Background
Russo, Richard Anthony was born on August 14, 1955 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Anthony Leo and Margaret Jean (Filippini) Russo.
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Richard Anthony Russo
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Wilkes University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1977). Temple University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1980).
Career
Worked at Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald, L.L.P. (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials in all Courts. Appellate and Federal Practice.
Corporate, Real Estate, Labor, Employee Benefits, Banking and Insurance Law, Probate, Taxation, Bankruptcy, Professional Malpractice Law, Environmental Law, Personal Injury, General Aviation and Civil Rights. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Pennsylvania. Recipient, Barristers' Society Trial Advocacy Award, Temple University.
Member: Pennsylvania (Member, Civil Litigation Section) and American Bar Associations. Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association (Member, Court Rules Committee, 1986-1988. 1994); Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1997).
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. The firm was founded in 1954 by Max Rosenn, now Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Harold, his brother, Mitchell Jenkins, a former United States. Congressman and Brigadier General. And Henry Greenwald, a renowned corporate Lawyer.
Rosenn, Jenkins & Greenwald grew from a small local general practice firm into a large multi-disciplinary regional firm serving clients throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Northeast. With over 43 attorneys, it is now the largest law firm in Northeastern Pennsylvania, and, given its size in a smaller urban setting, the firm has the opportunity to, and does, provide leadership in numerous civic, religious and philanthropic activities.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Catholic Social Superior vena cava syndrome, Wilkes-Barre, 1988-1991. Alumni Leadership Wilkes-Barre, 1987. Solicitor Swoyersville Borough Zoning Board, 1987-1988.
Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, Association Trial Lawyers American, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, Wilkes-Barre Law & Library. Association, Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce (board directors 1988-1990), Kiwanis, Italian American Association of Luzerne County.
Connections
Married Cheryl Ann Orlando, July 30, 1977. Children: Richard Junior, Michelle Marie.
