Michael David Mueller, Esq.

Michael D. Mueller is chair of the Restructuring & Bankruptcy Practice at Williams Mullen in Richmond, Va. He focuses his practice on financial restructuring matters, insolvency law and distressed transactions. Mr. Mueller represents all types of creditors in commercial collection matters and insolvency proceedings, including bankruptcy, receiverships and assignments for the benefit of creditors. He represents lending institutions, secured creditors, creditors’ committees, trustees, receivers, landlords, and asset- and debt-purchasers. Mr. Mueller has assisted financial institutions by structuring and implementing in-court and out-of-court debt restructuring. He has bankruptcy experience in claims prosecution, debtor-in-possession financing, dischargeability of debts, executory contracts and leases, fraudulent conveyances, involuntary petitions, officers’ and directors’ liability, plan confirmation and preference actions. He also has experience in lender liability and UCC matters in state and federal courts. Mr. Mueller’s experience has spanned numerous industries, including retail, food and beverage, equipment manufacturing, real estate, energy, coal and car dealerships. His bankruptcy law work has been recognized by several publications, including Virginia Super Lawyers for Bankruptcy Law (2010-present), Virginia Business as a member of their “Legal Elite” for Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights (2005-present) and in The Best Lawyers in America© (2021-present). He previously served on the board of governors for the Virginia State Bar’s Bankruptcy Law Section, and he is a former chair of the Richmond Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Section and the Virginia Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Law Section. In addition, he is a former board member and president of the Virginia Business and Financial Turnaround Association. Before entering private practice, Mr. Mueller clerked for Hon. Ross W. Krumm, the former U.S. Bankruptcy Court Chief Judge in the Western District of Virginia. He received his B.S. magna cum laude from Edgewood College and a G.C.S. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and his J.D. from the Washington & Lee University School of Law.