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Anne Patricia Mitchell (born April 3, 1958) is an American attorney. She is the law school professor emeritus and dean emeritus of the Lincoln Law School of San Jose.[1] She authored a section of the Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, founded and leads the Institute for Social Internet Public Policy and was a noted fathers' rights activist.[2][3]
In 1988, Mitchell founded an early fathers' rights group in Buffalo, New York, while at SUNY Buffalo.[4] Upon moving to California to attend Stanford, she founded a group called FREE (Fathers’ Rights and Equality Exchange) with the goal of supporting non-custodial fathers.[5]
After graduating from Stanford, Mitchell was admitted to the California State Bar in 1993.[6] She opened a fathers' rights law practice, through which she represented fathers wishing to remain involved in the lives of their children following divorce.[5] Mitchell spoke about the issue of fathers' rights, including at the California judges' bench Beyond the Bench program, Santa Clara Family Court Services, and at Governor Pete Wilson's "Focus on Fathers" summit.[7] She wrote about the issue, with Wolfgang Hirczy, for the Washington Post in 1995, claiming that government policies that discriminated against men were partially responsible for social problems, calling it a "government sponsored legacy of fatherlessness."[8]
Anti-spam and Internet law
In 1998, Mitchell closed her practice, and changed her focus to Internet law and anti-spam efforts. She joined Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS), the first formal anti-spam organization, as Director of Legal and Public Affairs. [9]While at MAPS Mitchell led the strategy for the first anti-spam lawsuits.[9][10]
In 2002 Mitchell became CEO and co-founder of the newly-created Habeas.[11][failed verification] During her tenure at Habeas, Mitchell coined the term "deliverability" and founded and led the first Email Deliverability Summits.[12] While at Habeas, Senator John McCain's office reached out to Mitchell requesting her help authoring the section of the Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 which deals with vendors and affiliate programs. She authored the section that deals with vendor liability.[13]
A year later, Mitchell left Habeas to found and run the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy (ISIPP). The company has a publishing arm which runs a website called The Internet Patrol.[14][failed verification] She is no longer a practicing attorney.[6]
In February 2008, Mitchell spearheaded the Boulder Dushanbe Relief effort, coordinating with the World Food Programme and the Dushanbe Tea House to help the people of Tajikistan, who were facing a deadly winter. That effort raised more than $14,000 which went to the World Food Programme in Tajikistan. [16][failed verification]
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