Robin Russell

Robin Russell is a deputy managing partner with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP in Houston. Prior to her appointment to that position in April 2018, she served as managing partner of the Houston office of Andrews Kurth LLP for seven years and co-chaired the firm’s national bankruptcy and restructuring practice for more than 15 years. Ms. Russell is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy and is recognized by Chambers USA as an Eminent Practitioner in Texas bankruptcy. Throughout her career, she has been involved in numerous bank holding company bankruptcies, including In re First City Bancorp and In re The One Bancorp, where she represented the unsecured creditors’ committee; In re Bank of New England Corporation, where she served as counsel to the chapter 7 trustee for more than 20 years and was the lead bankruptcy attorney in litigation against both the FDIC and the debtor’s audit firm; and In re Bank East Corporation, where she served as counsel to the largest noteholders and the post-confirmation liquidating debtor. Ms. Russell is also a prolific writer and speaker on issues related to banking, lending and distressed institutions. She presented A Servant of Two Masters: The Dilemma Faced by a Director Who Jointly Serves Both a Bank and its Affiliated Holding Company at an annual meeting of the American Bar Association, and she co-authored two publications: A Chapter 7 Case Study and “Understanding the Risks of Directing an Institution in Financial Distress,” Chapter 5 of the Handbook for Directors of Financial Institutions. Ms. Russell received her J.D. from Baylor Law School, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Baylor Law Review, and her LL.M. in banking law studies from Boston University School of Law.