Russell kuj tau ua haujlwm rau Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Lag Luam Hauv Tebchaws Meskas ntawm kev siv zog los xyuas kom meej tias US txoj cai kev lag luam thiab nws cov kev siv tau txhawb nqa US ib puag ncig txoj cai, suav nrog los ntawm kev txhawb nqa kev tswj xyuas kom ruaj khov ntawm cov peev txheej ntuj thiab ua kom muaj kev lag luam thiab kev nqis peev. liberalization uas ua rau nkag mus rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas kev lag luam yog siv los ua kev txhawb siab rau kev txhim kho, thiab tsis muaj kev puas tsuaj, ntawm kev tiv thaiv ib puag ncig. Raws li tus kws lij choj hauv Lub Chaw Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees thiab Ib puag ncig ntawm US Department of Justice, Russell txoj haujlwm suav nrog kev tsom mus rau kev ua haujlwm nrog cov tebchaws tsim kho ntawm kev txhim kho lawv cov kev cai lij choj, suav nrog kev hais txog kev txhim kho thiab kev ua raws li kev cai lij choj thiab kev tswj hwm ib puag ncig. Hauv nws txoj haujlwm nws tau ua haujlwm ntau nrog cov neeg sawv cev ntawm txhua theem ntawm Pawg Thawj Coj, Cov Tswv Cuab ntawm Pawg Neeg Sawv Cev thiab lawv cov neeg ua haujlwm, pej xeem zej zog, kev lag luam thiab kev kawm. Ua ntej nws txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Kev Pabcuam, Russell yog ib tus neeg koom tes ntawm Spiegel & McDiarmid, ib lub tuam txhab kev cai lij choj hauv Washington, DC thiab ua haujlwm rau Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees Douglas W. Hillman, Tus Thawj Kws Txiav Txim, Lub Tsev Hais Plaub hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas, Western District of Michigan. Nws yog kawm tiav ntawm Yale University thiab University of Michigan Law School.