- Corporate LawRussell practices in the areas of general business and corporate law, business planning, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, real estate finance, and taxation. He represents clients in a wide variety of industries including real estate (development, investment, management and leasing), manufacturing, retail, hotel, restaurant, residential and commercial construction, technology, professional practice groups and financial institutions.
- Mergers and AcquisitionsRussell practices in the areas of general business and corporate law, business planning, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, real estate finance, and taxation. He represents clients in a wide variety of industries including real estate (development, investment, management and leasing), manufacturing, retail, hotel, restaurant, residential and commercial construction, technology, professional practice groups and financial institutions. Prior to establishing Cunningham Firm, LLC and co-founding Red Mountain Law Group, he worked with Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP in its Birmingham, Alabama office from 1999 until 2005.
- Business DisputesHe frequently speaks to business and professional groups on business law, business planning, real estate and taxation issues. He has also served as an entrepreneur mentor in the Alabama Launchpad Business Plan Competition.
- Limited Liability Companies“Equity Compensation and Incentives in Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies,” Innovation Depot (UAB Business Incubator), Birmingham, Alabama, 2009
- Real Estate TransactionsAmerican Bar Association: Business Law Section (LLC, Partnership and Unincorporated Business Entity Committee and Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee); Real Property Trust and Estate Law Section (Commercial Real Estate Transactions Group); Tax Section (Partnerships Committee)
- Estate PlanningRussell is an active member of the American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section, and Tax Section), Alabama State Bar (Business Law Section, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, and Tax Section), and the Birmingham Bar Association (Business Law Section). Russell has been selected as a Mid-South Super Lawyer and has also achieved an AV Preeminent peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
- Probate
- Tax Law