Russell & Russell provides business clients with high quality, high value legal services at a competitive price. Russell & Russell is a trusted and approachable resource for its business clients. Its legal services focus on the following areas:

BUSINESS LAW

Russell and Russell, P.C. represents businesses in litigation, corporate governance and counseling matters. Our clients are individuals, sole proprietorships, partnerships, service providers, non-profits, and small and large corporations. At Russell and Russell, P.C., we recognize that our clients expect effective, practical advice that will assist them not only in their business organization and operation, but also throughout any legal disputes. We rely on our litigation backgrounds and practical experience to advise clients about how to structure business documents so that they may minimize the potential for future problems.

We draft and negotiate contracts, provide counseling on real estate acquisition, financing and development matters, and we draft and negotiate leases for both landlords and tenants. We have drafted and implemented security agreements to protect creditors with interests in both real and personal property. We have formed and dissolved stock and non-stock corporations, Limited Liability entities and partnerships and we have drafted complex By-laws, Operating Agreements and other corporate documents. We assist many of our clients in a “corporate counsel” role, counseling them on day-to-day issues as well as complex corporate strategies.

COMMERCIAL LANDLORD REPRESENTATION AND COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCING

At Russell and Russell, P.C., our attorneys have extensive experience representing landlords in the specific areas of landlord/tenant and property management law in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. We have drafted and negotiated many lease agreements in both the residential and commercial contexts. Our lawyers understand the specific requirements of state law dealing with both residential and commercial leases. We represent commercial landlords concerning day-to-day property management issues, and we have extensive experience in representation of property owners with regard to complex commercial financing matters for asset purchases and construction projects. We have also developed an expertise in the representation of Landlords as creditors in tenant bankruptcy matters.

CONSTRUCTION LAW

Russell and Russell, P.C. has a well-developed legal practice in all areas dealing with construction law and litigation. Our attorneys have represented all of the potential parties on construction projects, including owners, developers, construction managers, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and design professionals. We have negotiated and drafted contracts for virtually every party in the construction process. We have brought and defended construction claims in litigation, mediation, and arbitration in the Washington DC Metropolitan area and in many states across the country.

Russell & Russell's attorneys have extensive experience in the specialized area of mechanic's liens and state and federal bond claims in the Washington Metropolitan area as well as in other states. Creation and perfection of a mechanic's lien is one of the most technical areas of the law. Our lawyers are adept at helping claimants assert their rights using this extremely powerful weapon in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

In addition, we have defended and have the ability to defend owners of commercial properties from these claims in local jurisdictions and in courts in other parts of the country. Our mechanic's lien clients have also included general contractors, subcontractors, third and fourth tier suppliers and design professionals. We are familiar with the specific requirements imposed on each of the parties to raise and perfect a mechanic's lien on both commercial and residential projects. We can help clients unravel their rights, collect the money they are owed, or defend against these claims.

Similarly, we are experienced in prosecuting bond claims on State and Federal lands when assertion of mechanic's liens is not possible. Payment and performance bonds present specialized challenges. We have extensive experience presenting these claims in both state and federal courts. We have helped our clients recover on numerous bond claims, on projects ranging from Federal Highway and Metro construction claims to schools and commercial parking structures under the Miller Act and the Little Miller Acts of Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Our understanding of the intricacies of this process allows us to resolve these claims in an efficient matter and equips us to handle these matters in virtually any state or federal court in the United States.

CREDITORS RIGHTS

All too often, businesses find themselves with seemingly unrecoverable receivables. For almost two decades, the attorneys at Russell & Russell, P.C. have represented a wide variety of business clients in collection matters. We have handled large volume collections and have obtained recoveries in large collection matters in both state and federal courts. We have the experience to handle collection matters for virtually any type of business.

We also have the knowledge and experience to utilize post-judgment procedures and remedies to efficiently collect on existing judgments. Our attorneys understand post-judgment remedies in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. From garnishments and levies to the enforcement of judgments and landlord liens, Russell & Russell's attorneys have continually assisted our clients in recovering their claims in a cost-effective manner.

In addition, we have extensive experience in the area of Creditor’s Rights in Bankruptcy. We have successfully represented clients as creditors in bankruptcy cases in the Washington Metropolitan area and across the country.

LITIGATION

As lead and local counsel, our lawyers have represented individuals and businesses before many state and federal courts in the Washington metropolitan area as well as in many states across the country. We regularly appear as local counsel in Virginia State and Federal Courts for out-of-state clients and attorneys in a wide variety of cases.

Our civil trial practice is diverse. We have represented clients in many complex civil proceedings, including those involving construction and commercial real estate matters, landlord-tenant law, business torts and contract issues, injunctive and pre-judgment relief, banking matters, and intellectual property disputes. We are experienced with all phases of litigation, from discovery, motions and trial practice and appellate advocacy, to mediation, arbitration and complex settlement negotiations.