Practice areas: Criminal Defense; view more
Licensed in Massachusetts since: 2010
Education: The Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2014 - 2022 Details
Zealous Advocate with many Not Guilty Verdicts. More than 75 criminal jury trials. Firearms, drugs, and statements suppressed. Civil asset forfeitures won.
Practice areas
Criminal DefenseFocus areas
Criminal Law, Felony
- 100% Criminal Defense
First Admitted: 2010, Massachusetts
Professional Webpage: https://www.russelldefensefirm.com/Attorney-Profile.aspx
Bar / Professional Activity
- United States District Court of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Superior Courts
- Massachusetts District Courts
- Dorchester Bar Association
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- National College for DUI Defense, Inc.
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- 2484CV2877. CW v. $83,500.00 US Currency. Forfeiture action dismissed. Department of State Treasurer issues check for full amount to Client Estate., 2025
- 4:24-CR-40032-MRG. Attempt to induce an individual to travel in interstate commerce to engage in prostitution. Avoided indictment by plea to information and sentencing., 2025
- 2484CR0258. Carrying firearm without license; carrying firearm without license, loaded; possession large capacity feeding device; possession ammunition without FID. Motion to suppress evidence ALLOWED., 2025
- 2384CR0464. Carrying firearm without license, 2nd offense. Motion to suppress evidence ALLOWED. 2484CR0258. Carrying firearm without license; carrying firearm without license, loaded; large capacity feeding device; ammunition without FID. Motion to suppress evidence ALLOWED., 2025
- 2484CR0580-001 through 009. Trafficking cocaine, trafficking in fentanyl, trafficking in fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, distribution of fentanyl, distribution of cocaine, and distribution of cocaine (mandatory minimums of 10 and 1/2 years) dismissed in exchange for plea of guilty to 2 counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Agreed upon sentencing recommendation of 1 year in the House of Corrections. 2384CV2122- Civil asset forfeiture of $5,944.00 United States Currency and one 2013 Gray Ford Fusion Automobile. Settlement of cash for return of automobile., 2026
Representative Clients
- 1982CRO350-001 through 022. Life felony allegations of sex offenses involving 3 pre-pubescent males., 2020
Pro bono / Community Service
- Indigent defense at Dorchester BMC through Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc., 2016
- Indigent defense at Dorchester BMC through Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc., 2017
- Indigent defense at Dorchester BMC through Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc., 2018
- Indigent defense at Dorchester BMC through Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc., 2019
- Indigent defense at Dorchester BMC through Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc., 2020
- Indigent defense at Dorchester BMC through Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc., 2021
- Indigent defense at Dorchester BMC through Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc., 2022
- Indigent defense at Dorchester BMC through Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc., 2023
- Indigent defense at Dorchester BMC through Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc., 2024
- Indigent defense at Dorchester BMC through Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc., 2025
Educational Background
- NCAA Varsity Men's Basketball (Div. III)., 2001-2025
- University of Southern Maine, B.A.
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- 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
Honors
- National College for DUI Defense, Inc., Summer Session 2014, Summer Session, National College for DUI Defense, Inc., 2019
- Selected as a Super Lawyer's Rising Star every year since 2014
- Washington Regional, Trial Lawyer's College, 2015
- National Criminal Defense College, Trial Practice Institute, Macon, GA., Trial Practice Institute, National Criminal Defense College, 2016
Industry Groups
- National Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- National College For DUI Defense
- National Criminal Defense College
- Trial Lawyer's College
Selections
1 Year Super Lawyers
9 Years Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers: 2026
- Rising Stars: 2014 - 2022
