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    C. Edward Russell Jr.

    Biography

    Eddie has 40 years of experience in general business law advising clients as they buy, sell or start businesses. He has represented small businesses, large corporations, not-for-profit institutions, venture capital lenders, and real estate developers and tenants.

    Representative Matters

    • Currently renegotiating leases and negotiating purchase contracts
    • Represented client in sale of 127,000 square foot Power Center
    • Negotiated unsubordinated ground lease with primary care health facility

    Recognition & Honors

    • Omicron Delta Kappa
    • Phi Alpha Delta; President
    • Law Clerk to The Honorable John A. MacKenzie, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1967-1968
    • AV® Rated; Martindale Hubbell

    Associations

    • American Bar Association
    • Virginia Bar Association; President Young Lawyers Section, 1978-1988
    • Portsmouth General Hospital Foundation; General Counsel
    • Judicial Conference of the U.S. Fourth Circuit
    • Economics Club of Hampton Roads; Board of Directors
    • Chesapeake Public Library Foundation; President, Board of Directors
    • Portsmouth General Hospital; Former President, Director, General Counsel
    • Tidewater Health Care Inc.; Former Director
    • Sentara Healthcare Systems; Former Director
    • Dominion Bank; Former Director
    • Girls Club of Portsmouth; Former President and Director
    • Westminster Canterbury Foundation; Former Director

    Education

    • Hampden-Sydney College; B.A., 1964
    • Washington & Lee University School of Law; LL.B., 1967