Employment Law - Individuals Litigation - Labor and Employment Qui Tam Law
Neil Mullin
Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Neil Mullin has been a plaintiff's employment lawyer for 30 years. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. A graduate of Columbia University magna cum laude and phi beta kappa, he graduated from Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey. He has been honored as a Distinguished Graduate of Rutgers. He has argued successfully in the Supreme Court of the United States and the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Mr. Mullin has achieved numerous substantial employment law and civil rights jury verdicts in New Jersey and has achieved substantial qui tam settlements. Mr. Mullin has advised high level executives with regard to personal employment law issues. He has appeared on Court TV and has been published in the New York Times, the Seton Hall Law Review, and other publications. He has lectured throughout the state of New Jersey and the country and has recently lectured on employment law at Oxford University, England, for the Industrial Law Society.
Overview
- Rutgers University–Newark, J.D., graduated 1980
- Columbia University, graduated 1976
- Rutgers University–Newark, J.D., graduated 1980
- Columbia University, graduated 1976
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Employment Law - Individuals, Newark (2025)
- Employment Law - Individuals, Newark (2014)
- Labor and Employment Law, Newark (2010)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Employment Law - Individuals
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Qui Tam Law
Special Focus:
- Arbitration and Mediation
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Discrimination
- Harassment
- Individuals
- Litigation
- Plaintiffs
- Qui Tam/False Claims Act
- Whistleblowers
- Wrongful Discharge
News & Media
Case History
Cases
- Mehlman v. Mobil
Jury verdict of $7 million; successfully defended verdict in Supreme Court of New Jersey broadening rights of whistleblowers.
- Landano v. U.S. Dept. of Justice
Successfully argued case in Supreme Court of the United States overruling 6 Circuit Courts on FOIA issue concerning confidential information.
- Quinlan v. Curtiss-Wright
Jury trial; $10.6 million judgment; prevailed on appeal in NJ Supreme Court (2010) establishing that an employee may copy documents used regularly at work in order to explain claims to an attorney.
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