Russell regularly appears before federal and state trial and appellate courts and arbitral tribunals, and is highly regarded for his legal reasoning and ability to persuade through both written and oral advocacy.

Russell has experience leading virtually all phases of litigation, including pre-suit investigations and correspondence, negotiating discovery disputes and arguing discovery motions, deposing witnesses, managing expert discovery, preparing and arguing dispositive motions, preparing fact and expert witnesses to testify, examining and cross-examining fact and expert witnesses, briefing and arguing appeals, and participating in mediation and settlement discussions. 

Russell’s scholarship has appeared in the Harvard Journal of Sports & Entertainment Law and the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy Sidebar, and has been cited in the Harvard Law Review and in an amicus curiae brief filed with the Supreme Court of the United States, among other places.

Prior to joining the firm, Russell was a senior associate at an AmLaw 50 firm. Before law school, Russell worked for several years as a management consultant.