Karl Mullen

Experience

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  Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

  Jun 1995 - Sept 1995

  Attorney

  Drafted and negotiated contracts, primarily financing contracts, indentures, offering statements, loan documents, security agreements, validity opinions, and other documents related to multi-million and multi-hundred million dollar financings.

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  Perkins Coie LLP

  Oct 1995 - Jun 1996

  Attorney

  High-stakes litigation re intellectual property, royalties, trade secrets, confidentiality, noncompetes, principal/agent, fiduciary relationships, investors, business fraud, unfair competition, interferenceExample testimonial:"In 1995, I had hired one of the preeminent San Diego law firms to handle my lawsuit with a publishing company regarding compensation for designing a series of children's books as an officer of the company. The law firm recommended I settle for $10,000. A company owner friend of mine told me that I should first get the opinion of the brightest lawyer he ever met, Karl Mullen. When I called Karl, he immediately identified claims and rights that had not been raised in the case and opined that the case likely was worth much more than the $10,000. Karl eventually agreed to take over my case for me. Karl was very creative and thought outside the box as he adjusted the case, found evidence, and prepared responses to motions. Not only did Karl fight extremely hard and smart for me, he also showed me various ways to save costs and expenses. To make a long story short, after adding joint copyright claims and other matters, the end result was that Karl increased the value of my case to the point where he negotiated an almost $300,000 settlement payment to me. In other words, Karl got me a 3000% greater settlement than my prominent San Diego law firm had recommended. I have continued to rely on Karl for advice and assistance in legal matters with the same remarkable results. More importantly, my confidence in Karl's ethics and legal ability is significant enough to continue my recommendations to not only friends, but also business associates and family. Please feel free to contact me at jpgoyet@mac.com for more information about Karl's performance and abilities. Thank you, Jean-Paul Goyet." Any result that Karl may achieve on behalf of one client in one matter does not necessarily indicate that similar results can be obtained for other clients. Show less

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  Mullen Law Firm PC

  Jun 2000 - now

  President

  Mullenlawfirm.orgKarl Mullen has more than 20 years experience with high stakes complex, business and intellectual property litigation. For 8 years, Karl worked for two large national/ international law firms, Perkins Coie, primarily in litigation and intellectual property, and Squire Sanders and Dempsey, primarily in business focusing on finance, including multi-hundred million dollar financings. Since opening his own law firm, Karl has continued high stakes complex, business and intellectual property litigation. Karl's litigation experience includes million dollar, multi-million dollar, and even billion dollar cases, in areas including copyrights, licenses, royalty agreements, trade secrets, financing agreements, defamation, mergers and acquisitions, corporations, partnerships, agency relationships, fiduciary duty, fraud, business torts, employment, injunctions, employment agreements, patents, trademarks, and trade names. Karl's intellectual property practice has included creating, obtaining, clarifying, protecting, challenging, litigating, and defending rights through copyrights, patents, trademarks, royalty agreements, licenses, noncompetes, trade secrets, confidentiality agreements, deceptive trade practices, technology licensing agreements, value added retailing agreements, distributor agreements, technology transfer contracts, distribution contracts, and development agreements. Karl's litigation practice is helped by his prior business law experience, including due diligence and drafting and negotiating contracts, licenses, royalty agreements, assignments, distribution agreements, development agreements, intellectual property transfer agreements, bylaws, operating agreements, stock purchases and pledges, offering statements, revolving credit facilities, employment contracts, independent contractor agreements, international contracts, corporations, LLCs, LLPs, and partnerships. Show less