Russ focuses on assisting privately held businesses and entrepreneurs with their business and transactional needs, including advising on real estate acquisitions, dispositions, and financings; mergers and acquisitions; and a wide range of commercial agreements and strategic partnerships. Russ also assists his clients with entity structuring, organizational planning, and debt and equity financing transactions. Prior to re-joining Schwabe, Russ served as General Counsel to a private equity firm investing in, and developing, single, multi-family, and commercial real estate projects in Puget Sound and Portland regions.  

Bar Admissions

• Washington State Courts

Education

• University of Washington, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (1998)
• Seattle University School of Law, Juris Doctor, summa cum laude (2004)

• The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: What to Know About COBRA and PPP Changes

  By Russel Robertson |March 2021

• CARES Act Questions for the Technology Industry (Updated 06/15/2020)

  By Russel Robertson |June 2020

• CARES Act Questions for the Technology Industry (Updated 6/9/2020)

  By Russel Robertson |June 2020

• The Lender’s Role in the PPP Loan Review Process
• What to Know About PPP Appeals and Next Steps (updated 02/24/2022)
• Asking for Forgiveness: Further Revised PPP Loan Forgiveness Applications and Guidance (Updated 08/12/2021)
• First Draw Loans at or Over $2 million—SBA Discontinues Use of Necessity Questionnaires and What Is Next
• First Draw PPP Loans $2 Million and Up and the PPP Necessity Questionnaires 
• What to Know about the Paycheck Protection Program, Round Two – First Draw PPP Loans (Updated 5/5/2021)
• 10 Things to Know about Second Draw PPP Loans as Updated for the Economic Aid Act and the ARP Act (Updated 5/5/2021)
• PPP Ineligibility Update: Businesses Ineligible for First Draw and Second Draw PPP Loans (Updated 4/8/2021)
• Why You May Want to Wait to File for PPP Loan Forgiveness and Other Tips (Updated 3/25/2021)
• American Rescue Plan Act: Changes to Paycheck Protection Program, Certain Tax and ERISA Provisions, and Other Small Business Relief
• PPP: Changes by the Biden-Harris Administration
• Updated Key Considerations for PPP Documentation under the Economic Aid Act
• Initial Takeaways and Agency Guidance for the Latest PPP Updates
• Grounds for SBA Review, the SBA Loan Review Process, and Borrower Items
• Highlights of PPP Loan Items in the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act and 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Updated 01/06/2021)
• Ten Things to Know About the PPP Loan Forgiveness Applications (Updated 12/30/2020)
• Main Street Lending Program Overview for Nonprofits and For-Profit Businesses (updated 11/5/2020)
• Tribal Entities and the Main Street Lending Program
• Paycheck Protection Program Portal
• CARES Act Questions for the Technology Industry 
• CARES Act Questions for the Manufacturing, Distribution and Retail Industry
• CARES Act Questions for the Real Estate and Construction Industry 
• SBA Issues Additional PPP Rules on Effect of State and Local COVID-19 Orders and Other Items on Loan Forgiveness
• What to Know for Businesses Completing the Revised PPP Loan Forgiveness Applications (Updated 6/25/2020)
• SBA Offers Further Guidance on PPP Loan Forgiveness
• Noteworthy Amendments to the PPPFA Interim Final Rules
• Businesses Ineligible for the Paycheck Protection Program
• The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act
• CARES Act Resources
• Long-Awaited Condo Reform Kicks In; Here's What Developers Need To Know
• Restrictive Covenants: The Impact on Washington Condo Owners
• Amazon & Whole Foods: The Next Evolution of the Modern Supermarket?