Russell has focused his legal practice in the areas of bankruptcy and personal injury in Wisconsin and Minnesota. This focused approach allows him to provide clients with knowledgeable and effective representation while maintaining the personal attention they deserve. Russell has personally handled hundreds of cases from start to finish. He has appeared in courtrooms (including trials), settlement conferences, depositions, arbitrations, mediations and hearings across Wisconsin and Minnesota. While Russell handles only bankruptcy and injury issues today, he has years of experience in real estate litigation, contract litigation, family law and criminal law, which has given him a unique perspective on how other areas of law may impact his clients' personal injury or bankruptcy cases. Russell received his Juris Doctor from William Mitchell College of Law (WMCL). Prior to attending law school, Russell received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (USWP), where he majored in business administration and political science with a minor in history.

John Nicoletti is the managing partner of the firm with more than 46 years of domestic and international insurance coverage litigation experience. John represents the interests of major international and domestic underwriters in federal and state courts throughout the United States. He advises clients on a full range of insurance and reinsurance matters, with a focus on marine, inland marine, commercial property & casualty and energy insurance. John also counsels clients following pollution incidents on how to respond to the incident in compliance with federal and state law (e.g., Oil Pollution Act of 1990, Clean Water Act, CERCLA and state equivalents), on coordinating with governmental agencies responding to the incident, and on how to manage third-party claims arising out of the incident. In addition, John regularly represents a variety of interests in the shipping and transportation industries in federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration, throughout the United States in connection with lawsuits arising out of maritime casualties, pollution incidents, cargo damage, charter party disputes, maritime liens, salvage, personal injury and commercial disputes. John has also authored or reviewed and supplemented many open cargo policy forms for multiple domestic underwriters and upon request reviewed and at underwriters’ request prepared risk assessment reports on cargo policy forms offered by the major brokers. Further, John has been, and is, lead counsel for multiple insurers on COVID claims and litigations, riot/vandalism, weather-related and terrorism catastrophes, flood/wind/named storm/deductible/hurricane and sublimit controversies, home owners’ policy litigation defense, corrosion analysis, fire losses, cyber risk, allocation, exhaustion and occurrence analysis, all-risk and builder’s risk policies, policy and reinsurance wording and forms analysis, building and crane collapses, transportation accidents, boiler and machinery, utility and power generation loss, contamination, arson and fraud, defense of insurers against public transportation agency first-party lawsuits, reinsurance arbitration, federal multi-district disaster litigation, chemical plant loss, oil company claims, refinery loss and related energy loss, on shore and off shore energy loss, coal and gold mining loss, satellite loss, defense of officers and directors, whistle blower defense, defamation defense, products liability defense, commercial marine coverage disputes, warehouse liability, marine cargo, bills of lading disputes, construction accidents, construction project sequence analysis, defense of serious personal injury, litigation of commercial and real estate disputes, bankruptcy, employee-related issues, land use, financial guaranty, retrospective premium, advertising liability, and product recall. John Nicoletti argues motions and appeals in various federal and state courts. He has litigated as U.S. counsel in international commercial, insurance and reinsurance disputes, applying U.K., Bermudian, French and Spanish law, represented U.S. clients in foreign insurance and commercial disputes, and assisted foreign clients seeking discovery in the U.S. regarding foreign litigations. John has represented foreign clients in commercial disputes. John has litigated cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States, including New York, New Jersey, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands and West Virginia. John has authored articles, made presentations as part of industry panels, and lectured on multi-layer approaches to ambiguity questions, weather related catastrophes, ensuing loss, punitive damages, business interruption, occurrence issues, cyber and CGL insurance trends, and claims leadership.

Charles D. Niehaus has represented corporate and business clients for over 25 years on a wide range of business issues including securities, venture capital, corporate, banking, international law, and renewable energy matters.

James F. Noble III (Jamie) has been litigating cases in state and federal courts for more than 30 years. He received his undergraduate degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1985, and his law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1989. He is proud of being the third generation lawyer at a family law firm founded by his grandfather. Mr. Noble’s grandfather and father each practiced for more than 50 years.

Aviation Litigation Donald J. Nolan is a nationally-acclaimed lawyer and founder of Nolan Law Group which has become one of the nation’s most prestigious and well-recognized plaintiff firms. In the area of aviation law, Donald Nolan has represented the rights of victims and families in air disasters around the world. His work has led to the redesign of several safety systems and defective components of major commercial and general aviation aircraft. In the course of his career, he has been appointed as Lead Counsel and to leadership positions in a multitude of air crash cases in state and federal courts throughout the country. While he has consistently been named to the Bar Register of Pre-eminent Lawyers and has been named a Leading American Attorney in Personal Injury Law, a distinction less than 6% of practicing attorneys can claim, he considers the creation of the firm itself and establishment of an experienced, competent & well-versed staff as the hallmark of a career dedicated to clients needs. He continues to represent clients from around the world on a select basis in the most tragic of cases.