Erick A. Russell, an attorney in the government finance practice at Pullman & Comley has been named to the American Bar Association”™s 2020 “On the Rise ”” Top 40 Young Lawyers” Award program. This national recognition for Russell follows many recent awards on the state level which he has received, including the Fairfield County Business Journal”™s 40 under 40 Rising Stars in 2019.
A past chair of the LGBT section of the Connecticut Bar Association, Russell, since 2014, has served as a co-chair of the annual Lambda Legal “Connecticut Cares” event, that has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support Lambda”™s work in assuring equality for LGBTQ persons across the country. He is an active participant in the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association, currently sits on its board, and was the recipient of its “Rising Leader” award in 2019. In addition, Russell has been a leading member of the Lawyer”™s Collaborative for Diversity, a group of law firms, in-house legal departments, state governmental lawyers and law school representatives dedicated to increasing diversity in Connecticut”™s legal community.
Pullman & Comley is one of Connecticut”™s largest law firms, with several offices, including in Bridgeport and Stamford.
