Mitchell Kitagawa is an insurance defence lawyer who represents domestic and international insurers on defence and subrogation claims as well as providing coverage opinions.

Mitch has appeared before all levels of civil court in Ontario and has made written submissions to the Supreme Court of Canada. He is a frequent speaker on insurance issues at industry events and other litigation topics at conferences put on by the Carleton County Law Association, Canadian Defence Lawyers, The Advocates Society and Kingston & the 1000 Islands Legal Conference. He has taught law clerks and paralegals at Algonquin College.

Mitch has volunteered his time at Pro Bono Ontario, and he has been the Chair of the CCLA’s Continuing Professional Development Committee and was a member of the CCLA’s Diversity Committee. Mitch was one of the principals behind the annual Firms Filling Fridges campaign which raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Ottawa Food Bank, and he has also volunteered his time for Lawyer’s Feed the Hungry, Camp Smitty and is a regular blood donor. In 2004 he was awarded the Regional Senior Justice Award and in 2018 he was presented with the Gordon F. Henderson Award. Mitch was elected by his peers as the Law Society of Ontario Regional Bencher for Ottawa East in 2023. He is currently a Co-Chair of the Equity and Indigenous Affairs Committee and Vice-Chair of the Governance Committee at the Law Society of Ontario