Joseph Russell is a Shareholder in the Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group with broad experience in commercial, constitutional and environmental matters in federal and state trial and appellate courts and arbitrations in Wisconsin and throughout the United States. Joe’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including shareholder, healthcare fraud, product liability, franchise, mass tort, toxic tort, and class action litigation. In particular, Joe has spent many years of his practice defending corporate entities regarding environmental spills, pollution and hazardous material releases. Joe also has experience in defending state, county and local government entities in high-profile federal actions alleging civil-rights violations, ranging from freedom-of-speech to police-misconduct issues.
In addition to his courtroom practice, Joe represents corporations, management and individuals in connection with government investigations (both federal and state), enforcement actions, internal investigations and liability reviews. The subjects of these investigations and reviews range from fraud to data breaches to sexual misconduct.
Joe serves as the firm’s Ethics Counsel. In this role, he addresses ethics and risk management issues for our firm. Joe also serves as Chair of the Wisconsin lawyer regulation system’s Board of Administrative Oversight, which monitors the fairness, effectiveness and efficiency of the attorney regulation system in Wisconsin.
Joseph Russell is a Shareholder in the Litigation and Risk Management Practice Group with broad experience in commercial, constitutional and environmental matters in federal and state trial and appellate courts and arbitrations in Wisconsin and throughout the United States. Joe’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including shareholder, healthcare fraud, product liability, franchise, mass tort, toxic tort, and class action litigation. In particular, Joe has spent many years of his practice defending corporate entities regarding environmental spills, pollution and hazardous material releases. Joe also has experience in defending state, county and local government entities in high-profile federal actions alleging civil-rights violations, ranging from freedom-of-speech to police-misconduct issues.
In addition to his courtroom practice, Joe represents corporations, management and individuals in connection with government investigations (both federal and state), enforcement actions, internal investigations and liability reviews. The subjects of these investigations and reviews range from fraud to data breaches to sexual misconduct.
Joe serves as the firm’s Ethics Counsel. In this role, he addresses ethics and risk management issues for our firm. Joe also serves as Chair of the Wisconsin lawyer regulation system’s Board of Administrative Oversight, which monitors the fairness, effectiveness and efficiency of the attorney regulation system in Wisconsin.
