Russell Woodward
Career Highlights
Russell is an accomplished lawyer with a diverse legal background and both large law firm and corporate in-house experience. He has a reputation for outstanding communication and negotiation skills. Russell has extensive experience negotiating contracts and managing large real estate transactions - including joint ventures, mixed-use projects, multifamily apartment acquisitions and dispositions, and raw land purchases – and representing HOAs, condo associations, and property management companies.Prior to founding Woodward & Woodward with his wife, Danae, Russell defended medical malpractice actions at Anderson, Coe & King in Baltimore, helped clients buy, sell, and refinance commercial real estate at Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman in Charlotte, and devoted 9 years as an in-house counsel for a publicly-traded residential homebuilder and a multifamily property owner and manager.
Educational Background
Russell received his law degree from the Emory University School of Law in 1992 and an A.B. in History, with honors, from Duke University in 1986. Russell spent his junior year abroad at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England.States Licensed
Maryland (currently inactive)United States District Court for the District of Maryland
North Carolina
United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Personal Information
Russell enjoys coaching youth soccer, running, live music, and Duke Basketball.
Danae Woodward
Career Highlights
Danae has diverse legal experience gained from representing multinational and Fortune 250 companies, public employers, labor unions, and individuals. She brings a unique perspective to her client’s needs due to her many years as an in-house counsel at Duke Energy and Mecklenburg County Government and her work as a consulting attorney for the Legal Division Employment Team at Wachovia/Wells Fargo. Danae has significant experience with a broad range of employment and labor matters, including Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, E-Verify, Wage & Hour, USERRA, various state employment and labor law statutes, employee privacy, workplace violence, breach of contract, employment torts, covenants not to compete, and non-solicitation agreements.Educational Background
Danae received her law degree from the Emory University School of Law in 1991 and a B.A. in Economics from University of Texas at Austin in 1988.States Licensed
Texas (currently inactive)Maryland (currently inactive)
United States District Court for the District of Maryland
North Carolina
United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina