Russell R. Weddell

Location: Taunton, Massachusetts

Russell R. Weddell is an extraordinary attorney and fearless advocate for his clients. No attorney will work harder for you. He routinely represents our clients in the District, Superior and Family law courts throughout Massachusetts. Over the course of his highly successful career Attorney Weddell has briefed and argued multiple appeals before the highest appellate courts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, including five cases of first impression that established precedent or redefined existing case law. Attorney Weddell drafted the first challenge to the constitutionality of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) while working for the Law Office of F. Lee Bailey.

Attorney Weddell currently focuses his flourishing practice in the areas of civil litigation, divorce and family law. He is a Certified Mediator for all Probate and Family Courts in Massachusetts and has a very high success rate with his mediation clients in all variety of matters including complicated property division, custody, support and alimony issues. In addition he aggressively represents clients in contested and uncontested divorces. He has been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Areas of Practice

• Mediation
• Divorce
• Family Law
• Civil Litigation
• Probate of Estates
• Estate Planning

Bar Admissions

• Supreme Court of the United States of America
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts
• Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

Education

• Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
  • J.D. - 1982
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • B.A. - 1979
  • Major: Legal Studies

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