An Active Lawyer and Citizen

Married for 26 years to Sally. They have two sons, Herman, 20, a St. Thomas University business major and varsity baseball player, and Christopher, 19, an Elon College business major who plays both varsity football and golf.

1996 to present: Senior partner in the two-person law firm of Russomanno & Borrello, P.A., Miami 1980-1996: Partner, Floyd Pearson Richman Greer Weil Brumbaugh & Russomanno, P.A. 1977-1980: Corporate Counsel, Southern Bell Telephone 1976-1977: Law Clerk, Associate Justice Hugh Maddox, Alabama, Supreme Court 1975-1976: Law Clerk, Honorable Daniel H. Thomas, U.S. District Court, Mobile, Alabama

EDUCATION Rutgers University, New Jersey B.A. Magna Cum Laude with college-wide honors, 1971 Phi Beta Kappa Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, Alabama J.D., 1975 President of the Student Bar Association BOARD CERTIFICATIONS Civil Trial Lawyer, State of Florida, 1986 National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1986 Past Chair, Civil Trial Certification Committee

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE United States Supreme Court (1979) United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit Eleventh Circuit United States District Courts Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida Southern District of Alabama States Alabama Florida Florida Public Service Commission

The Florida Bar Board of Governors Current Chair, Budget Committee Executive Committee member Board of Governor's Liaison to the Young Lawyers Section Board of Governors' Liaison to the Committee on Professionalism Board of Governor's Liaison to the Aviation Committee Past Chair, Civil Trial Certification Committee 11th Circuit Committee on Professionalism member Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services Executive Council Trial Lawyers Section past member Rules of Civil Procedures Committee member Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee member Individual Rights and Responsibilities Committee member All-Bar Conference member

Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Board of Directors Past Chair, Continuing Legal Education Past Chair, Budget Preparation Committee American Bar Association Member, House of Delegates American Bar Foundation Fellow American Board of Trial Advocates (Miami Chapter) President Civil Justice Standing Committee Youth and Education Coordinator, Miami Chapter American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow Association of Trial Lawyers of America Board of Governors Co-Chair, Committee on Ethical Conduct Past Chair, Section & Litigation Group Coordination Committee State Delegate, 1987-1993 Member, State Relations Catholic Lawyers Guild of Dade County Past President Board of Directors Corporate Counsel Association of Dade County Member

Cuban-American Bar Association Member Dade County Bar Association President, 1993-'94 Executive Committee, 1988-1993 President, Young Lawyers Section, 1983-'84 Dade County Trial Lawyers Association President, 1990-'91 Florida Association of Women Lawyers Founding Member, Miami Chapter Florida Supreme Court Historical Society Member International Academy of Trial Lawyers Fellow International Society of Barristers Fellow Peter T. Fay American Inn of Court Bencher & Counselor Roscoe Pound Foundation Member Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Member

Leading Florida Attorneys: Selected in all editions Martindale-Hubbell AV Distinguished Alumnus, 1995, Cumberland School of Law Silver Eagle Award, 1994, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Outstanding Young Men of America, 1984 Most Productive Lawyer in The State of Florida, 1981-'82, Florida Bar Young Lawyers Section Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, 1982, Dade County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section The St. Thomas More Award, 1989 Joe Tonahill Award, 1997, Association of Trial Lawyers of America New Lawyers Division

Boy Scouts of America Benefactor Cumberland School of Law President, National Alumni Association, 1989-'91 Member, Advisory Board Committee for Selection of General Masters Member, 11th Judicial Circuit Citizen's Fraud Prevention & Education Foundation Continental Kendall Boys and Girls Baseball Khoury League Past President Florida Legislature Motor Vehicle Insurance Task Force Member, 1989-'90 Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Gulliver Prep Board Member, Booster Club Habitat for Humanity Leadership Miami Alumus Legal Services of Greater Miami Past Director Merit Selection Panel, United States Magistrate, Southern District of Florida Miami Project to Cure Paralysis Legal Advocates Committee

National Conference of Christians and Jews Officer (Treasurer) Executive Committee Board of Directors Palmer Trinity School Past Secretary, Board of Trustees Past President, Boosters' Club St. Thomas University Chair, Board of Trustees Chair, Development Committee Chair, School of Law Executive Committee Board of Advisors Adjunct Professor, School of Law United Way

Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Young Lawyers Section Association of Trial Lawyers of America Association of Trial Lawyers of America New Jersey Lawyers Association Dade County Trial Lawyers Association

Florida Bar Florida Bar Young Lawyers Section Florida Circuit Judges Conference Jackson Memorial Hospital Interdisciplinary Rape Science Training Institute National Business Institute National College of Advocacy

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