John Russell is a partner in the William Mullen's Real Estate and Financial Services sections focusing on commercial real estate, finance and general business matters.  He represents owners, developers, investors, businesses, lenders, landlords and tenants in a broad range of commercial real estate transactions. He is highly experienced in business law, representing small business owners in general business, corporate and intellectual property matters, including entity formation, contract drafting and negotiation, asset sales and stock sales.

Education
University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. - 1999
University of Oregon, B.S. - 1990

Professional Affiliations
Charlottesville Bar Association - Real Estate and Business Sections
Greater Richmond Intellectual Property Law Association
Richmond Bar Association - Real Estate and Business Sections
Virginia Bar Association - Real Estate, Business and Intellectual Property Sections
Virginia State Bar

Awards and Honors
Listed in "The Legal Elite", Virginia Business magazine
Listed in Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Stars magazine

Representations

• Representation of the developer in the assemblage of real property required for residential and mixed-use residential-retail projects.
• Representation of land owners and developers in connection with joint venture transactions for the development of commercial and residential real property tracts.
• Continuing representation of regional real estate developer in acquiring, developing, leasing and disposing of numerous multi-million dollar commercial real estate tracts.
• Representation of landlords and tenants in lease negotiations for commercial buildings and sites, and ground leases.
• Representation of borrowers in connection with multi-million dollar loans for the acquisition, development and refinance of commercial properties.
• Representation of landlord in resolving lease and guaranty issues arising from fractious business failure of tenant.
• Representation of purchaser in connection with acquisition of real property and business assets utilized for restaurant operations.
• Representation of property owners in connection with successful variance requests before boards of zoning appeal, including approvals for lot splits and development plans for tracts situated in historic districts.
• Represented property owner in connection with approval for demolition of structures located in an historic district.
• Representation of exchanging property owners in Section 1031 tax-free exchanges.