Dale G. Mullen is a partner in the law firm Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP, and co-chairs the firm’s Business and Corporate Law section. He has been recognized as a “Legal Elite” by Virginia Business Magazine, a “Leading Lawyer for Business” by Chambers USA, and by Best Lawyers in America.
He is a graduate of the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond (2002), where he was an Articles Editor for the Law Review and later served as Adjunct Faculty and Law Skills Instructor. He has served as Adjunct Faculty to Virginia Commonwealth University and holds certificates in Sustainable Business Strategies (Harvard Business School, 2021), Negotiation Mastery (Harvard Business School, 2020) and Negotiation (University of Michigan, 2020).
He is admitted to practice law in Virginia, New York, and the U.S. District Courts of the District of Columbia. He represents clients on federal and state rulemaking, permitting, and enforcement in highly regulated industries including financial regulation, utilities, energy, and export compliance.
Mullen is a United States Navy veteran and served in the Organized Crime Division of the Richmond Police Department and as a Command Sergeant of the Audit and Inspections Unit, Assistant Attorney General, and Chief Prosecutor for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Special Assistant United States Attorney (SAUSA), county attorney, and county administrator.
He lives in Hanover County and serves as Chairman of the Hanover County Board of Zoning Appeals.