The Mulligan Defense

Most firms sell fear. We build defenses from truth. I’m Joshua Mulligan—California State Bar Board-Certified Criminal Law Specialist (a credential fewer than 5% of criminal defense lawyers hold), Cornell Law grad, and Trial Lawyers College alum. At Wilkerson & Mulligan, we bring 40+ years of combined criminal-defense experience, 100+ five-star reviews, and “Top Lawyer” recognition by Palm Springs Life every year since 2013. What makes us different? We don’t worship “the system.” We cross-examine it. We dig into the science of DUIs, the messiness of domestic-violence and restraining-order cases, and the swirl of festival arrests from Coachella and Stagecoach. Then we turn cold reports into a human story a judge or jury can feel—storyteller’s heart, skeptic’s scalpel. Based in La Quinta and serving the Coachella Valley (Indio, Palm Springs, and beyond), we’re courtroom-tested, client-obsessed, and radically honest. No scare tactics. No sales pitches. Just skilled advocacy, straight talk, and a defense built around the one thing that actually moves people: your truth.