Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI-DWI; view more
Licensed in Massachusetts since: 2010
Education: The Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Selected to Rising Stars: 2014 - 2022 Details
The owner of the Russell Defense Firm in Brighton, Massachusetts, Adam C. Russell provides top-quality representation to clients in contentious criminal defense matters, with a focused emphasis on DUI/DWI cases. He serves clients throughout the surrounding regions of Brighton, as well as in Cambridge, Watertown, Newton and Brookline, among others.
Mr. Russell completed his undergraduate studies in 2005, graduating with his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern Maine. He went on to attend the Cooley Law School, where he honed his legal talents and acumen, as well as strengthened his legal foundations, which still persist in his practice today. After receiving his Juris Doctor in 2010, he became licensed to practice law in Massachusetts the same year, and he also gained admission to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
A consummate professional through and through, Mr. Russell understands what is at stake for his clients, and he works relentlessly to protect their rights and free them of their legal woes. For his many contributions, he has been included in the Top 100 Trial Lawyers list by the National Trial Lawyers Association on numerous occasions, and he has also been rated “Excellent” on Avvo while hosting myriad positive client testimonials on the latter site.
Within his legal community, Mr. Russell is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Dorchester Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association. He also underwent training at the National College for DUI Defense and the National Criminal Defense College, and he is now a general member of the former organization.
Practice areas
Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense: DUI/DWIFocus areas
Arrest & Arraignment, Assault & Battery, Criminal Domestic Violence, Criminal Fraud, Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, Debt, Drug & Alcohol Violations, Expungement, Failure to Pay Child Support, False Accusations, Felony, Juvenile Delinquency, Misdemeanor, Motor Vehicle Offenses, Murder, Overdrawn Bank Account, Parole, Probation, Prosecution, Sex Offenses, Tax Evasion, Theft, Traffic Violations
- 50% Criminal Defense
- 50% Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI
First Admitted: 2010, Massachusetts
Professional Webpage: https://www.russelldefensefirm.com/Attorney-Profile.aspx
- United States District Court, District of Maine (Pro Hac Vice): Possession to distribute cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl., 2018
- Most complex felony at Superior Court for Essex County sitting at Lawrence: Jury selection and second chair at trial alleging spousal rape. , 2020
- Life felony in Middlesex Superior Court: Armed burglary (1 count), 2020
- Life felonies in Norfolk Superior Court: Rape of a child with force (multiple counts), 2020
- Indigent defense at Dorchester BMC through Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc.
- National College for DUI Defense, Inc., Summer Session 2014, Summer Session, National College for DUI Defense, Inc., 2019
- Washington Regional, Trial Lawyer's College, 2015
- National Criminal Defense College, Trial Practice Institute, Macon, GA. , Trial Practice Institute, National Criminal Defense College, 2016
- NCAA Varsity Men's Basketball (Div. III)., 2001
- In 2015, approximately 535 OUI cases across Massachusetts were consolidated and thousands of others were stayed pending decision of Daubert-Lanigan challenges to the reliability of Draeger Alcotest 9510 test results. This distinguished panel of Cyrus Chung, Esq., Anne Goldbach, Esq. and Adam C. Russell, Esq. will catalog the issues raised by that consolidation, clarify Hon. Robert A. Brennan’s rulings upon those issues in Commonwealth v. Ananias, and outline the options counsel on both sides are now facing. Prosecutors and Judges are encouraged to attend this non-adversarial, objective panel discussion to be followed by a Q & A session. Attorney Adam C. Russell is an aggressive OUI and criminal defense lawyer from Boston. Attorney Russell has a private practice and proudly serves Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc. in Dorchester. Adam C. Russell has a reputation across Suffolk, Middlesex, and Worcester counties for taking OUI cases to trial despite high breath test results and car accidents., Speaker, Demystifying the Blockbuster Breathalyzer Case - Commonwealth v. Ananias: Breath Testing Consolidation, Decision, and Now What?, Flashner Judicial Institute through Social Law Library, Judicial, Legal, 2017
- National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- National College For DUI Defense
- National Criminal Defense College
- Trial Lawyer's College
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2014 - 2022
