Areas of Practice

The Law Office of Diane F. Russell offers experienced legal counsel, litigation and representation in the following areas of law:

• Family Law - divorce and legal separation, complex business and property division, custody, pre-nuptial/post-nuptial agreements, paternity, child support modification, relocations, living together agreements
  
  
• Employment Law - training seminars for management and non-management employees, non-competes, discrimination, both employer and employee representations, employment handbooks, sexual harassment or unlawful harassment policies and investigations
  
  
• Contracts - real estate purchase and sale agreements, leases, options to purchase, art gallery and other miscellaneous contracts, construction contracts, employment contracts, settlement agreements, promissory notes
  
  
• General Litigation - Will contests, breach of contract, construction litigation, tort litigation, boundary disputes
  
  
• Real Estate - real estate purchase and sales agreements, leases, options to purchase, roadway maintenance agreements, easements
  
  
• Estate Planning - Wills, life estates, community property agreements, powers of attorney, living wills
  
  
• Probate - For those dying with or without wills
  
  
• Mediation & Arbitration - Mediation and arbitration for all cases within these areas of practice
  
  
• Criminal Defense - felonies, misdemeanors, juvenile, drug defense and DUI, domestic violence