Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Class Actions and Mass Torts

Senior Counsel - Litigation and Investigations

Jeffrey Russell concentrates his practice on the trial and litigation of complex class action and shareholder derivative cases. He serves as Co-Leader of the Firm's ERISA and ESOP Class Action Team. He has defended Fortune 500 clients in dozens of consumer fraud, ERISA, antitrust and securities class actions in federal and state courts in Missouri and throughout the United States and before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. He has also defended directors and officers in direct and derivative actions and investigations concerning mergers, acquisitions and other corporate decision-making as well as related insurance issues. Mr. Russell has written and spoken nationally on class action and employee benefits litigation.

In addition to complex commercial litigation, Mr. Russell has prosecuted and defended non-competition and trade secret cases and provided counseling and drafting in connection with the protection of confidential and proprietary information.