Jason Russell

R. Jason Russell is a Partner at the Wilmington, Delaware law firm of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP. Jason’s practice generally involves sophisticated commercial transactions, particularly in respect of private equity fund formation and mergers and acquisitions. He received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Delaware with a major in finance and a minor in economics. He then worked in finance for J.P. Morgan Chase and then Johnson & Johnson before receiving his law degree from Villanova. Jason and his wife, Paige, have a son (Samuel ’29) and a daughter (Sawyer ’33), who both began their Sanford journeys in prekindergarten. Paige has also been actively involved with their children's classrooms and the annual Sanford auction. Jason previously served as a board member of the Wilmington units of the Boys & Girls Club of Delaware and also as the chair of the Commercial Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association.