About Gina

Gina Mitten and her husband Nelson have lived in Richmond Heights for nearly twenty years. Their son, Travis, is a sophmore at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. Natalie is a student at Maplewood-Richmond Heights Elementary School.

Gina grew up in University City where she attended the local public schools. After spending several years in Los Angeles, she returned to Mid-St. Louis County in 1985, and ultimately setted in Richmond Heights.

Gina worked as a legal assistant at Blumenfeld, Kaplan & Sandweiss (now Stinson, Morrison Hecker) in Clayton for over a decade. During that time (and despite being a full-time working mother of two) Gina attended evening classes at St. Louis Community College at Meramec, where she earned an A.A.S. in Legal Assistance in 1995 with academic honors.

Gina continued pursuing her education, earning a Bachelor's Degree, summa cum laude, from UM-St. Louis in 2001 and a Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law in 2005, where she received a Scholars In Law scholarship and was awarded the Don Summers Prize for Professional Responsibility (ethics).

While working and attending school, Gina still found time for her community. She was particularly active in her children's schools, including a term as president of the Chaney Elementary Parent Teacher Organization. In 2004, while still attending law school, Gina was elected to represent District 3 on the Richmond Heights City Council.

Since her election to the Council, Gina has continued her community activities. She has been a member of the St. Louis County Municipal League's legislative affairs committee since 2005. In addition, she was a voting member of the Clayton-Richmond Heights Joint Study Committee and three of its subcommittees (Secretary of the Public Awareness Subcommittee and member of the Information Technology and Planning & Zoning subcommittees). In 2008, Gina was elected as delegate for the Third Congressional District and attended the Missouri State Convention for the Democratic Party, representing the Hadley-Lincoln Township.

Gina is an associate with Siegel Poger, LLC in Clayton, with a primary focus in domestic relations and civil litigation.

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