Nicole Muller

Attorney Nicole A. Muller is a partner at Birdsall Muller LLC. Previous to being partner, she spent six years working as an associate, specializing in criminal defense, with Birdsall Obear and Associates. Not only is Attorney Muller a graduate of Catholic University in Washington D.C. where she studied Political Science and Studio Art, but before going to law school also graduated from Columbia University in New York City. After graduating from Columbia, Attorney Muller realized that this country’s criminal justice was severely broken and the world needed more advocates for criminal defendants across the nation. This passion to bring about positive change and to restore justice in a broken system is what brought Attorney Muller to the great state of Wisconsin and Marquette University Law School. Attorney Muller is currently the chair of the Criminal Law Section of the Wisconsin State Bar. In addition to her involvement with the State Bar, Attorney Muller has worked on issues surrounding the disproportional impact cash bail programs have on Milwaukee’s and Wisconsin’s urban poor; racial discrepancies in the courtroom and how jury pooling practices ultimately reduce a minority defendant from having a jury that represents a fair cross section of his or her community; and many other issues plaguing criminal defendants in Wisconsin. Although Attorney Muller is originally from New York, her give-it-all attitude translates well in Wisconsin courtrooms. Attorney Muller decided to practice law in Wisconsin and not return to New York as she believed that there were serious issues that needed to be addressed within the criminal “justice” system of Milwaukee and the greater Wisconsin area. This passion and eternal fire that feeds her drive pushes her to be a strong and zealous advocate for all of her clients.