TRUTH & JUSTICE

TRUTH & JUSTICE
Exclusive Interview with Mark Mueller
Featured in 'ALIGN'
Hosted by Damkianna

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​Mark Mueller is a lawyer by trade and a steward of justice by calling. For decades, Mark’s work has lived where truth meets consequence, holding corporations accountable, protecting the vulnerable, and standing for land, life, and future generations. Now, his focus has expanded from the courtroom to the collective. As the founder of the Truth & Justice League, Mark is helping build a living network that informs, inspires, and empowers people to act together. The Truth & Justice League weaves legal strategy, community engagement, and creative impact, inviting individuals to rise, contribute their unique gifts, and participate in healing the planet and all its inhabitants. This is justice, not as an abstraction, but as a lived collective practice.

DAMKIANNA: Thank you so much for joining us on AwareNow. This is the debut of the ALIGN channel, and I could not think of a more aligned person to invite into this first conversation. So, Mark, thank you so much for joining me. 

MARK: Thank you. It's really a pleasure to be with you. We've known each other for a while.

​DAMKIANNA: Yes, I can't wait to get into that backstory a little later here. First I really want to start with you, as a trial lawyer. Your career has really been defined by fighting for truth and justice in a very real and tangible way. And so looking back over your decades in the courtroom, which one, maybe name just a top few of your cases that have really portrayed your deepest passion and purpose in your work. 

​MARK: Well, one of those is my representation of the traditional warrior society of the Blackfoot Indians. Not a very typical case.

I got involved in trying to help them keep oil and gas drilling off of territory that was in the wilderness area, U.S. government land now, but had been Blackfoot land before. And so it was a very improbable case because they actually didn't have ownership interest in the land anymore. And when I got involved in it, I ended up representing them for nine years on a pro bono basis. And there was really no, it's weird, it's a legal case, but it wasn't a legal case. It was like after all the legal deadlines had been gone. So we really worked in the realm of media publicity and spirit. 

I ended up doing amazing work with these amazing Blackfoot warrior society guys that were the medicine keepers. And we did a lot of prayers and sweat lodges and I even ate raw elk liver with these guys and dove off of a cliff into this ice cold water. So it was a really wild opening experience, especially for a white guy. But it was interesting.

This was a true test of spiritual fate because we had no legal standing to go forward, but we created one with the idea that there was a reservation of sacred rights to the territory by the tribe. So after nine years of posturing and media and protests and working with prayers and all this stuff, Chevron and Fina, which had leased oil rights from the US government, voluntarily gave up all the rights to drill for oil and gas and didn't ever touch the ground once. 

DAMKIANNA: Wow, that is profound. 

MARK: I can't claim credit for it. This was spirit in conjunction with the people I was working with. 

DAMKIANNA: That's incredible. What would you say was the impact on those individuals? Like, what did that mean for them to have that land protected now? 

MARK: It was huge because it's sacred territory where they used to conduct some dances and you know those kinds of things and so it was very sacred territory. It was huge because they're used to being abused and taken advantage of by the government. But in this case they won. 

DAMKIANNA: That's so powerful, and I know that you've really represented a lot of different populations and individuals to protect them from injustices. Would you name a couple others that have been really just big wins for the people? 

MARK: One of those is nicknamed by the press as the ‘Condom-Rape Case’, and that was a horrific case where a woman woke up in bed to a guy with a knife to her throat. He had broken into her apartment, and there he was with a knife when she woke up.

And she had the wherewithal to save her life, and also to say, “Hey, you're doing this and I can't stop you. I need you to use a condom.” And that ended up being a really crazy point with this because a grand jury in Travis County, which is Austin, a very open-minded and progressive place, the grand jury, which is the group that decides whether to press charges or not, actually charged him with burglary, but they didn't charge him with rape. That is, they said the condom meant consent.

So that's when she came to me, my friend Xan Wilson, and said, “Is there something we can do about this?” We really raised a stink with the district attorney's office. I said, “Hey, you guys need to do another grand jury. This is outrageous. We can't let this go.” And they said they would only do this one time. And I said, “Well, you really need to make an exception here because this is going to be a disaster because we can't let it go. My client won't let it go. And the women's groups in Austin won't let this go.” 

​And they said, “Well, sorry, but this is our policy.” Then I say, “You just need to change your policy.” But they didn’t. So I got on the phone and started calling people like the rape crisis center and the various women's groups that I was aligned with, right? So, uh, and within an hour, there was a huge demonstration in front of the store house. And it was on CNN the next day. It was on the front page of the New York Times. And late the same day, I got a phone call. It was from the district attorney. Now, not the assistant district attorney. It was the district attorney. And he said, “Um, can we talk?”

After making him wait for a minute before I answered the phone, I said sure. We ended up having a rape trauma psychologist go with us, with me and the client, and we talked about rape misconceptions, rape myths, rape trauma, and what ended up happening was they did another grand jury. The guy was charged with sexual assault, and it changed the policy in most major cities in Texas for how they handle these things. So now for a case with a sexual assault issue, they put on the proper expert to help the jury understand why people don't report right away, or why they might feel bad about it, or why they might take a shower, or all these different things that happen.

So that changed the way that they did procedures. And then the guy when they went to trial was convicted. He got 45 years, because he denied it. He said, “I broke in, but then she saw me and decided to make love to me.” Not a good defense. 

DAMKIANNA: So powerful to really make that policy change and to massively impact people's lives in such a profound way. Thank you for sharing that. That's potent, potent faith and outcome. 

MARK: Yes, then another one I had was a malpractice childbirth delivery case in Texas that we were told was an impossible case and that we couldn't win it. That if we won it, we would not win on appeal. And what we managed to do was to hold a company, a management company responsible for the running of the hospital. The hospital was a county hospital, and the county had limits. They could only be sued for $100,000. That was not reasonable.

So we had to get a bigger defendant, and we did. It was a novel legal theory that had never been used before in a malpractice in Texas. And after a couple weeks of trial, and the jury was out for two or three days, they came back with a verdict of $59 million, which at that time was a very large verdict at that time. It was the largest verdict in a malpractice case in Texas history. 

​It was also really beautiful because the mother was pregnant during the trial, and she glowed like Madonna on the witness stand. And then after the trial was over, she and her very sweet Hispanic family went and barbecued a goat brought from Mexico. And when her son was born, she named him Mark. 

DAMKIANNA: Oh my goodness! What a profound journey. I understand that these processes can take years. So you've really dedicated yourself to the long-term and the outcome. You really stay dedicated. It’s been incredible to get to know you, to learn about these stories, and I thank you so much for sharing just some of these moments. 

MARK: Well, you know, one of the things is these cases on the outside looked impossible and seemed very daunting. And they were to me as well. I didn't always know what I was going to do or how I was going to get there. But it's a lesson. Sometimes when you are in alignment and spirit lines up with you, and you let it happen, and go into the flow, amazing things happen. 

DAMKIANNA: There we go. That's the power right there, and you've dedicated yourself to that. Thank you so much. 
So now for the next piece I'd love to look at. I know this has been your career. This has been your livelihood. This has been your mission and your passion. And when you and I met, about a decade ago I think now…

MARK: At the Conscious Media Festival. 

DAMKIANNA: Yes, that Conscious Media Festival in Austin. And at that time, I recall there was this idea that you had for the Truth & Justice League. And it was starting to form. And because of all these different connections that you've made throughout time, you saw that there was this next era of your legacy and of your career that would evolve into something that was focused more on bringing all these people together to co-create in another way. So, you're in that transition.

And I want to know what shifted for you… when you realized that your next chapter was not so much focused on trials and cases, but was focused on really gathering people. What do you see in this next chapter? 

MARK: To go from where we discussed this, it was a seed at that point in time. And then a few years later, I actually and literally was at the top of the mountain on a spiritual retreat and working to get messages from the universe as to where I should go and what I should do. And I remember saying powerful prayers at the top of the mountain with my teachers and guides and the folks I was with. And this message came in very clear… that we needed to do better, that the world was not defined by what it had been, and that it was fostered by the question, “What if?” What if instead of just complaining about everything, how terrible it all is, how powerless we are, how crappy everybody else is, and all the bad people… What if we actually started imagining a better world and doing what was within our own unique skill set to get there?

So that's what started. And part of it was setting aside the competitiveness and the other aspect of what happens in the court cases. Because with court cases, you were going against somebody. So somebody's trying to beat you, but there are ways to elevate that as well. But they're really kind of gnarly, and I was really getting tired of the arguing, the hassle, the motions, and all this stuff that had to be done in the background. It became a lot of not seeing that justice is done, but trying to just get in the way… to delay it and confuse it. And it seems like there is a higher purpose for us… What's your real mission? The real mission is to be of magnificent service and to work into actually connecting people. It’s also creating a way that all of us work on continuing to evolve and become more aware, more powerful, and do more good stuff. Because positive contagion is also a factor, right? So we talk about pandemics and things like that. Well, that's negative contagion, but positive contagion is even more powerful. 

DAMKIANNA: Absolutely. 
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​MARK: That's what started it. And then I knew this was bigger than me. It started with the question, “What if?” And that was followed by a party that we had on the summer solstice in 2019, which was titled, ‘The What If Party’.

There was music and there were all kinds of spectacular visuals and things like that. But we also had scientists like the head of the Ramazzini Institute in Italy, who was working to study glyphosate round up. And another doctor or scientist who coined the term ‘endocrine disruptors’, the hormone impacts of plastics and these chemicals. So we had a very high level of world class scientists. And we were combining world class scientists with people who were healers, artists, musicians, and all kinds of other folks. So, it just felt like, in that moment, on that night, the possibilities were right there. And they were endless. It was going to be so amazing. 

DAMKIANNA: So you're seeing it as a seed that's planted, a prayer, and then it's forming around you in this event and you're seeing it take more shape. Let's talk about when that really grounded into a more physical expression, which is something that you and I worked together on to really create a symbol, a sigil, that's more than a logo. It's a symbol for a movement. And so tell me a little bit about what crossing that threshold has meant for you and also what has evolved since then. 

MARK: You were there; you know this one. We'd worked on some stuff before, but working on the logo for Truth & Justice League was just a brutal process. There's a lot on and off. It just wasn't right. What we did, it just wasn't right.

I knew it had to be really perfect and powerful. It had to be loaded, but powerful, beautiful and elegant also, because I wanted it to be worn. I wanted to be shown. I wanted people to be able to identify with other people when they saw it. I wanted it to lift people up. How that came into play was actually when I was getting some sound healing from my friend. And at the end of the session, all of a sudden, I got this winged ‘V’ image of this golden winged ‘V’ just rising up in the air.

I have a pendant, a peace pendant, which has the word peace written in Arabic, Hebrew, and English on the back. So that was meant to empower peace, right, because it's not happening in the diplomatic circles of things.
But the logo, when it came in to me, was basically winged symbolizing a victory of justice. And then we talked about it and how we could load more symbols into this. Sigils that would have maximum power, but be elegant, beautiful, and not overloaded. And so it took us a while on that, but not that long, because once we got there, it was pretty amazing. When that came in, as soon as we finished that logo, which was beautiful, the people could see the logo itself. On paper or digitally, it's pretty amazing… When that logo came on board, things just opened up. It just felt like it was all possible, and that something had really shined a light.

It was interesting though, because we also attracted some dark energy with this. There was, and I'm not sure how to explain all this, but we definitely had some people show up that were not helpful to our cause. And then there was a sort of a disturbance in the field going on, because this is really a big deal. This is about humanity, health, cleaning up the environment, and establishing human freedoms. It’s taking on big environmental and health issues that are so obvious. Come on, right? We're poisoning the soil, we're killing the animals, and we're poisoning ourselves. And those companies that are mainly responsible… Well, we're all responsible for it, but the ones that are making the money off of it… they're the biggest corporations in the world, and it also includes the government. 

​DAMKIANNA: Yeah. And with all of that, because of the worlds that you've traversed, you do have connections with people who are now a part of the Truth & Justice League, who are in politics, in documentary creation and film, in just so many different avenues of really high-level elite world leaders.

And so, can you speak to what your intention is moving forward with the Truth & Justice League? What is that core purpose? 

MARK: One of the core purposes is to connect people. But it's also to become a platform that is credible and fair. It's not like we're not trying to sell you on something. We're not trying to propagandize you on something. We may be wrong from time to time. We may not know the whole thing. But it's about being a credible source for unraveling the hidden truths that are in front of us. They're deep and dark because we're living in a world where misinformation, disinformation, labeling, and divisiveness are rampant. And so we're trying to feel our way through that to get people to come together. Because we're not making it like this. If people are talking about the Trumpers, the MAGAs, and the Libtards, that's not a winning argument for anybody. 

DAMKIANNA: Absolutely. We've got to really rise above that and beyond that to find the ways. And this is something I really value and respect about you. It takes a lot of strength to be able to look at the darkness of what is currently existing. You've seen the underbelly, you've seen the behind the scenes, but to be able to continue to tap into that alignment and say, “What if we come together and keep building a better world?” And so I am so celebrating what you created and what's coming next.

And I'd love for you to share how people can best connect with you .

MARK: You're exactly right. I've been blessed with meeting all kinds of amazing people, and you're one of them. There are so many people in science and medicine, the arts… I've just had amazing contacts with people. Everything from deep inside the government… conspiracy, mind control programs, assassination, some very dark stuff. But bioweapons programs, you know, we have to know those things.

​But the main way people can support us is to watch our podcast. We've got about 15 episodes out now. But we have many already shot and they're really strong people. We have a guy named Dr. Joe Varon who's remaking medicine as an independent profession again, which is great. We have an UNESCO ambassador, George Cummings. We're working with people that are on the cutting edge of healing, supplements, and all kinds of things. 

DAMKIANNA: It is activating a really powerful group of creators, which I'm so excited to see continue to come together. And I just want to thank you so much for joining me and for sharing about Truth & Justice League with all of these people here in the AwareNow community who are all about getting behind causes and connecting humanity.

MARK: I want to say one more thing. We have a huge effort with artists, murals and things like that in creating a visually better world. 

DAMKIANNA: Beautiful. ∎

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Thank you for being a part of ALIGN. This is more than a conversation. It’s a living network, a collective refining of how we live, lead, and contribute through truth and coherence. As you return to your life, stay close to what feels aligned. Trust that your presence, clarity, and integrity matter. We are shaping a more harmonious world together. ​

Learn more about the Truth & Justice League:
www.truthandjusticeleague.org
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