Lou helps business owners, executives and investors with contracts, business disputes and buying and selling businesses.
Lou Russo of Russo Law LLC is an accomplished business lawyer, arbitrator, professor and author with nearly 15 years of legal experience and training from the best and the brightest legal minds at the nation's preeminent AmLaw100 business law firms including Proskauer Rose, Winston & Strawn, and Alston & Bird.
Lou advises and works closely with clients on all legal issues serving as outside general counsel to many. He negotiates and drafts business contracts, helps business owners buy and sell businesses, as well as navigate pre-suit negotiations, mediation, arbitration of business disputes, and federal and state court litigation of which often include a breach of contract and related allegations of fraud and other tortious conduct. Lou works to resolve business disputes and partnership disagreements before litigation becomes necessary.
Lou helps business owners and investors buy and sell businesses of all sizes including small businesses and medium-sized businesses in New York and New Jersey. He regularly drafts and negotiates asset sales, purchase agreements and the sale of interests in limited liability companies between owners. In that role he works with his clients' tax accountants, insurance brokers, and other professionals to get the deal closed.
Drawing upon his significant experience, Lou Russo also serves as arbitrator in FINRA and American Arbitration Association - Consumer matters and also teaches commercial arbitration as an adjunct law professor of law.
A magna cum laude graduate of Hofstra Law, Lou was the Associate Editor of the Hofstra Law Review and the Vice President of the Moot Court Association. He also participated in the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s trial techniques program. He received his B.A. in political science (with a minor in biology) from Villanova University.
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New York business lawyer, New Jersey business lawyer, business attorney, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, M&A, buing a business, selling a business, pre-suit negotiation, mediation, litigation in state and federal courts, and arbitration, partnership disputes, operating agreements, shareholder agreements, NDAs, purchase agreements (breach of contract, Commercial Litigation, Business Litigation)
Practice areas
Act as outside general counsel for small businesses and medium sized businesses. Helping clients sell and acquire businesses.
Analyzing, negotiating, and drafting commercial contracts, terms & conditions, loan agreements, commercial real estate leases, and employment contracts.
Help businesses, owners, officers, directors, members, partners, shareholders or other investors resolve matters in state & federal litigation in New York, New Jersey and Washington DC.
14 years
Resolving business disputes before arbitration panels under most of the major arbitral institutions (AAA, ICC, ICDR, ICSID, Society of Maritime Arbitrators)
14 years
Helping owners and investors negotiate partnership agreements and operating agreements and resolve disputes without need for litigation
Disputes relating employee departures and onboarding including issues such as raiding, noncompetes, nonsolicitation, confidentiality agreements, theft of trade secrets, and tortious interference. Negotiate and draft employment contracts.
14 years
Languages spoken
English
Russo Law LLC (By Appointment Only)
276 Fifth Avenue
Suite 704
New York, NY, 10001
Russo Law LLC (By Appointment Only)
681 Lawlins Road
Suite 10-7
Wyckoff, NJ, 07481
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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DC | Good Standing | 2010 | 06/08/2022 |
NY | Currently registered | 2008 | 07/14/2022 |
NJ | Active | 2007 | 07/04/2022 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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AV Preeminent Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2020 |
Rising Star | Super Lawyers | 2020 |
Client Champion (Platinum) | Martindale-Hubbell® | 2020 |
Rising Star | Super Lawyers | 2019 |
Rising Star | Super Lawyers | 2018 |
Rising Star | Super Lawyers | 2017 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Founder | Russo Law LLC | 2019 - Present |
Adjunct Professor | Hofstra Law School | 2018 - Present |
Partner | Goldberg Segalla | 2016 - 2019 |
Of Counsel | Alston & Bird, LLP | 2013 - 2016 |
Associate | Winston & Strawn, LLP | 2011 - 2013 |
Associate | Seyfarth Shaw | 2010 - 2011 |
Associate | Proskauer | 2007 - 2010 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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FINRA | Arbitrator | 2020 - Present |
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) | Membership Committee | 2018 - Present |
Knights of Columbus | Member | 2018 - Present |
New York City Small Claims Court Arbitrator | Member | N/A |
Villanova BRIDGE Society | Mentor | N/A |
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law 2016 Working Group for Arbitration and Conciliation | Delegate | N/A |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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Business Law Corner Blog | COVID19 CONTRACT ASSESSMENT CHECKLIST | 2020 |
Business Law Corner | Business Divorce Checklist: 5 Tips for Breaking Up with a Business Partner | 2020 |
Russo Law Blog | Virtual Arbitration: The Meteoric Rise of Web Conferencing In Response to COVID19 | 2020 |
Russo Law Blog | Russo Law's Blog Posts Published by CourtBuddy | 2020 |
Law Technology Today (American Bar Association) | The Impact of Remote Work on Attorneys | 2020 |
Russo Law LLC Blog | Commercial Rent Obligations in a Pandemic | 2020 |
Russo Law LLC Blog | Contract Impossibility and COVID-19 | 2020 |
Legal Support World Blog | Lawyers' Suggestions to Avoid Mistakes During Contract Drafting! | 2019 |
Resolving Insurance Claim Disputes Before Trial, ABA Book Publishing | Chapter Co-Author, "Professional Liability Claims" | 2018 |
Mealey's Litigation Discovery Report and Mealey's International Arbitration Report | Co-Author, "E-Disclosure Bytes — Managing ESI in International Commercial Arbitration" | 2018 |
New York Business Journal | Contributing Author, "Waiving Goodbye to Fiduciary Duties" | 2018 |
Mealey's International Arbitration Report | Co-Author, "The Evolving Landscape of Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration" | 2017 |
Inside Counsel | Co-Author, “Uber’s Online Terms and Conditions Invoking Arbitration Receives 5 Stars" | 2017 |
Mealey’s International Arbitration Report | Co-Author, “Your Arbitral Awards are Safe: U.S. Courts are Deferential to Arbitral Disclosure Rulings" | 2015 |
Young ICCA Blog | Co-Author, “New York’s Highest Court Rejects Attempt to Compel Nonsignatory to Arbitrate Under the Direct Benefits Estoppel Doctrine" | 2015 |
Bloomberg Law Reports | Navigating the Complexities of International Arbitration | 2014 |
Global Arbitration Review | New Curbs on Arbitrator Interviews | 2013 |
Securities Reform Act Litigation Reporter and Bank and Corporate Governance Law Reporter | Delaware Quarterly: Recent Developments in Delaware Business and Securities Law | 2013 |
New York Law Journal | How 'Morrison' Inadvertently Broadens Extraterritorial Actions | 2012 |
Wall Street Lawyer | Tellabs, Matrixx & Scienter: Forget the Trees and Focus on the Forest | 2011 |
Corporate Counsel Magazine | From the Experts: Piecing it Together | 2011 |
American Bar Association, The SIRMon | Proper Policy: Excess Insurer Liability Following Settlements for Less | 2009 |
Hofstra Law Review | The Consequences of Arbitrating a Legal Malpractice Claim: Rebuilding Faith in the Legal Profession | 2006 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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Hofstra University School of Law | JD - Juris Doctor, magna cum laude | 2007 |
Villanova University | BA - Bachelor of Arts | 2002 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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Nexdigm Podcast | Early Case Assessment of Business Disputes | 2020 |
Market Your Solo Practice with Free Tips and Brief Consultations | Legal Marketing | 2020 |
100 EASY WAYS TO AVOID COVID-19 DEBT AND LEGAL PROBLEMS | 100 EASY WAYS TO AVOID COVID-19 DEBT AND LEGAL PROBLEMS | 2020 |
LVL/Allied World CE/CLE, New York City, New York | Co-Presenter, "D&O Liability in the Digital Age" | 2018 |
New York City Association of Insurance Women (NYCAIW) Breakfast and Learn, New York City, New York | Co-Presenter, "D&O Liability in the Digital Age" | 2018 |
National Arbitration and Mediation | Panelist, "Best Practices and Tips for Mediation: 4 Perspectives" | 2017 |
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators | Panelist, “Utilizing Technology in Dispute Resolution" | 2015 |
Case name | Outcome |
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Dismissal of breach of contract case relating to online terms and conditions | Dismissed after trial |
Settled employment contract dispute | Settled |
Settled lawyer partnership dispute | Settled |
Settled case involving sale and valuation of nursing/homecare company | Settled |
Arbitration relating to private placement investment in a healthcare company | Settled |
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Michael Doland, Business Attorney on Aug 3, 2022
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
The answers of Mr. Russo are consistently accurate, full of analysis, and are customized to the needs of the Avvo askers. These are exactly the qualities that every client would look for when hiring an attorney.
Matthew Trokenheim, Litigation Attorney on Mar 17, 2020
Relationship: Worked together on matter
Lou and I worked together for several years. He is a smart, thoughtful, efficient litigator, who takes client service to the next level.
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