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Wes Russell practices primarily in the area of professional liability defense with an emphasis on defending hospitals, doctors, other health care professionals, lawyers, and accountants. In addition to this work, he also practices in the areas of commercial litigation and risk management, and has represented several hospitals in disputes regarding medical staff memberships and the credentialing of physicians.
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He has extensive litigation experience in the trial and appellate courts of the Commonwealth. In more than a decade of defending health care providers, Wes has been exposed to a wide variety of medical issues and has become familiar with various areas of medicine. This medical knowledge has allowed Wes to obtain excellent results for clients from a variety of medical specialties. For example, in the last two years, Wes has obtained dismissals or judgments for emergency room physicians, pathologists, orthopaedists, gastroenterologists, otolaryngologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, nurses, and others.
In addition to his trial work, Wes has a growing appellate practice, working on appeals (including cases referred from other attorneys) in the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Virginia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Given his extensive knowledge of Virginia Civil Procedure, Wes is often consulted by outside attorneys on a wide variety of issues from trial/appellate practice to questions of governmental immunity. He has given CLE presentations on such topics.
Wes began his legal career as a judicial clerk for the judges of the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond. He is admitted to practice in all Virginia Courts, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. |
- Professional liability defense with an emphasis on defending hospitals, doctors, other health care professionals, lawyers and accountants.
- Commercial litigation and risk management
- Appellate Practice
- Represented several hospitals in disputes regarding medical staff memberships and the credentialing of physicians
Admitted to Practice:
- All Virginia Courts
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Professional Associations & Voluntary Bar Memberships
- Virginia State Bar
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
- Richmond Bar Association
- John Marshall Inn of Court
- Bar Association of the City of Richmond (Finance Committee, 2005 - present)
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