Autumn K. Mueller

Autumn K. Mueller is an associate with the Bankruptcy & Restructuring practice at Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP in Wilmington, Delaware. Her work is connected to business bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings in federal court. She has appeared on court filings as counsel for debtors and debtors in possession in Chapter 11 matters. Her practice focuses on the legal process surrounding financially distressed companies and reorganization cases.

Autumn graduated summa cum laude from Widener University Delaware Law School in 2025 after studying at Penn State’s Schreyer Honors College, where she completed her undergraduate studies in 2022. At law school, she worked on the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law and participated in the Wolcott Fellowship program at the Delaware Court of Chancery. That training provided experience in legal research and court-centered written analysis.

As a Wolcott Fellow during the 2024-2025 academic year, Autumn worked alongside the Delaware Court of Chancery and developed experience adapting research and written analysis to judicial proceedings. In 2026, she appeared as counsel in Delaware bankruptcy filings involving Chapter 11 debtors. Her early professional work therefore connects the study of Delaware business law with the procedures and documentation used in corporate insolvency proceedings.

Autumn was among the Morris Nichols associates admitted to practice in Delaware in December 2025. Her academic work included service as a senior staff editor on the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law and recognition through the court’s Wolcott Fellowship program. Autumn K. Mueller brings a recent foundation in Delaware court practice and legal writing to bankruptcy and restructuring matters, where procedural accuracy and careful documentation are central.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP
• Member, Delaware State Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association

Licensed State

• Delaware

Education

• Widener University Delaware Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD) (Summa Cum Laude)
• The Pennsylvania State University Schreyer Honors College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science (Cum Laude)

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