Muriel Van Horn

Muriel Van Horn is an attorney at Regan Law PLC in New Orleans and serves as head of the firm’s appeals department. Van Horn’s listed practice areas include Civil Law, Appeals, and Criminal Law. Her career has included appellate court work, prosecution, civil litigation, judicial service, and private practice, giving her experience with trial records, criminal procedure, legal writing, and the strategic questions that arise when a case moves between trial and appellate courts.

Van Horn graduated from Tulane Law School in 1984. After law school, she worked for several years at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal as a law clerk, drafting judgments for Judge William Byrnes. That early appellate experience provided a foundation in record review and legal analysis. She later served four years as an Assistant District Attorney in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, where she handled more than one hundred jury trials.

Over the next two decades, Van Horn focused mainly on civil matters before returning to criminal-law work in 2008 with Judge Laurie A. White at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court. She opened her own private practice in 2013 and later joined Regan Law. Her reported experience includes a criminal jury acquittal and civil-rights litigation connected to alleged police misconduct after Hurricane Katrina, illustrating work across both criminal and civil forums.

Muriel Van Horn brings decades of courtroom, appellate, prosecutorial, and civil-litigation experience to her work at Regan Law. Van Horn’s background allows her to evaluate trial records, identify legal issues, prepare appellate arguments, and handle criminal or civil matters with an understanding of how decisions made early in a case can affect later review. Her practice combines practical courtroom experience with detailed legal analysis and written advocacy.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Regan Law LLC
• Member, Louisiana State Bar Association

Licensed State

• Louisiana

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