 Attorney Ceasar C. Mitchell currently serves as 7th President of the Atlanta City Council. As Council President, he presides at full council meetings, makes council committee appointments, and exercises the powers of Mayor during the vacancy in that office. Prior to being elected Council President, Mitchell served eight years as a citywide Councilmember. During his time in elected office, Ceasar has advocated for safer communities and authored key legislation to facilitate economic revitalization and community input in underdeveloped areas. Ceasar believes that great cities are cities that are clean, green, safe and thriving. He put this belief into action when he convened a Parks Technical Advisory Group to recommend measures to create a world-class parks system, as well as created a Clean Green Team to provide technical assistance community groups working to enhance their neighborhoods. He also led the charge to turn a dangerous unpaved road into the Cahaba Drive Walking Trail, a safe path for a southwest Atlanta neighborhood. Mitchell is actively committed to the education and enrichment of our city’s youth as reflected in Mitchell’s annual College Prep Series—a college admissions exam preparation program. To date, more than 3,000 high-school students and their parents have participated. President Mitchell has chaired a number of council committees and served as Acting Council President in 2004 during a vacancy in the position. In his professional life, Ceasar is a Senior Attorney with the national law firm of Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C., where he practices commercial real estate. A longtime civic steward, President Mitchell has held board directorships on behalf of civic, legal and community affairs organizations including Chairman of the Board of Directors for Hands On Atlanta, President of the Gate City Bar Association, the Board of Outward Bound Atlanta and Outstanding Atlanta. In 2003, he was the inaugural recipient of Leadership Atlanta’s “Rising Star Award,” and is a member of its 2005 class. He has been featured as one of Georgia Trend’s magazine “40 under 40,” and Atlanta Magazine‘s “Rising Star” in its Super Lawyers Edition. Ceasar is a native Atlantan, and the son of an Atlanta Police Officer and Atlanta Public Schools Teacher. He is a graduate of Benjamin E. Mays High School and Morehouse College. Ceasar earned his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law where he won a national moot court championship in constitutional law. Ceasar is a longtime resident of the Historic West End community and a member of Cascade United Methodist Church.
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