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In Memoriam: Gerald Russello

November 9th, 2021 | 4 min read

By Susannah Black Roberts

Gerald Russello (July 27, 1971-November 7, 2021) graduated from Georgetown in 1992, and got his JD from New York University Law School in 1996. He served as a managing director in the legal department of Bear, Stearns & Co., and then went on to have a successful legal practice at Sidley Austin, where he mentored many young lawyers; he also served as an adjunct professor of the Benjamin N. Cardozo school of law, where he taught securities litigation and enforcement. A born-and-bred New Yorker, he made his home in Pelham, just outside the City. He died after a battle with cancer, and is survived by his wife, Alexandra, his daughters Georgia and Emma, and his son William.

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Susannah Black Roberts

Susannah Black Roberts is senior editor at Plough. She is a native Manhattanite. She and her husband, the theologian Alastair Roberts, split their time between Manhattan and the West Midlands of the UK.

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