DUI Defense Lawyer Joshua Mulligan has defended hundreds of DUI cases, including complicated cases involving vehicular manslaughter and murder.
Let Indio criminal lawyer Joshua Mulligan guide you through this challenging time with experience, skill, and care.
Choosing The Mulligan Defense as criminal defense attorney means working with a team that understands how serious your case is. With over 20 years of criminal defense experience and more than 100 5-star reviews, The Mulligan Defense has a proven record of success. The Mulligan Defense is dedicated, trustworthy, and compassionate in advocating for clients. Attorney Joshua Mulligan is a California State Bar Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist, which means you’ll have a true expert in criminal defense on your side.
Joshua Mulligan is a criminal defense attorney and criminal lawyer who’s been in the trenches at the Larson Justice Center since 2007—handling cases in Riverside Superior Court where the stakes are real and the consequences don’t care about anyone’s feelings. Not visiting. Not “stopping by.” Working.
He started at the Indio Branch of the Riverside County Public Defender’s Office—where you learn fast or you get steamrolled. He worked his way up from the so‑called “minor stuff” to the heavy, complicated cases: homicides, serious sex allegations, and the kind of charges that can permanently rewrite a person’s life. Public service taught him something most lawyers never learn: how the system actually behaves when nobody’s watching.
Now he runs The Mulligan Defense because clients deserve more than a rushed hallway conversation outside a courtroom about how to fill out guilty plea forms. This work takes time. It takes digging. It takes telling the truth—especially when the truth is inconvenient. And it takes building a defense that fits the real facts. Because when your story connects, it’s not just a defense—it’s a truth that demands justice
Since 2007, Josh has built deep familiarity with the Indio legal ecosystem inside Riverside Superior Court—prosecutors, judges, and the unspoken rules of the room. He knows how the Riverside County District Attorney’s Indio office operates because he’s been dealing with them for years. That local insight matters. It helps him spot leverage, cut through posturing, and push for outcomes that actually protect clients—whether that’s getting charges reduced, negotiating smarter terms, or fighting the case outright.
Here’s the part people care about: results. His criminal defense work has produced hundreds of pre‑trial dismissals, dozens of “not guilty” jury verdicts, and wins on writs and appeals. He’s been recognized as a Top Criminal Defense and DUI Attorney by Palm Springs Life every year since 2014. And he’s earned more than 100 five‑star reviews across Yelp, Google, and Avvo.
He’s not here to sell you magic. He’s here to fight for the best possible result, tell you the truth about what you’re facing, and do the job the way it’s supposed to be done: prepared, relentless, and personal.
At The Mulligan Defense, all we do is criminal defense, including:
Joshua Mulligan is a State Bar Certified Criminal Law Specialist, a distinction achieved by less than 3% of criminal defense attorneys. He’s a graduate of Cornell Law School, an Ivy League institution, as well as Trial Lawyers College which includes a four week program of intensive study and practice in trial storytelling and effective advocacy.
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