About Russell
RUSSELL S. SAYRE is a partner in the Cincinnati, Ohio office of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, where he serves as co-chair of the firm's litigation practice group, concentrating his practice on litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution. Since 1990, Mr. Sayre has represented corporate, business and individual clients in federal and state courts, in arbitrations, and before state administrative boards. Mr. Sayre is admitted to practice in all Ohio courts, in the United States District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Ohio and the Southern District of Indiana, and in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Sixth Circuits. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was executive editor of the Virginia Tax Review and the recipient of the Roger and Madeline Traynor Prize. Mr. Sayre is active in the Cincinnati Bar Association and has served as a lecturer in continuing legal education programs. Before attending law school, he was an economist with the Internal Revenue Service. Since 2005, Mr. Sayre has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White, Inc.
Education
Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Appellate Practice, Cincinnati (2025)
- Lawyer of the Year: Appellate Practice, Cincinnati (2023)
- Lawyer of the Year: Litigation - Banking and Finance, Cincinnati (2022)
- Lawyer of the Year: Appellate Practice, Cincinnati (2020)
- Lawyer of the Year: Appellate Practice, Cincinnati (2017)
- Lawyer of the Year: Appellate Practice, Cincinnati (2015)
- Recognized: Appellate Practice
- Recognized: Commercial Litigation
- Recognized: Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Practice Area: First Amendment Law
- Practice Area: Litigation - First Amendment
- Special Focus: Appellate
- Special Focus: Arbitration
- Special Focus: Bankruptcy and Creditors'-Debtors' Rights
- Special Focus: Civil Litigation
- Special Focus: Complex Litigation
- Special Focus: Covenants Not to Compete
- Special Focus: Defendants
- Special Focus: Federal
- Special Focus: Fiduciary Duties
- Special Focus: First Amendment
- Special Focus: Litigation
- Special Focus: Securities