Barrister Steven Russo is the Founder and director of Russo Law Firm LLC.
Mr. Russo is an Arizona State and Italian attorney with more than 35 years of cumulative experience in the practice of international Probate law. Born in Rome, Italy, After graduating from law school in Rome, Italy, he practiced Law in Italy for more than he relocated about 27 years ago to Arizona, where, he went to one of the most prestigious University of Nebraska College of Law and receives additional training in evidence law, ethics, and court practice and procedure. he gained substantial experience in major international law firms.
He was the founding member of Steven Lee Law and since then, he has managed the law firm. Clients have said about him:
“A genius”; “extremely effective”; “The only U.S. Italian Attorney with deep knowledge of both systems”; “Complete attorney”, “Incredibly smart”.
Major U.S. and Italian newspapers, among others, have requested interviews or statements about cases or clients he represented but he never really provides an interview. He believes that confidentiality and trust are the keys for success with clients.
He is an expert of:
- commercial litigation,
- international tax law
- mergers,
- acquisitions,
- immigration,
- real estate,
- contracts,
- family law,
- finance, and as a deep knowledge of business transactions.
He closed several acquisitions of American companies for Italian counterparts, appointed as an expert in an international major family law case by the Eastern District of New York, U.S. District Court; argued a case that will constitute major precedent before the Federal Court of Appeal in international family law; he applied on behalf of clients for several visas, over 300, obtained them all and incorporated at least 500 companies on behalf of clients. He was appointed leading counsel on the international tax issue of the capital gain on the dismissal of shares in a multi-million dollar acquisition.
His team of attorneys in the Arizona Office, Italy Office is composed of an elite of U.S. and Italian attorneys.
He opened the Arizona Office and the Rome Office. He took the firm of one single attorney in 1992 to become a powerhouse of the Italian American legal market in the United States.
Email: steven@russolawfirmllc.com