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BIOGRAPHY OF CORINNE M. MULLEN
- Trial Lawyer: Founder of The Mullen Law Firm in
1992. Trial attorney with 20years of experience.
Admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.
- Commentator for MNBC in criminal and civil cases.
Frequent appearances on WOR and various cable programming as
law expert.
- Instructor and Staff Member at Gerry Spence's National Trial Lawyers'
College, Wyoming. Prestigious national program selects only
50 top applicants across the U.S. to train in Spence trial
method.
- Graduate, Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers' College, 1997.
- Barrister, American Inns of Court Foundation.
- Graduate, National Institute of Trial Advocacy.
- Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
- Certified as a Mediator by the United States District Court
for the District of New Jersey.
- Qualified as a mediator by the Superior Court of New Jersey,
pursuant to New Jersey Court Rule 1:20-1.
PROMINENT CASES
- In the Matter of Baby M, testing validity of first
surrogate parenting agreement. Case received
international attention as first surrogate agreement tried
in Bergen County, NJ. Opened proceedings to press and
public for Bergen Record.
- Federal Criminal trial attorney for 10 years.
Acquittals in Stock Fraud: United States of America v.
Eric Wynn. Achieved the only acquittal in
six-month insider trading case.
- Successful representation of New Jersey Judge in Rivera
v. The National Enquirer. Case received national
attention when New Jersey Judge libeled welfare mother in
court.
- Numerous successful verdicts in federal criminal and civil
actions in New York and New Jersey.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyer's College: Graduate, 1997.
- American Inns of Court, Justice Marie Garibaldi Mediation
Program, 2003. Barrister, Instructor in Mediation.
- American Inns of Court, Bergen County:
Instructor/Barrister in trial advocacy program run by NJ
Courts: 1990-94.
- National Institute of Trial Advocacy: national program
participant, Boulder, CO, 1991.
- New Jersey Bar Association:
- Media Law Committee: 1997, 2000.
- Civil Trial Section, Executive Committee Member: 1992.
- Young Lawyers' Division: Chair, Seminars Committee:
Responsible for implementing legal education program for
4,000 member Young Lawyer's Division. Personally
planned and chaired 20 legal education seminars.
- Partner in Robinson, Brog, Leinwand, Todaro & Mullen,
1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, and Hoboken, NJ:
1989-1991.
- ACLU Pro-Bono Lawyer: 1989-1992.
- Supreme Court of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ: 1983-1984 Court
Term. Judicial Law Clerk to Senior Associate Justice,
Robert L. Clifford.
- Attorney General of the State of New Jersey - Legal
Intern: Criminal Appellate Section: 1982, Legal Intern: NJ
Department of Environmental Protection: 1981.
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 30 Rockefeller
Center, New York City: 1979-1983. Assigned to NBC
Nightly News as News and Features Assistant, Desk
Assistant and Reporter at 1980 Democratic National
Convention.
EDUCATION
- Seton Hall University School of Law: J.D., 1983. Editor,
Seton Hall Legislative Journal. Honors:
- Essex Bar Foundation Merit Scholarship
- Harry L. Schwartz Scholarship
- Participant: Benton National Moot Court Competition
- Intraschool Moot Court Competition: Best Brief Award
- Final Oralist
- Columbia University: General Studies Program: 1985
- Seton Hall University: B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1980.
Honors: Dean's List for four years.
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