Tricia J. Mueller focuses her practice in the area of litigation with an emphasis on medical malpractice defense of physicians, hospitals, nursing homes, urgent care centers, and other healthcare providers. She has assisted in the successful defense of health care providers in a variety of medical specialties including, but not limited to, internal medicine, emergency medicine, pediatrics, orthopedic surgery, neurology, neonatalogy, general surgery, and obstetrics/gynecology. Ms. Mueller  has experience in all phases of the litigation process including pre-trial discovery, serving as second-chair trial attorney, and drafting post-trial motions. She also has represented physicians regarding licensure matters with the Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts.

Primary Practice Areas

• Medical Malpractice Defense
• Litigation

Bar Admissions

• United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, 2003
• Supreme Court of Missouri, 2003
• Supreme Court of Illinois, 2004

Education and Academic Honors

• J.D., Saint Louis University School of Law, 2003
  Dean's Scholarship for Academic Excellence, 2000-2003
• B.A., summa cum laude, History, Saint Louis University, 2000
• Certificate, Health Information Management, Saint Louis University, 2000

Selected Lectures and Publications

• "Ambulances: Hospital Property or Not? Interpreting the Ever Expanding Boundaries of EMTALA Through Arrington v. Wong", Fall 2002 edition of Saint Louis University Law Journal

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• The Missouri Bar
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Defense Research Institute
• The Illinois Bar

Employment

• Lashly & Baer, P.C.
  Associate, 2005-Present
• Moser and Marsalek, P.C.
  Associate, 2003-2005