Oil on canvas, 39 x 23 in., by Peter Stevens, 1983
Location: courtroom, rear
Born 1926 in Richmond, Virginia
Elected by the General Assembly on March 1, 1982 to a 12-year term beginning the same day, filling the vacancy created by the retirement of Albertis S. Harrison. Service terminated by retirement in 1991. Returned to service as a senior justice, 2004-present.
Education:
University of Virginia, B.A., 1946
University of Virginia, LL.B., 1948
Other judicial service:
Judge, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, 1967-1982
Professional career:
Private practice of law in Arlington, Fairfax, and Alexandria, Virginia, 1951-1967
Adjunct professor of law, George Mason University School of Law
Adjunct professor of law, University of Richmond (T.C. Williams School of Law)
Faculty, National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada
Faculty, Appellate Judges Seminar, New York University School of Law
Military service:
World War II and Korean War (Navy)
Sources:
Elected, Journal of the Senate of Virginia, Regular Session 1982, 3380; birth, education, and career, Marie T. Hough, Nancy L. Woolfolk, and Bernadette Brabb, eds., The American Bench: Judges of the Nation, 1989-1990, Fifth Ed. (Sacramento, CA: 1989-1990), 2483; nominated by the Democratic caucus, Celestine Bohlen and Patricia E. Bauer, “Arlington Judge Wins Fight to Fill Va. Supreme Court Vacancy,” The Washington Post, February 10, 1982, B2; military service, transcript of portrait presentation on February 28, 2006, published in 272 Va., xiii-xv; portrait, Library of Virginia portrait files, 2014. Retired Justice Russell has served as a senior justice since 2004.