Joshua Mulligan
Wilkerson & Mulligan
Josh is a graduate of Cornell Law School, an Ivy League institution and one of the top 10 law schools in the country. At Cornell, Josh was a general editor of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, and published a law journal article.
Josh knew early in his law school career that his passion was in criminal law, defending individuals who had made a mistake and were now facing punishment in one of the harshest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the world. Josh externed for a judge in New York and experienced firsthand the inner workings of judicial decision making in a criminal courtroom. In that position, Josh provided the judge input about judicial decisions and drafted written opinions for the court. During law school, Josh also worked part-time for a criminal defense attorney, doing research on a death penalty case and writing the appellate brief in a murder case. Josh relocated his third year to work full-time in the motion and research department of the Alameda County Public Defender Office, which is widely considered to be the most prestigious motions unit of any public defender office in California.
Josh practiced criminal law as a public defender for almost 9 years, including 6 ½ years at the Public Defender Office in Indio. Josh has shown his vigor and ability as a trial attorney, taking over 20 misdemeanor and 40 felony cases to trial.
Josh's thorough and smart approach to cases also helped his clients get amazing results in plea-bargaining. Josh recently persuaded prosecutors to accept pleas to manslaughter in two separate homicide cases, a rare success in Riverside County.
No attorney can guarantee results, but the Wilkerson & Mulligan Law Firm can guarantee fair dealing, personal service, and a smart and strong defense. We fight hard to get the best possible result for every client.
- Univ of Montana
- Undergraduate Degree
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- Cornell Univ
- Law Degree
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- Wilkerson and Mulligan, PC
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- Represent people accused of crimes at all stages of criminal proceedings, from accusation through appeal. I handle all kinds of criminal cases, ranging from festival drug arrests to homicide.
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- Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy
- Trial Lawyers College Graduate
- Trial Lawyers College
- Criminal Law Specialist
- State Bar of California
- Top Lawyer
- Palm Springs Life
- California State Bar # 233009
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- California
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- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
- DUI & DWI
- Juvenile Law
- English
- Q. I lied to have my boyfriend arrested because I was protecting him from someone who was threatening him figures jail was
- A: You could possibly get in legal trouble for coming forward with the true statement of what happened. However, you may also have legal defenses because you possibly had good reasons to make the false statement.
If I was in your shoes I would give a statement to the defense and possibly the DA explaining what you did and why you did it. If called to testify I would take the 5th so that a lawyer would be appointed to advise me. You could possibly have some legal consequences for lying to the police, but you have to balance that against the moral weight of having lied and sent your boyfriend to jail.
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- Q. How to get a criminal protection order dismissed penal code 136.2
- A: You should coordinate with your boyfriend's attorney. Local court practices can vary, but generally you should be able to get a court hearing to request a change to the order. Most judges will issue criminal protective orders in almost every case involving domestic violence. The most important aspect of these is to request that the issued order be "no negative contact," which means that you can still be around one another peaceably.
- Q. I had the police show up at my house today. I didn't answer and they refused to discuss over phone. What do I do?
- A: If you were a victim or witness to a crime the police would probably be nice and give you some information over the phone. It sounds like you are being treated as a suspect.
It is almost always a bad idea to speak to the police. Their purpose in speaking to you is to get you to say something dumb that they can use later to convict you. Police are allowed to lie to a suspect and in practice whatever they tell a suspect is completely untrustworthy. If you insist on trying to figure out what they want to talk to you about use an attorney to talk to police or potential witnesses.
Joshua Mulligan attorney bio, Coachella Valley Criminal Defense Attorney