About The Russell Company
A "real world" expert witness for 35 years. In the last five years, clients have won over $80M in judgments. He does what he says he is going to do. Expertise in the valuing, buying, selling, financing, marketing, developing, constructing or redeveloping office, residential, retail, resort and industrial projects. He has been involved in over 80 cases, provided over 20 depositions and testified in 15 trials.
Services
Mr. Russell has been called to testify or provided litigation support in cases involving:
Areas of Expertise:
- Valuation
- Damage Calculations
- Standard of Care
- Broker Standard of Care
- Landlord/Tenant Disputes
- Partnership Disputes
- Landlord/Tenant Disputes
- Buyer/Seller Disputes
- Home Owner Association Disputes
- Buyer/Seller Disputes
- Title
- Estate Matters
- Divorce Forensics
- Assessment Districts
- Hazardous Materials
Experience:
- 35 years of experience as an expert witness
- 35 years real estate broker
- Managed $2 billion in transactions
- Sold over $500M in properties
- Entitled over 5,000 residential units; 2 million SF of office space
- Developed over 2 million SF of projects
- Conducted over 300 consulting assignments in 30 states
The Russell Company provides the following advisory services:
- Property evaluation and strategic planning
- Financing and loan restructuring
- Due diligence and transaction management
- Entitlement processing
- Value added opportunities
- Provide pre-development services
- Conduct financial feasibility and proforma sensitivity testing
- Construction management and oversight
- Resolve environmental issues and monitor clean up
- Historic preservation and historic tax credit
- Adaptive reuse
- Public/Private partnerships
- Billboard strategy, negotiation and implementation
Litigation Support Services
Mr. Michael P. Russell provides litigation support and expert witness testimony for plaintiff and defense attorneys.
Areas of Expertise
- Broker Standard of Care
- Commercial Real Estate
- Construction
- Contract Disputes
- Damage Calculations
- Damages
- Divorce
- Fraud
- Landlord Tenant Disputes
- Litigation
- Marketing Research
- Mold
- Partnership Disputes
- Real Estate
- Real Estate Appraisal
- Real Estate Finance
- Real Estate Malpractice
- Valuation
Additional Expertise:
Buyer-Seller Disputes
Profile
A "real world" expert witness for 35 years. In the last five years, clients have won over $80M in judgments. He does what he says he is going to do. Expertise in the valuing, buying, selling, financing, marketing, developing, constructing or redeveloping office, residential, retail, resort and industrial projects. He has been involved in over 80 cases, provided over 20 depositions and testified in 15 trials.
Mr. Russell has been called to testify or provided litigation support in cases involving:
Areas of Expertise:
- Valuation
- Damage Calculations
- Standard of Care
- Broker Standard of Care
- Landlord/Tenant Disputes
- Partnership Disputes
- Landlord/Tenant Disputes
- Buyer/Seller Disputes
- Home Owner Association Disputes
- Buyer/Seller Disputes
- Title
- Estate Matters
- Divorce Forensics
- Assessment Districts
- Hazardous Materials
Areas of Expertise:
- Contracts
- Standard of Care
- Brokerage
- Landlord/Tenant Disputes
- Valuation
- Loans
- Investment Fraud
- Partnership Issues
- Home Owner Association Disputes
- Buyer/Seller Disputes
- Redevelopment Agency Issues
- Assessment Districts
Experience:
- 35 years of experience as an expert witness
- 35 years real estate broker
- Managed $2 billion in transactions
- Sold over $500M in properties
- Entitled over 5,000 residential units; 2 million SF of office space
- Developed over 2 million SF of projects
- Conducted over 300 consulting assignments in 30 states
The Russell Company provides the following advisory services:
- Property evaluation and strategic planning
- Financing and loan restructuring
- Due diligence and transaction management
- Entitlement processing
- Value added opportunities
- Provide pre-development services
- Conduct financial feasibility and proforma sensitivity testing
- Resolve environmental issues and monitor clean up
- Historic preservation and historic tax credit
- Public/Private partnerships
- Billboard strategy, negotiation and implementation
Significant Achievements
In 2011, served as an expert witness on cases that resulted in judgments of greater than $75M in favor of clients. (http://lansner.ocregister.com/2011/10/17/newport-developer-wins-50-million-lawsuit/134693/)
As Vice President for Arden Realty, managed ten-person development and asset management team for Howard Hughes Center, which resulted in one million square feet of speculative, and build-to-suit office projects, entertainment retail center and infrastructure. Results exceeded an 11% return on invested costs. http://www.aecom.com/What+We+Do/Architecture/Market+Sectors/Real+Estate+and+Land+Development/_carousel/Howard+Hughes+Center
Part of team that restructured debt for Playa Vista and sold project to Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Negotiated to remove the Hughes heirs from any further capital calls and eliminated all environmental liability. http://www.playavista.com/
Prepared the master plan for Amerige Heights, a completed 1,300 unit planned residential community and 400,000 square foot town center
Significant Projects
- Arden/Hughes Center
- Howard Hughes Corporation/Playa Vista
- Mobil/Reston Town Center
- Maguire Thomas Partners/U.S. Bank World Center/Wells Fargo Center/ Solana Center/IBM
- Irvine Company/Irvine Ranch
- Prudential/Colony Square
- Chevron/The Ontario Center
- United Technologies/Warner Center
- Hughes/Amerige Heights
Consulting Practice
All States. I have worked on cases and assignments in 30 states.
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