Background
Russell, Thomas Arthur was born on August 2, 1953 in Corona, California, United States. Son of Larry Arthur Russell and Patricia Helena Heath.
Russell, Thomas Arthur was born on August 2, 1953 in Corona, California, United States. Son of Larry Arthur Russell and Patricia Helena Heath.
University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Science, 1976). University of Southern California (Juris Doctor, 1982).
Sea-Land Service, Incorporated. v. Murrey & Son"s Company, 824 F.2d 740, 1988 Administrative Management College 1, 24 SRR 393 (9th Circuit 1987); Hong Kong Islands Lincolnshire America South America v. Distribution Services Limited, 795 F.Supp. 983, 1992 Administrative Management College 82, 25 SRR 1601 (1991) aff"d 963 F.2d 378 (9th Circuit 1992); Key Bank of Maine v. M/V Asever, 1993 Administrative Management College 263 (Communicative Disorders California 1992); Maryland National Bank v. The Vessel Madam Chapel, 46 F.3d 895, 1995 Administrative Management College 850, 27 SRR 279 (9th Cir, 1995); Dietrich v. Key Bank, North.A. 72 F.3d 1509, 1996 Administrative Management College 609, 27 SRR 448 (11th Cir, 1996), Logistics Management, Incorporated. v. Pyramid Tent Arena, 86 F.3d 908 1996 Administrative Management College 1826, 27 SRR 838 (9th Circuit 1996).Worked at Williams Woolley Cogswell Nakazawa & Russell (Long Beach, California) specializing in Maritime Law, Commercial Transactions and Litigation, Business, Regulatory, Immigration, Labor and Employment. Admitted to the bar, 1983, California. Law Clerk to Justice Robert Kingsley, Associate Justice, California Court of Appeals, 1981.
Formerly with Graham & James.
Contributing Author: Benedict on Admiralty, Church 2-5 in Volume 2 and Church
12 in Volume 8, (Matthew Bender, 1995). Recreational Boating Law, Church
12 (Matthew Bender, 1992).
Author: "Nonjudicial Foreclosure Under the Ship Mortgage Acting," 18 J.Mar.L.Com. 555 (1987); "The Foreclosure of Preferred Ship Mortgages," 48 Consumer Finance, Financial. L.Q. Republican 136 (1994).
Company-Author: "Current Topics in the Law of Recreational Boating," 5 United States.F. March Lord Justice 107 (1992).
Lecturer, Pacific Admiralty Seminar, 1992, 1996. Pacific Multimodal International Expo, 1992.
Editor: Boating Briefs, 1991-1996. Chairman, Planning Committee for the Symposium, "Energy and The Oceans: A Legal Perspective," in 1 L & Envir.
3-156, (1985). Formerly with Graham & James.
Member: Los Angeles County and American (Chairman, Maritime Financing Subcommittee, 1994) Bar Associations. State Bar of California. The Maritime Law Association of the United States (Proctor Member.
Vice-Chairman, Recreational Boating Committee, 1996).
The Center for International Commercial Arbitration (Member, Board of Directors, 1990). International Business Association of Southern California (Member, Board of Directors, 1989.
President, 1994-1995). Greater Los Angeles World Trade Center Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1996).
Board directors World Trade Center Association, Los Angeles-Long Beach, Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. Honorary member American Vessel Documentation Association, 1995. Member American Bar Association (Bronze Key award 1982, maritime finance subcommittee, chairman 1994-2002, vice chairman since 2002), Maritime Law Association United States (proctor since 1988, chairman recreational boating committee 2002-2006), Maritime Arbitration Association United States (president since 1999), California Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, California Yacht Brokers Association (Merle Parke award 1996, 2002).
Married Mary Ellen Leach, June 20, 1992. Children: Trevor James, Elizabeth Mary, John Thomas.