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Email: raustin@murphyaustin.com
Telephone: 916-446-2300
X3006
Russell Austin
has extensive experience in real estate and business law. He has planned,
negotiated and documented a complete array of real property transactions
and supporting documentation, including purchase and sale transactions,
exchanges, syndications and development of partnerships, and a wide
variety of financing transactions and conservation transactions. Russell
also has substantial experience in several aspects of real estate litigation,
including complex foreclosure actions, property tax appeals and broker
litigation. He is listed in the 2000 through 2007 Editions of The
Best Lawyers in America as one of the Sacramento area's outstanding
real estate attorneys and from 2005 through 2007 has been listed as
a Super Lawyer in Northern California Super Lawyers.
Russell has been a Lecturer at King Hall School of Law at the University
of California (Davis), teaching Real Estate Finance, has served as an
Adjunct Professor in the graduate tax program at the McGeorge School of
Law in Sacramento, and was an Instructor at Hastings College of the Law
in San Francisco. Russell was a contributing editor for Real Estate Purchase
and Sale Transactions and Organizing Corporations in California, both
published by the California Continuing Education of the Bar. He has been
a frequent panel speaker and moderator at continuing education seminars
on real estate law.
Russell has been
active in a number of community organizations and currently serves on
the Boards of Directors of the Crocker Art Museum Association and the
Sacramento Valley Conservancy. He was recognized by the Sacramento Metro
Chamber of Commerce as its “Volunteer of the Year” for 2001.
Russell has also
been active in the Sacramento County Bar Association, has served as
Chair of the Voluntary Legal Services Program and President of Legal
Services of Northern California. In 1992, Russell received a President's
Pro Bono Service award from the California State Bar and, in 1993, he
received a Pro Bono Publico award from the
American Bar Association. In 1994, Russell was recognized by the Sacramento
County Bar Association as its Humanitarian of the Year.
Upon graduation
from law school in 1980, Russell joined the San Francisco firm of Marron
Reid, LLP and in 1982 helped open its Sacramento office. In 1998, Russell
joined the Sacramento firm of Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan,
LLP as Chair of its Business and Real Estate Department. From 1999 through
2001, Russell served as the first Managing Partner of Murphy Austin
Adams Schoenfeld LLP.
He received his B.A. with highest honors from the University of California
Santa Barbara, his J.D. from University of California, Berkeley Boalt
Hall School of Law, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of
the Coif.
Areas of Practice
Real Estate Law,
Corporations and Business Law, Commercial Law, Corporate
and Securities
Speaking Engagements and Teaching Positions
- Panelist and
Moderator, California Continuing Education of the Bar, Real Property
Law Programs, (1990-2006)
- California
Commercial Real Estate Financing, Lorman Education Services (June
21, 2001)
- Lecturer in Law,
Real Estate Finance/University of California, Davis, (1992-1993)
- Adjunct Professor,
Corporate Taxation/McGeorge School of Law, (1983-1989)
- Instructor, Hastings
College of the Law, University of California, (1981-1982)
Leadership Positions and Community Activities
- Crocker Art Museum
Association, Board of Directors (2001-2008)
- Sacramento Valley
Open Space Conservancy, Board of Directors (2002-2008), President
(2004-2006), Vice President (2003-2004)
- Sacramento Metropolitan
Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, (2000-2003)
- Sacramento Public
Library Foundation, Board of Directors, (1999-2002)
- Golden State
Museum, Board of Directors, (1997-2000)
- Boalt Hall Alumni
Association, Board of Directors, (1997-2000)
- Legal Services
Trust Fund Commission, Commission Member, (1994-1997); Commission
Chair, (1997)
- Legal Services
of Northern California, Board of Directors, (1988-1994); President,
(1989-1993)
- Voluntary Legal
Services of Northern California, Board of Directors, (1986-1992);
Chair, (1988-1992)
- Business Volunteers
for the Arts, President, (1993-1994); Board of Directors (1988-1994)
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
(2006)
- Listed as a Super
Lawyer in Northern California Super Lawyers (2005-2007)
- Listed in The
Best Lawyers in America (2000 through 2007 Editions)
- Sacramento Metropolitan
Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year, 2001
- Sacramento County
Bar Association Humanitarian of the Year, (1994)
- American Bar
Association Pro Bono Publico Award, (1993)
- California State
Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award, (1992)
- Business Volunteer
of the Year, Business Volunteers for the Arts, (1991)
Education
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
J.D., 1980
University of California, Santa Barbara
B.A., History, summa cum laude, 1974
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