HILLIARD SHADOWEN - Key Persons
Ms. Mulligan joined Hilliard Shadowen full time in 2021. She earned CALI Excellence for the Future awards in Legal Methods and Antitrust Law. She focuses on innovative legal strategies in antitrust and civil rights litigation.
Ms. Mulligan joined Hilliard Shadowen full time in 2021 after interning for the firm through law school. She earned her BA from Cornell University with a double major in History and Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, and after college spent several years working in the insurance industry. She completed law school in two years on a full tuition scholarship from Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, where she earned CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Legal Methods and Antitrust Law. During law school she completed an internship at Duane Morris, working in their pro bono department and helping to obtain asylum for racial minorities and LGBT immigrants. She also completed 50+ pro bono hours volunteering for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, assisting clients seeking various forms of immigration legal status. She is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania.
Job Titles:
- Lawyers College ( Wyoming ) - Instructor
Job Titles:
- Contributing Editor of the Antitrust Law Journal
Richard Brunell joins Hilliard Shadowen after more than a decade at the American Antitrust Institute, most recently as General Counsel. In 2012-13, he was Senior Advisor for Competition Matters in the chairman's office at the Federal Trade Commission. Rick previously practiced in the litigation department at Foley Hoag LLP in Boston, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, and at the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department.
A contributing editor of the Antitrust Law Journal, Rick is the author of numerous antitrust articles and book chapters. He has testified before Congress and the Federal Trade Commission and is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.
Rick has argued numerous appeals, including in the U.S. Supreme Court, and written dozens of appellate briefs.
Rick is a graduate of Swarthmore College and the Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He often teaches antitrust law as an adjunct professor.
EDUCATION
B.A., Swarthmore College
J.D., Harvard Law School
Bob Hilliard's passion for helping those who have been wronged is personal. His older brother, Del, was born with Muscular Dystrophy. "From the earliest days, I saw how mean people could be to those perceived as weak or vulnerable," Bob told a reporter with NSIDE Magazine in 2011. "Del died unexpectedly in 2009, and if anything, his death has made me more determined to protect and help those who have suffered."
Mr. Hilliard received his undergraduate degree in English literature from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas where he graduated summa cum laude. A four-year letterman in tennis, Mr. Hilliard won numerous awards and championships and was inducted into the St. Edward's Athletics Hall of Fame. In 1983, he graduated with honors from St. Mary's Law School in San Antonio where he served as the associate editor of the St Mary's Law Journal. Upon receiving his Juris Doctor degree, Mr. Hilliard began his legal career at the Law Offices of Guy Allison in Corpus Christi. He established what is now, Hilliard Muñoz Gonzales LLP, in 1985 and Hilliard Shadowen LLC in 2012.
Job Titles:
- Adjunct Instructor for Texas a & M Engineering Extension
Ms. Miranda also serves as an adjunct instructor for Texas A&M Engineering Extension services where she teaches Courtroom Testimony for law enforcement and forensic science professionals.
Ms. Miranda is a graduate of St. Edward's University where she studied criminal justice and political science before earning her J.D. at the University of Texas School of Law. Ms. Miranda has persistently sought to use her education and professional experience to serve people by pursuing justice. Her practice concentrates on antitrust and consumer protection cases, as well as the firm's civil rights cases.