Background
Warner, Russell S. was born on December 28, 1956 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.
Warner, Russell S. was born on December 28, 1956 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1978). University of Pittsburgh (Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1981).
Worked at MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton Limited Liability Partnership (Erie, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts. Banking, Bankruptcy, Corporate, Taxation, Environmental, Real Estate, Labor Relations, Estate Planning and Probate, Municipal and Corporate Finance, Insurance Defense, Workers Compensation, Personal Injury, Hospital, Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Trade Practice and Antitrust.
Admitted to the bar, 1981, Pennsylvania.
Order of the Coif; Order of the Barristers. Executive Note Editor, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1980-1981.
Law Clerk to: Honorary Doctorate. K. Sloviter, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1981-1982.
Honorary William West. Knox, United States.
District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1981. Author: Case Note, "The Code Giveth and the Code Taketh Away: Implied Warranties and the Statute of Limitations," 41 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 783, 1980. Since its founding in 1897, MacDonald, Illig, Jones and Britton Limited Liability Partnership has grown to become one of the largest law firms in Northwestern Pennsylvania.
Accompanying this growth has been steady expansion of the firm"s areas of expertise.
Long known for its litigation, corporate, labor, trusts and estates, banking and real estate practices, over the past few decades the firm has added talent and developed proficiency in the fields of bankruptcy, health care, intellectual property, environmental law and public finance. The firm serves a diversified clientele throughout Northwestern Pennsylvania.
Member: American Bar Association.