Richard A. Russo was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on August 14, 1955. He was raised in Pittston, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Pittston Area High School. In 1977, he graduated magna cum laude from Wilkes University, and in 1980 graduated cum laude from Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia. While at Temple Law School, he was the recipient of the Barrister's Society Trial Advocacy Award.

Attorney Russo was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1980. He also is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.

Richard A. Russo belongs to a number of professional associations including the Pennsylvania Bar Association and its Civil Litigation Section, the Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association where he serves on its Bench Bar Committee, the American Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, and the Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association where he also served as its president.

Attorney Russo is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which is a prestigious group of lawyers in the United States who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for their clients. Mr. Russo is also proud to have received an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Among his many victories for accident victims was his successful representation of Grammy award winning singer, Gloria Estefan and her internationally renowned music producer husband, Emilio Estefan, who were injured in an interstate tractor trailer/bus accident in the Pocono Mountains. In his 26 years of practicing law, Attorney Russo has successfully handled numerous other serious and complex personal injury cases in Federal and State Court.

Richard A. Russo currently serves as the vice president of the Committee for Justice for All, which is a non-profit northeastern Pennsylvania advocacy group fighting to preserve the integrity of the civil justice system and the constitutional right of all Americans to trial by a jury of their peers.

Education

• Wilkes University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977)
• Temple University (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Recipient, Barrister's Society Trial Advocacy Award from Temple University

Bar Admissions & Memberships

• Pennsylvania (1980)
• U.S. District Court for Middle District of Pennsylvania
• U.S Court of Appeals- Third Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Affiliations

• Pennsylvania Bar Association - Civil Litigation Section
• American Bar Association
• Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association - Bench Bar Committee
• Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Committee for Justice for All - Board of Directors; Vice-President (2006-present)
• Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1997-1998)