Michelle Russo

Admitted:  New York State Bar , United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Professional Organizations: New York County and New York State Bar Associations

College: Boston University, B.A

Law School: Rutgers University School of Law,  J.D. 

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Ms. Russo is an accomplished trial attorney with over 25 years of experience in the courtroom. She started her career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Nassau County District Attorney's Office where she took 20 verdicts. Ms. Russo then transitioned to civil litigation, acting as senior trial counsel to several well respected New York City defense firms as well as a trial unit manager for the Allstate Insurance Company.Over the course of her career, Ms. Russo has tried many serious personal injury cases involving substantial damage exposure. She has successfully defended the full spectrum of insurance defense matters including automobile, premises, construction accidents, products liability, property damage and malpractice claims. Ms. Russo has negotiated, mediated and resolved many complex cases for her clients, which have included major insurance carriers, third party administrators and self insured companies.


Email :mrusso@skdglaw.com