Russell C. Trice

Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Los Angeles
United States
T:+1 213 892 9317
Los Angeles
United States
T:+1 213 892 9317
Russell C. Trice

Russell C. Trice

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Biography

Russell C. Trice is a Partner in the Los Angeles Office.  He has worked on more than $30 billion aggregate principal amount of municipal, nonprofit and private activity bond financings. Russ serves as bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriter's counsel, borrower's counsel and bank counsel in connection with the issuance of many types of obligations, including the following:

  • general obligation bonds;
  • revenue bonds;
  • commercial paper;
  • certificates of participation and lease revenue bonds;
  • tax and revenue anticipation notes;
  • tax allocation bonds;
  • empowerment zone bonds;
  • community facility district bonds; and
  • various loan arrangements.

Russ has substantial experience in connection with 501(c)(3) organizations, including financings for housing, schools, museums and other charitable organizations. He also has substantial experience serving as special counsel to domestic and foreign banks providing liquidity and credit support for municipal and nonprofit financings.

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JD, Southwestern University School of Law, 1998
MA, George Washington University, The Elliot School of International Affairs, 1993
BA, cum laude, University of Colorado, 1988

While in law school, Russ served as Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas. He subsequently served as assistant to the chairman for a Chapter 19 dispute resolution panel for the North American Free Trade Agreement and as research attorney for the Honorable Charles W. McCoy, Jr. of the Los Angeles Superior Court.

  • California State Bar

Representative Experience:

  • As bond and disclosure counsel to cities
  • As bond and disclosure counsel to nonprofit organizations in connection with tax-exempt financings for large office complexes
  • As underwriter's counsel in connection various types of bond transactions
  • As special counsel to banks directly purchasing municipal obligations
  • As borrower's counsel in connection with the creation of a health benefit trust
  • Co-author with Donald Hunt, Juan Redín and Danny Kim, "California Assembly Bill 1484 Alters Dissolution of Redevelopment Agencies; Imposes Requirements on Cities/Counties," Fulbright Briefing, July 10, 2012
  • Co-author and Jon Guz, "New Municipal Legislation Circulating in Congress, Recent Hearings Reveal Market Enthusiasm," California Society of Municipal Finance Officers MiniNews, June 2009, at 14-17
  • "Stimulating the Municipal Bond Market, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Build America Bonds," California Society of Municipal Finance Officers MiniNews, April 2009, at 16-17
  • Co-Author with Robert E. Lutz, "NAFTA at Five and the Loewen Case: Is NAFTA the Blood Relative of Lady Justice or the Angel of Death for State Sovereignty?" Translex Transnational Law Exchange, Volume 2, No. 4, 1999
  • "Helms-Burton: Canada and Mexico v. The United States - Blocking Legislation is an Unwise Barrier Between Friends," Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas, Volume IV, No. 1, 1997
  • American Bar Foundation, Lifetime Fellow
  • State Bar of California

 Firm Committees:

  • Practice Development, former member
  • Recruiting, former member