Addison Dower Russell is an attorney and lobbyist with the Nashville based firm Ramsey, Farrar, Russell & Smith. Her legal practice focuses on real estate & contracts, and she has a robust government relations practice where she represents several trade associations (including the Tennessee Auctioneers Association) in addition to governmental entities, education advocacy groups and corporations.

Prior to joining her current firm, Addison held the role of legislative director for the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, which houses the Tennessee Auctioneer Commission. She also served as a research analyst for the Tennessee General Assembly’s Senate State and Local Government Committee.  Addison is a graduate of Auburn University with a B.A. in Political Science; she received her law degree from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law; and is a 2011 graduate of Reppert Auction School. Addison and her husband, Matt, have two young children, Dower and Chip and live in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.