Mirela Ella Russell

Mirela Ella Russell is an attorney at Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston, & White P.C. in Leesburg, Virginia, focusing her practice on family and immigration law. In her family law matters, Ms. Russell provides strategic counsel tailored to each client's unique circumstances, utilizing cost-benefit analyses to guide prudent decision-making. Her domestic relations caseload includes divorce, child custody and visitation, spousal and child support, equitable property distribution, retirement division, marital agreements, protective orders, and adoption, including matters with international components.

In her immigration practice, Ms. Russell draws upon her background as a first-generation immigrant to provide empathetic, diligent representation. She regularly advocates for clients in family-based immigrant petitions, asylum applications, naturalization and citizenship processes, and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) cases. She earned her Juris Doctor from George Mason University School of Law and holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from American University Washington College of Law.

Ms. Russell is admitted to practice in Virginia and Maryland and is an active leader in the local legal community. She serves as President of the Loudoun Chapter of the Virginia Women Attorneys Association (VWAA) and is a former board member of the Washington Council of Lawyers. In 2024, she was honored as a Virginia Rising Star by Super Lawyers. She is fluent in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian, with conversational proficiency in Spanish.