About Lee Ann Russo
Practice Areas
- Securities
- Litigation
- International Law
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense
- Business Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1980J.D.
- University of Notre Dame, 1977B.A.
Representative Cases
- Abbott and TAP Pharmaceutical defend against Average Wholesale Price (AWP) litigation (2009)
- Abbott Labs and TAP Pharmaceutical favorably settle NJ class action claiming violations of Prescription Drug Marketing Act in pricing Lupron® (2009)
- Albanian human rights activist granted U.S. asylum
- Asylum granted for Burkina Faso woman (2009)
- Balcor defends class action seeking windup of limited partnerships
- Balcor dismissal affirmed by appellate court
- Balcor Pension Investors resolves securities class action
- Balcor Securities Company resolves securities fraud action
- Bear Stearns obtains summary judgment in contract case
- Bear, Stearns Securities and Morgan Stanley Securities resolve securities lending dispute (2009)
- Boyle Securities resolves securities fraud action
- Bridgestone/Firestone prevails in dispute against striking employees seeking unemployment benefits while on strike (2009)
- CFO and director of Career Education Corporation obtains dismissal of shareholder derivative and securities fraud class actions
- Christian Palestinian client advocating on behalf of children wins U.S. asylum (2006)
- Ethiopian's application for U.S. political asylum reopened
- Former controller of Bally Total Fitness obtains dismissal of shareholder derivative action (2009)
- Great Lakes REIT resolves shareholder action seeking to enjoin merger
- Lehman Brothers obtains dismissal of class action against it and partnerships in Supreme Court of New York (2009)
- Lehman Brothers obtains dismissal of New Jersey securities class action
- Lehman Brothers resolves securities class action involving real estate limited partnerships
- Mauritanian client wins asylum in record time (2009)
- Medco Research obtains dismissal of shareholder derivative action
- Merrill Lynch, Cowen & Company and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette defend securities fraud class action
- Mexican refugees granted asylum (2009)
- Mongolian client granted U.S. asylum to avoid police brutality (2009)
- Shearson Lehman resolves action brought by FDIC
- Sierra Leone woman granted asylum under the Convention Against Torture Act
- Special Committee of board of directors of Minneapolis Police Relief Association defends securities litigation
- Sri Lankan family singled out by terrorist group wins U.S. asylum (2005)
- Standard Bank pursues action alleging negligent misrepresentation and professional malpractice (2009)
- TAP Pharmaceutical Products obtains reversal of order certifying class of purchasers of prostate cancer drug (2009)
- Tire manufacturer negotiates civil settlement with state Attorneys General
- Vacation Break successfully defends against consumer fraud class action alleging sales and marketing improprieties
- William Blair underwrites IPO by RWD Technologies
- Woman from Congo wins U.S. political asylum (2009)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
Past Positions
- Judge Richard B. Kellam, United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Law Clerk, - 1980
Office Info
Other Colleagues
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