Benjamin J. Russell is an associate in the GRSM Nashville office. Ben’s practice includes commercial litigation and other general liability matters. Ben has experience in all areas of litigation including motion practice, written discovery, conducting and defending depositions, as well as alternative dispute resolution including mediation and arbitration. Prior to joining GRSM, Ben worked for a New Orleans litigation firm handling insurance defense matters varying from personal liability to first party insurance bad faith claims.

Before law school, Ben performed regularly in the New Orleans music scene as both a drummer and a mandolinist, which he continues in Nashville. Ben is a frequent attendee of Nashville Soccer Club games and can frequently be found supporting his hometown New York Yankees and New Jersey Devils, as well as his beloved Liverpool F.C. 

Admissions

• Louisiana
• Florida
• U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western, and Middle Districts of Louisiana
• U.S. District Court, Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Memberships

• Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel