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William E. Russell is an Attorney and Counselor-at-Law in the State of New York and was admitted to the practice of law in 1973. He was the sole proprietor of a general law practice in Keeseville, New York from 1973 until 1996, when he and his then-associate, Michael D. McCormick, formed the partnership of Russell & McCormick.
Mr. Russell graduated from SUNY at Albany in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in Accounting and a minor in Business Administration. He graduated from Albany Law School in 1972, earning a Juris Doctor Degree. He was admitted to practice law in the State of New York and in all Courts of the State of New York, as well as the Federal Court System. In 1976, he received a certificate to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States. He has been the Town Attorney for the Town of AuSable since 1976, was an Assistant District Attorney for Clinton County, New York from 1976 to 1986, and has been a member of the Clinton County Bar Association, the Essex County Bar Association, and the New York State Bar Association since 1973. He has also served as President of the Clinton County Bar Association and Essex County Bar Association.
His community service includes almost 20 years of service as a Director in the Keeseville Youth Commission, a joint youth recreation bureau involving the municipalities of the Town of AuSable, Town of Chesterfield, and the Village of Keeseville; 14 years of service as a Director of North Country Legal Services, a non-profit legal services organization for disabled and low- income individuals; and a four-year appointment by The Governor as a Trustee for Clinton Community College.
He married Marcia A. Graziano, formerly of Albany, New York, in 1969. They have resided in Keeseville since 1972 and have three sons, Jeremy, Matthew, and Andrew.
Michael D. McCormick is an Attorney and Counselor-at-Law in the State of New York and was admitted to practice law in 1990. He was an associate at the Law Firm of Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart, Rhodes, and Judge in Glens Falls, New York as well as the Law Office of William E. Russell in Keeseville, New York from 1989 through 1995. In 1996, he formed the partnership of Russell & McCormick with William E. Russell.
Mr. McCormick graduated from State University College at Potsdam in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Chemistry. He earned a Juris Doctor Degree from Albany Law School in 1989. He was admitted to practice law in the State of New York for all New York State Courts in 1990. He was also admitted to practice in the Federal Court System in 1990 and in the Federal Tax Court in 1992. He has been Town Attorney for the Town of Chesterfield since 1996, is a past member of the Warren County Bar Association, and has been a member of the Clinton and Essex County Bar Associations since 1992. He has also been a member of the New York State Bar Association since 1990.
His community service includes a position as Trustee of the Keeseville Free Library, a Trustee and past-President of the Kent Delord House Museum in Plattsburgh, New York, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Champlain Valley Physician’s Hospital in Plattsburgh, New York.
He is married to Catherine M. Paul, formerly of Pittsford, New York. They have three children, Henry, Emily, and Allison.
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