William E. Mullin
Of Counsel
f612.642.8328
bill.mullin@maslon.com
3300 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Bill Mullin's practice primarily is devoted to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), including mediations, arbitrations and independent neutral evaluations. Before concentrating on ADR, Bill represented both husbands and wives in a variety of areas, including antenuptial agreements, valuation of businesses, real estate, stock options, custody, visitation, spousal support, and child support, as well as a wide variety of commercial civil lawsuits. His experience includes extensive trials, arbitrations, appeals, motion practice, all aspects of pleading and discovery, case evaluation, and settlement negotiation.
Bill has taught family law as an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. He is a former president of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and has served as chair of the Committee on Family law of the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association.
- Family Law
- Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
- Arbitrations and Mediations
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1958
LL.B.
Honors: cum laude
Law Review: Minnesota Law Review, Member 1956 - 1956 - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
1958
B.S.L.
- Minnesota, 1958
- American Bar Association - Member
- Minnesota State Bar Association - Member
- Hennepin County Bar Association - Member
- Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis - Board of Directors, Member
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, MN Chapter - Former President, 2002 - 2003
- The Fund for the Legal Aid Society - Board of Directors, Member, 1987 - Present
- Supreme Court - Parental Cooperation Task Force, 1998
- Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association - Committee on Family Law, Chair, 1997 - 1998
- State of Minnesota - Judicial Merit Selection Commission, 1991 - 1998
- University of Minnesota Law School - Board of Visitors, 1987 – 1991
- “Tax Aspects of Divorce in Minnesota”, National Business Institute, Inc., 1993 - 1999
- “Raising Children as a Career - A Choice for Chumps?”, AAML MN Chapter, Divorce Camp, 1997
- “Effective Family Law Practice in Minnesota”, National Business Institute, Inc., 1996
- “Divorce Taxation”, IDS Tax & Business Services, Practice Development Conference, 1993
- “Ethical Perils in Divorce Practice”, National Business Institute, Inc., 1992
- “Efficient Marital Dissolution Practice”, Minnesota CLE, 1983 - 1987
- “Litigation and Ethical Issues”, Minnesota Institute of Legal Education, 1986
- What is Invisible Income?, Family Advocate, American Bar Association, Section of Family Law, Fall 2003
- Minnesota Reporter, Family Law Quarterly, American Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2004
- Spousal Maintenance in Minnesota: Back to the Future and Back Again?, (co-author), Minnesota State Bar Association, Family Law Forum, Spring 1998
- Divorce and Taxes, Bench and Bar of Minnesota, March 1994
- Premarital and Postmarital Agreements, (co-author), Bench and Bar of Minnesota, December 1994
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, 1995 - 2012
- Listed, Consumer Guidebook, Law and Leading Attorneys (Minnesota, Family Law Section)
- Listed, Business Guidebook, Law and Leading Attorneys (Minnesota, Commercial Litigation Section)
- Recognized on Minnesota Super Lawyers® list, 2003 - 2011 (Minnesota Super Lawyers® is a designation given to only 5 percent of Minnesota attorneys each year.)
- Top 100 Minnesota Super Lawyers® list, 2005 (The “Top 100” list represents attorneys who received the highest point totals overall in the yearly Minnesota Super Lawyers® balloting, research, and blue ribbon review process.)
- Professionalism and Civility Award, Hennepin County Bar Association, Family Law Section
- AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell (AV, BV, and CV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies)
