A plain answer first
The first review tells you whether an appeal is worth filing. Sometimes the answer is no.
Your attorneyBrian Mueller, founder
Lifelong St. LouisanMICDS wrestling coach, five seasons
Before law school, Brian studied accounting at Boston College, finishing the bachelor’s degree in three years and the master’s in eight months. Commercial valuations are built from income, expenses and cap rates, and he takes them apart line by line.
Talk to BrianLaw, read
like a ledger.
J.D., M.S. Accounting, passed the CPA exam- Education
- J.D., Washington University School of Law
- Accounting
- B.S. in three years, M.S. in eight months, Boston College
- Law school
- Dean’s List 2008, Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Board
- Community
- Eric Scott Lewis Award, MICDS wrestling, 2008
Background
Accounting first. Then the law.
Brian Mueller helps property owners in Missouri and Illinois pay tax on what their property is worth.
He came to the law through accounting. Brian finished Boston College’s Bachelor of Science in Accounting in three years, then completed its Master of Science in Accounting in eight months on a merit scholarship. He passed the Certified Public Accountant exam in Massachusetts before going on to Washington University School of Law.
At Washington University he was named to the Dean’s List in 2008, received the Excellence for the Future Award in Internet Law, and served on the Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Board.
That training shapes how he works. Commercial valuations are built from income, expenses and capitalization rates, and residential values from sales data and adjustments. Brian reads both the way an auditor reads a ledger: line by line, looking for the assumption that doesn’t hold.
For the past eight years he has represented commercial and residential owners, investors and businesses in property tax appeals. He is licensed to practice in Missouri and Illinois.
Outside the office
Brian is a lifelong St. Louisan. During and after law school he spent five years helping coach wrestling at his alma mater, MICDS. In 2008 he received the Eric Scott Lewis Award, given to someone who has had a profound impact on the program, and he still counts it among the most meaningful honors of his life.
How Brian works
Three things you can count on.
Fees in writing
You see the fee arrangement before anything is filed, so you can weigh it against the likely savings.
You always know where it stands
From filing to hearing, you hear what has happened and what comes next.