About
Jeffrey R. Russell is a Board Certified Specialist in Family Law. A Western North Carolina local, he is a member of the Family Law section at Tharrington Smith, LLP. Mr. Russell earned his undergraduate degree in political science from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina in 1999 and ultimately graduated magna cum laude from the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University. During his time at Campbell Law School, Mr. Russell served as a candidate member and as Chief Comments Editor of the Law Review. Additionally, he became a research assistant for Professor James B. McLaughlin of Campbell Law School, modifying Webster’s Real Estate Law in North Carolina. Mr. Russell is the recipient of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice Calhoun Advocacy Award and the ALI-ABA Scholarship & Leadership Award. As a member of both the Campbell Law mock trial and moot courtroom groups, Mr. Russell obtained popularity as local runner-up within the American Association of Justice’s National Student Trial Advocacy Competition and as a semi-finalist in the U.C. Davis Asylum & Refugee National Moot Court Competition.
Before becoming a member of the company, Mr. Russell clerked for the Honorable John C. Martin, Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
Mr. Russell is a country wide member of the Order of the Barristers, having exhibited excellence and attained excessive honor thru the art of court docket advocacy, and he's a member of both the Wake County Bar Association and the Family Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association. He has also served as a train for Campbell Law’s moot court team. In 2016, he became decided on to North Carolina Super Lawyers’ Rising Stars.
When not training law, Mr. Russell pursues severa outside activities which includes backpacking, snow skiing, biking, and SCUBA diving.
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Location
Legal Issues
Costs
Certificates
North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization, 2018
Languages
- English
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Lawyer
Tharrington Smith
2013 - Clerk to the Honorable John C. Martin, Chief Judge
North Carolina Court of Appeals
2012
Educations
Graduation year:
Graduation year: 1999
