Kyle B. Russell is the Office Managing Principal of the Overland Park, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, offices of Jackson Lewis P.C. He represents employers in administrative charges and lawsuits involving a wide variety of statutory and common law discrimination and retaliation cases.
Mr. Russell has also defended wage and hour collective and class actions involving alleged misclassification, off-the-clock work, failure to pay the proper overtime rate, and failure to pay wages when due. He also has extensive experience prosecuting violations of covenants not to compete by former employees. In addition to employment litigation, Mr. Russell has commercial litigation experience defending multi-district and state-law consumer class actions and governmental investigations.
Mr. Russell has experience training managers on a wide variety of employment law issues, including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, workplace violence, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Family & Medical Leave Act. He has also advised employers with respect to the implementation of nationwide arbitration agreement programs.
Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, Mr. Russell practiced at a midwest law firm and previously spent eight years as in-house counsel for litigation, records management and legal systems for a Fortune 500 diversified financial services company, where he was responsible for developing and implementing records management, litigation hold and consumer arbitration programs.
Pro Bono and Community Involvement
•Candidate for state senator in Northeast Johnson County, Kansas (May-November 2012)
•Gillis Center, Kansas City, Missouri, Board of Directors (2008-2011)
•Johnson County Developmental Supports Governing Board, Member (2014-present)
•Johnson County, Kansas, Democratic Party (County Chair 2010-2014, Treasurer 2004-2010)
•Kansas City Spirit Awards Fundraising Committee, Co-Chair (2006-2011)
•St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Kansas City, Missouri, Member of Vestry (board of directors) (2009-2012)
Kyle B. Russell In the News
Jackson Lewis' Recently Elevated and Promoted Attorneys Spotlighted
May 8, 2019 • Law360
Kyle Russell Discusses His Elevation as Managing Principal in Jackson Lewis' Overland Park and Kansas City Offices
February 22, 2019 • Kansas City Business Journal
Jackson Lewis Names Kyle B. Russell as Managing Principal of Kansas City Region Offices
February 20, 2019 • Jackson Lewis
Kyle B. Russell Publications
newsletter
Class Action Trends Report Winter 2020
March 16, 2020
newsletter
Class Action Trends Report Fall 2019
December 12, 2019
newsletter
Class Action Trends Report Summer 2019
September 17, 2019
Kyle B. Russell Blog Posts
Wage and Hour
Arkansas, Missouri Voters Approve Minimum Wage Increases
November 27, 2018
