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Steven L. Russell

Steve Russell is the founder and managing member of Russell & Wright, PLLC. He practiced with large law firms for over twenty years before founding the firm in 2008. Today, the Texas business disputes lawyer owns his own general litigation practice, and focuses on commercial and business litigation, transportation industry litigation, toxic tort and environmental litigation, and products liability litigation.

Mr. Russell’s business litigation experience includes contract disputes, construction defect cases, and franchise-related disputes. He also leads the firm’s Mortgage and Financial Services Practice Group, which advises financial services companies on fraud, underwriting, and other issues.  Mr. Russell was also a Certified Fraud Examiner, having met the qualifications of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and passed the CFE examination.

In addition to his law practice, Mr. Russell is active in the legal community, representing clients through the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program and serving on the Board of Trustees of the Dallas Bar Foundation. A frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars, Mr. Russell also lectures on law, ethics, and public health issues at the University of Texas School of Public Health. He is a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society whose membership is limited to 3,500 Fellows, representing less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers.

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Representative Cases

BNSF Railway Co. v. Panhandle Northern Railroad LLC, 946 F.3d 705 (5th Cir. 2020).

Garcia v. Family Dollar Stores of Texas, LLC, 2018 WL 6220135 (W.D. Tex. May 9, 2018).

Tantrum Street, LLC v. Carson, 2017 WL 3275901 (Tex.App.-Dallas July 25, 2017, no pet.).

Channel Source, Inc. v. CTI Industries Corp., 2015 WL 13118198 (N.D. Tex. Oct. 26, 2015).

Citi-Talent, Ltd. v. Yang, 2013 WL 12123518 (N.D. Tex. June 25, 2013).

Hidden Values, Inc. v. Wade, 2012 WL 1836087 (N.D. Tex. May 18, 2012).

In re Silica Products Liability Litigation, 166 S.W.3d 3 (Tex. M.D.L. Panel 2004).

Youngblood v. U.S. Silica Company, 130 S.W.3d 461 (Tex.App. — Texarkana 2004, pet. denied).

Associations

American Bar Association

State Bar of Texas

Dallas Bar Association

Dallas Bar Foundation, Member, Board of Trustees

Dallas Bar Foundation, Life Benefactor Fellow

Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow

American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow

Trial Law Institute, Member

Diversity Law Institute, Member

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Education

J.D., University of Memphis School of Law, 1985
M.P.H., University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2010
B.S. Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 1981

Certifications

Certified Fraud Examiner, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, 2015-2020

Admissions & Honors

State Bar Admissions

Texas
Tennessee
Colorado

Federal Court Admissions

Northern District of Texas
Eastern District of Texas
Southern District of Texas
Western District of Texas
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Honors

AV® Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

Texas Super Lawyer, 2007 – 2021 by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters service


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