Attorneys

Hollis F. Russell heads the firm's trusts and estates practice.  He received his B.A. from Princeton University and his J.D. from Cornell Law School.  He is admitted in practice in New York and Florida.  

Mr. Russell's practice focuses on estate planning, and estate and trust administration as well as taxation and charitable giving and foundation matters.  He has substantial expertise in wealth transfer planning involving partnership and trust arrangements for business and other property interests.  Mr. Russell's practice also involves probate and fiduciary disputes, and he regularly advises clients in multi-jurisdictional matters.  He has delivered numerous law journal articles and lectures in the field and has served on key bar association committees.  He has also served as an adjunct professor of law in the LLM, Estate Planning Program at the University of Miami School of Law.  Mr. Russell is a fellow in the American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel and member of its Business Planning Committee. He is also a trustee of the North Shore Land Alliance.  

Before joining the firm, Mr. Russell was a partner in a New York City national law firm practice, and previously served until its dissolution as resident partner-in-charge of the Palm Beach, Florida office of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine.