Practice Areas

Fisher | Russell has an experienced real estate practice, offering a full range of services related to acquisitions and dispositions; development, leasing; financing; hospitality; multifamily/healthcare; land valuation litigation; and land use. Our attorneys provide our clients—including property developers, lenders, investment managers and REITs—guided assistance through all phases of a transaction or project. We are able to handle a broad range of sophisticated and complex real estate transactions, leveraging our extensive skills and experience in virtually all types of real estate and development matters.

At Fisher | Russell our corporate attorneys share our clients' entrepreneurial passion and deliver responsive representation that is important for successful business organizations. We provide practical and creative legal counsel, while assisting clients in complying with regulatory, statutory and other legal mandates, at every stage of a businesses’ lifecycle.

We assist clients in forming business entities and guiding clients in selecting the right structure to meet clients’ goals. For established businesses, our group develops and implements exit strategies and handles succession planning matters.

Our attorneys also routinely handle mergers and acquisitions, ensuring that transactions are smooth and compliant with all legal requirements. Our services encompass risk management strategies to help mitigate potential legal issues and protect your interests. Additionally, we assist with securities filings to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

We are experienced in negotiating, drafting and reviewing agreements of all types, including employment, distribution, manufacturing, licensing, outsourcing and other agreements.

Our outside general counsel services, provide ongoing legal support, allowing you to focus on your business’s operations.

Fisher | Russell’s litigation team helps clients resolve significant challenges before courts and administrative forums in multiple markets. Informed by our trial-to-verdict successes at the state, federal, and appellate levels, we excel at creating and executing strategies that help our clients secure their desired outcomes. Clients ranging from individuals to multinational companies work with our team to resolve their high stakes commercial and civil matters. We create strategies that reflect the most effective pathway to success and each client’s unique priorities and economic realities. Our attorneys handle single plaintiff cases, class actions, and multidistrict litigation for clients in virtually every industry sector.

Fisher | Russell is committed to helping individuals and families fight for their rights after someone else’s carelessness caused harm and losses. Our team treats settlement negotiations with the same care, attention to detail, and fierce representation as courtroom trials. Throughout years of practice, our attorneys have become known for their professional approach and advanced trial advocacy skills and have handled a wide range of cases, including complex litigation involving multiple defendants, wrongful death, car accident cases, slip and fall, professional malpractice, and more. We have successfully fought for and won numerous jury verdicts and settlements in cases involving injuries and other losses.

Fisher | Russell’s Insurance Defense practice is focused on representing a broad range of clients in injury and tort defense litigation. The firm also serves the insurance coverage, fraud and bad faith concerns of our insurance clients in sensitive cases, across local, regional and national markets. Our attorneys have tried numerous cases involving the defense of uninsured, insured and self-insured clients in minor personal injury to wrongful death and substantial damages claims. From routine to complex, our firm prides itself on client service, efficient evaluation, litigation planning, and budgeting concerns in finding the right resolution in each matter.

Fisher | Russell’s finance attorneys understand the complexities of the financial landscape and are dedicated to helping clients navigate this evolving environment. From regional financial institutions to smaller local banks and credit unions and non-bank financial service providers, our team provides essential legal services designed to help clients achieve their strategic and commercial goals while managing regulatory and legal risks.

Our team provides legal counsel to all manner of financial institutions including banks, savings banks, mortgage companies, credit unions, industrial loan and thrift companies. The firm’s financial services and lending practice is a national practice that specializes in all forms of transaction and workout matters including, asset- based lending, syndicated credit facilities, secured transactions, acquisition and financings, bridge loans, warehouse financing, and real estate lending and finance.

Fisher | Russell knows proper estate planning is an important part of preparing for the years ahead, particularly when it comes to what will happen to your assets and property once you pass away. This process doesn’t come easily to anyone, and it’s important to work with an estate planning attorney you can trust to listen to your concerns and guide you through the process.

Our team provides comprehensive estate planning for all manners of individuals and blended families. From small business owners and those navigating intestate succession laws, our attorneys have years of experience in assisting with sound estate planning services that cover all of your needs and help you to avoid unnecessary taxes, penalties and, most importantly, probate. Fisher Russell serves as a trusted advocate and ally for all estate and any will planning needs.

Wills and trusts

Our team knows the intricacies of setting up these documents, including the best ways to reduce taxes and efficiently transfer ownership of property and assets.

Power of attorney

We help you select the individual who will act on your behalf once you pass on or if you become incapacitated.

Healthcare directives

By clearly outlining your wishes ahead of time, you leave nothing to chance if you suddenly can no longer make decisions for yourself due to an accident, injury or illness.

Probate

If a loved one did not set up a will before passing away, we help your family navigate the often-difficult probate process.