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Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Business Litigation Law American Arbitration Association's National Roster of Neutrals for the Construction Industry Florida Super Lawyer 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 |
Rodney
L. Russell
Rodney
L. Russell represents numerous types of business clients, including:
● banks and institutional lenders
● commercial landlords and tenants
● construction project clients
● distributors
● hoteliers
● manufacturers
● mortgage companies
● physicians and other professionals
● real estate developers and investors
● retailers
● wholesalers
He has been practicing law in the areas of business and commercial law and trials, construction law and trials, appeals, corporate law, and real estate and land development law in Orlando, Florida since 1973, having been admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of Florida in 1971.
Mr. Russell is board certified by The Florida Bar as a Business Litigation Lawyer, which includes construction and lien litigation. He has been rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell* since 1985. He also is in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, under the categories of Business Law, Civil Trial Practice, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, and Real Estate Law.
Mr. Russell has been named a Florida Super Lawyer for the years 2006 through 2010 in the fields of Business Litigation, Construction Litigation, and Real Estate. Florida's top attorneys are chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics Magazine. Over 44,000 lawyers across the State of Florida were surveyed. Super Lawyers represent the top 5% of attorneys in the State of Florida in more than 60 practice areas.
Mr. Russell also is a commercial arbitrator and member of the American Arbitration Association's National Roster of Neutrals for the construction industry.
Mr. Russell graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1969, and served in the United States Air Force (1969-1973) as a lawyer, holding the rank of Captain. He also is admitted to practice law in the states of Delaware and Virginia.
From 1973 to 1983, Mr. Russell was an associate and a stockholder in the Orlando law firm of van den Berg, Gay & Burke, P.A. (presently the Orlando office of Foley & Lardner). In 1984, he co-founded the Orlando law firm of Jontz, Russell & Hull, P.A., later named Russell & Hull, P.A., and was a stockholder in it until 1996. Since then, he has been the stockholder in the Orlando law firm of Russell Law Offices, P.A.
*CV, BV, and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties, Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedure standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review process that rates lawyers. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. MARTINDALE-HUBBELL ratings fall into two categories -- legal ability and general ethical standards. Legal Ability Ratings are: C - Good to High; B - High to Very High; A - Very High to Preeminent. There is one general ethical standard rating - "V" or "very high" -- and an attorney must receive it in order to be rated.