About Joel

Joel A. Mullin is a retired partner no longer practicing law. To connect with a litigation attorney, please click here.

Joel is a trial lawyer with more than 40 years’ experience handling some of the largest and most consequential business disputes coming out of the Pacific Northwest. Joel is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and tried cases in state and federal court, and in multiple domestic and international arbitrations. He was named Oregon’s Mergers and Acquisition Litigator of the Year by Best Lawyers^® five separate times, most recently in 2022. Joel served several years as Firm Counsel of Stoel Rives and as a member of its Executive Committee. Joel began his career as a lawyer with the U.S. Department of Justice. He currently acts as a mediator of complex business disputes.

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Honors & Activities

Named by Best Lawyers^® as Litigation—Mergers & Acquisitions “Lawyer of the Year,” Portland, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2020 and 2022
Included in Best Lawyers in America^® (Commercial Litigation, Litigation—Mergers & Acquisitions), 2008–2024
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Selected as one of “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” (Oregon) by Chambers USA (Litigation: General Commercial), 2004–2023
Listed in Oregon Super Lawyers^® (Business Litigation), 2007–2023
Selected as one of the Top 50 Oregon Lawyers, Super Lawyers^®, 2015
Listed as “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation, 2011–2022
Recipient, Stoel Rives LLP Andrew Guy Pro Bono Award, 2021
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Multnomah Bar Association
Campaign for Equal Justice, Board Member and Former Chair, and Co-Chair of Large Firm Committee (2008–2014)
Mittleman Jewish Community Center, Former Board Member
Portland Jewish Academy, Past President

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