GE Power Systems (GE) and, most recently, served as a GE Risk Attorney, providing legal, contract, and risk management advice to management, sales, and project management teams. Mr. Mitchell left GE in May of 2003 to pursue a private law practice and established The Law Offices of A. J. Mitchell, LLC, where he now serves as General Counsel. Mr. Mitchell also serves as an adjunct professor at DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management and generally teaches Contract and Procurement Management and Business Law. He received a B.S. degree from the University of South Alabama, an M.S. degree in Contract and Acquisition Management from Florida Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. in Project Management from Keller Graduate School of Management, and a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from John Marshall Law School.