Will represents clients in litigation and international arbitration primarily in the fields of oil & gas, construction and commercial disputes. Will has taken scores of cases through jury verdict, final arbitration hearing, and appeal as first chair. He is an adjunct professor of International Commercial Arbitration at the University of Houston Law Center and has served two terms as the Chair of the Houston Bar Association’s International Law Section. He is a member of the firm’s Energy and Natural Resources section and is on the steering committee of the firm’s Latin American Business Group. Will is fluent in Spanish and has handled numerous cases involving Spanish speaking parties and projects in Spanish speaking countries.
Qualifications
Récompenses et distinctions
- Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© for International Arbitration - Commercial, 2022-2025
- Selected by peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, 2022, 2023 in International Arbitration—Commercial, 2022, 2023
- Adjunct professor at University of Houston Law Center, teaching International Commercial Arbitration, 2019 – present.
- Recognized as a notable practitioner in Legal 500 2018 - present: Latin America – International Arbitration. (2022 : “Will Russell has been a superstar for our matters. He is particularly great for a gut-check as well as making sure we do not have many blind sides”).
- Selected as America's Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators for Southern Texas for 2021
- Selected by Center for American and International Law (Institute for Energy Law Section) for inclusion on the Energy Arbitrators List
- Selected to Chambers USA “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” for international arbitration
- Selected to H Texas Magazine “Top Lawyers” list
- Selected to Texas Monthly: Texas Super Lawyers – Rising Stars Edition
- Martindale Hubbell – AV Peer Review Rating
- 'Will Russell has been a superstar for our matters. He is particularly great for a gut-check as well as making sure we do not have many blind sides' Legal 500 Latin America 2022
Notable Quotes
- Francis Ojok, Ethically Challenged? A Commentary, The Journal of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, ITA in Review (Vol. 4, Issue 1)