John D. Russell (judge)
American lawyer (born 1963)
John David Russell (born 1963) is an American lawyer from Oklahoma who is serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Early life and education
Russell was born and raised in Enid, Oklahoma. He received a Bachelor of Science in political science from Oklahoma State University in 1985 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1988.
Career
From 1988 to 1991, Russell was an associate at Bracewell & Patterson in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in antitrust and regulatory law. From 1991 to 1993, he was a trial attorney in the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. From 1995 to 2002, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Oklahoma, where he focused on bankruptcy law, wire fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion. From 2002 to 2014, he was in private practice at Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens, in their Tulsa office. From 2015 to 2023, he was a shareholder at the law firm GableGotwals in Tulsa. In private practice, Russell has represented companies sued by the government as well as companies and individuals under investigation by grand juries or governmental agencies.
Federal judicial service
On October 18, 2023, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Russell to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
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