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Profile
Based on his experience in bankruptcy and insolvency law with Bennett Bankruptcy Law, Russell is excited to join Investigation Counsel Professional Corporation to focus on fraud recovery litigation in addition to his bankruptcy and insolvency practice, and to engage in cases that feature both areas of law.
Education
Russell graduated from Western University with a B.Sc. in Biology in 1991, and then completed an honours year with honours in Environment and Resource Studies at the University of Waterloo in 1992. Russell completed his law degree at the University of Windsor in1995, and then articled at Minden Gross LLP for a year before being called to the Bar of Ontario in 1997. He completed his certificate in acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City in 2000, and his certificate in Entertainment Administration from the University of British Columbia in 2011
Publications and Speeches
In 2015, Russell co-chaired the Bankruptcy 101 conference at the Ontario Bar Association with a paper on advising debtors and advising creditors, and lectured and wrote a paper for the Law Society of Upper Canada’s conference on Bankruptcy and Estates Law. In 2016, Russell presented a lecture at the Toronto Lawyer’s Association on Debt Distress, and will present a lecture and paper at CPD On Time on Removing the Mystery of the Personal Insolvency Process.
Professional and Business Affiliations
ACTRA, Law Society of Upper Canada