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William E. Russell is the Firm's Co-Managing Partner and a Partner in the Corporate Practice Group. As Co-Managing Partner, Bill is responsible for development and execution of the Firm’s overall growth strategy and its various industry initiatives.His areas of focus include: Tax Planning for Real Estate Transactions and Taxation and Estate Planning.Mr. Russell advises closely-held businesses and professionals on business and tax matters. His practice consists of (i) real estate development structure and investment, (ii) corporate transactions and business consulting, and (iii) advanced estate planning and probate.Mr. Russell has represented a number of real estate investors and developers in the financing and development of both commercial and residential properties, including specialized mezzanine financing and the structuring of real estate investment and development entities. As to business matters, Mr. Russell has handled the purchase and sale of numerous private equity business and joint ventures. He has significant expertise in the structuring of business entities, including limited liability companies, partnerships, S corporations, buy-sell agreements, deferred compensation arrangements, and general corporate transactional agreements. Mr. Russell’s experience in advanced estate planning includes the restructuring of businesses or real estate to minimize estate taxes, family partnerships, grantor annuity trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, charitable trusts, trusts for children, insurance trusts, generation-skipping trusts, and retirement distribution planning as well as basic estate planning for all individuals. Additionally, Mr. Russell’s practice includes estate administration and post-mortem planning to minimize taxes.Specialties: Closely-held business law; estate planning; trust and probate law; asset protection and wealth preservation; real estate investment; federal income tax

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