Luke Mullins
Senior Writer

Luke Mullins is a senior writer at Washingtonian magazine focusing on the people and institutions that control the city’s levers of power. He has written about the Koch Brothers’ attempt to take over The Cato Institute, David Gregory’s ouster as moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press, the collapse of Washington’s Metro system, and the conflict that split apart the founders of Politico.

Washington Nationals Lerner
News & Politics

The 30-Year Legal Battle Between the Owner of the Washington Nationals and His Estranged Brother

Washington knows them as the close-knit real-estate family that built landmarks like Tysons Corner Center, donated millions to area nonprofits, and turned the Nationals into playoff material. Less well known is that for the last 30 years the Lerner dynasty was mired in an epic legal battle with one estranged member. Decades of court filings feature clashes over everything from control of a family company to a disputed $429 payment. Luke Mullins digs through the paper trail to chronicle the saga.