Fellers Snider
Attorney at Law

John D. Russell, Shareholder/Director

Tulsa Office
The Kennedy Building
321 South Boston, Suite 800
Tulsa, OK 74103-3318
T (918) 599-0621
F (918) 583-9659
JRussell@FellersSnider.com
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Mr. Russell has conducted internal investigations for, and otherwise represented, numerous public and private companies and their boards and committees. For these clients, he has handled matters involving a wide range of issues, including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, corporate and accounting fraud, securities fraud, health care fraud, tax fraud, lending practice violations, and public corruption. Mr. Russell also represents executives and directors of such entities. 

 
In connection with these matters, Mr. Russell regularly represents clients in court and before the United States Department of Justice, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal and state agencies.
 
As a federal prosecutor, Mr. Russell personally investigated, charged, and tried to verdict a wide range of white-collar crimes, including securities fraud, corporate and accounting fraud, public corruption, tax fraud, health care fraud, and money laundering. Mr. Russell was the Appellate Coordinator for the Criminal Division from 1998 through 2000. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Mr. Russell was a trial attorney in the Department of Justice’s Tax Division in Washington, D.C.
 
As a defense attorney, Mr. Russell obtained an acquittal for a client in the Eastern District of Virginia in a fraud against the government case. Mr. Russell also successfully represented the former chairman of an insurance company and third-party administrator charged with health care fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering . In addition to charged cases, Mr. Russell has successfully represented numerous clients by obtaining a declination of charges by the government before being charged.

 

Practices

Education

  • University of Oklahoma College of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1988)
  • Oklahoma State University (B.S., with honors, 1985)

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Representative Matters & Clients

  • TENTH CIRCUIT
    • United States v. Moore, 198 F.3d 793 (10th Cir. 1999)
    • United States v. Spears, 197 F.3d 465 (10th Cir. 1999)
    • United States v. Spencer, 178 F.3d 1365 (10th Cir. 1999)
    • United States v. Viefhaus, 168 F.3d 392 (10th Cir. 1999)
    • United States v. Clifton, 127 F.3d 969 (10th Cir. 1997)
    • United States v. Knox, 124 F.3d 1360 (10th Cir. 1997)
    • United States v. O'Brien, 131 F.3d 1428 (10th Cir. 1997)
  • DISTRICT COURTS:
    • Advanced Warnings, Inc. v. United States, 72 A.F.T.R.2d 93-5891 (E.D. Okla. 1993)
    • Nichols v. Cavuto, 71 A.F.T.R.2d 93-2034 (E.D. Okla. 1993)
    • United States v. Clark (In re Clark), 145 B.R. 275 (E.D. Ark. 1993)
    • United States v. Bailey, 789 F. Supp. 788 (N.D. Tex. 1992)
  • BANKRUPTCY COURTS:
    • Burch v. United States (In re Burch), 163 B.R. 854 (Bankr. E.D. Okla. 1993)
    • Streetman v. United States (In re Russell), 154 B.R. 723 (Bankr. W.D. Ark. 1993)
    • Goldsby v. United States (In re Goldsby), 135 B.R. 611 (Bankr. E.D. Ark. 1992)
    • In re Beck, 128 B.R. 571 (Bankr. E.D. Okla. 1991)

 

Professional Memberships

  • Member, State Bar of Oklahoma
  • Member, Bar of the District of Columbia
  • Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
  • Term Master, American Inns of Court, Council Oak Chapter
  • Admitted to practice before:
    • United States Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
    • United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
    • United States District Courts for the Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
    • United States District Court for the District of Columbia
    • United States Tax Court

Awards & Honors

  • 2010, Best Lawyers In America - Commercial Litigation
  • Oklahoma Super Lawyers®, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
  • Super Lawyers® Corporate Counsel Edition, 2008
  • Outstanding Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division
  • AV Peer Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Speaking Engagements

  • Instructor, "Business Crimes," Tulsa County Bar Association (December 1999)
  • Instructor, "Appellate Advocacy," National Advocacy Center, U.S. Department of Justice (June 1998)

 

Pro Bono

Mr. Russell serves on the Criminal Justice Act Panel of attorneys appointed to represent indigent criminal defendants charged in federal court.

 

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