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Partner
Litigation & Intellectual Property Practice
Washington
(202) 419-2116 Phone
(202) 778-7433 Fax
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Appellate
Class Action,
Multidistrict
Litigation
Complex Consumer and
Financial Services
Litigation
Labor & Employment
Litigation
Wage and Hour
Litigation Practice
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Co-Head of the firm's Commercial Litigation Practice. Practice focuses on class actions and other complex civil litigation, including pretrial proceedings, trial and appeals. Mr. Mueller's experience includes antitrust law, bankruptcy, consumer products law, contract disputes, credit counseling law, foreign military sales, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, labor and employment law, media law, racketeering, and securities law.
Relevant Experience 
- Has litigated at all levels of the federal court system and in the state courts of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina and Tennessee.
- Has been lead counsel in more than 50 class actions in various industries.
- Has been lead counsel in more than three dozen class-action and secretary of labor cases involving wage-hour rights of employees at a major restaurant chain and a major food-processor.
- Lead trial counsel for a major food-processing company in an eight-week jury trial in an action brought by the U.S. Secretary of Labor seeking back wages for "donning and doffing" by employees. Obtained a mistrial when jurors did not unanimously agree on verdict.
- Lead trial counsel for a major food-processing company in a class-action overtime case involving more than 500 plaintiffs; the case was subsequently listed in The National Law Journal's "Defense Hot List" (Aug. 21, 2006).
- Lead trial counsel in an employment overtime case involving 3,900 plaintiffs that was tried to the bench.
- Served as co-counsel in a landmark trial of tort, involving claims brought by a major supermarket chain against a television network for an undercover effort that resulted in a segment on PrimeTime Live.
- Defended at trial securities and racketeering claims against a major real estate developer.
- Served as counsel in a bankruptcy valuation trial for a major money-wire service.
- Participated in the defense of a major airline in a contracts trial involving three classes of employees.
- Argued interlocutory appeal before the Third Circuit of Appeals on an issue of first impression in the federal appellate courts. The case involved determining whether a district court can certify a class of employees under Rule 23's "opt out" provision in a manner inconsistent with Congress' specified "opt in" procedure for pursuing claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
- Has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in numerous civil racketeering cases, including the defense of one of the nation's leading home builders and one of the nation's largest hospital chains.
Background
Membership
Member, District of Columbia Bar Member, Illinois State Bar Former chair, Bar Association of the District of Columbia's Litigation Committee Former chair, Antitrust Section, American Bar Association, Civil RICO Committee Former Management Co-chair, Labor and Employment Law Section, American Bar Association Antitrust, RICO and Labor Law Committee Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Civil RICO Report and the Advisory Board of the RICO Law Reporter Admitted to practice: U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th and 11th Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia and the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan
Awards and Professional Recognition
Education - J.D., University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, Managing Editor, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, 1985
- A.B., University of Michigan, with highest distinction, Member, Phi Beta Kappa, 1982
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