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主页 专业人员 William W. Russell

Will represents clients in litigation and international arbitration, primarily in the fields of oil and gas, construction, and commercial disputes. He has taken scores of cases through jury verdict, final arbitration hearing, and appeal as first chair. Will 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 Group and is on the steering committee of the firm’s Latin America business team. Will is fluent in Spanish and has handled numerous cases involving Spanish-speaking parties and projects in Spanish speaking countries.

证书

  • South Texas College of Law, 法学博士, Order of the Barristers; Magister of the Order of the Lytae, Texas Law Review, Assistant Editor; Mock Trial and Moot Court (1995 ABA National final round)
  • Southern Methodist University, 学士

  • 德克萨斯州

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals - Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court - Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court - Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court - Western District of Texas

  • Adjunct Professor of International Commercial Arbitration, University of Houston Law School, spring 2019 to present; guest lecturer, 2018
  • Houston Bar Association International Law Section: immediate past chair, 2021; chair, 2018-2019, 2019-2020; vice-chair, 2018; council, 2017, 2021-2022
  • AAA Roster of Neutrals; AAA National Energy Panel of Neutrals
  • ICDR International Panel of Neutrals
  • State Bar of Texas, Grievance Committee
  • Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Advisory Committee
  • Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje
  • Houston International Arbitration Club (founding member)

  • 西班牙语
  • 英语

奖项和认可

  • Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© for International Arbitration – Commercial, 2022-2025
  • Adjunct Professor at University of Houston Law Center, teaching International Commercial Arbitration, 2019-present
  • Recognized as a notable practitioner in The Legal 500 Latin America for International Arbitration, 2018-present (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 one of America’s Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators for Southern Texas, 2021
  • Selected by the Center for American and International Law (Institute for Energy Law Section) for inclusion on the Energy Arbitrators List
  • Ranked in Chambers USA for International Arbitration
  • Selected to H Texas Magazine’s Top Lawyers list
  • Recognized by Texas Monthly as a Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star
  • 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” The 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)