Taryn S. Russell - Attorney at law

Primary Areas of Practice

• Family Law
• Criminal Defense
• Personal Injury
• Employment Discrimination

Education:
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2012
Pepperdine Univeristy, BA, 2007

Community Affiliations:
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeastern New Mexico, Board Member

Professional Affiliations:
Chaves County Bar Association
State Bar of New Mexico
New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Young Lawyers Division



Taryn is a Roswell native and Goddard graduate. She attended Pepperdine University in southern California, where she received a BA in German language and spent a year in Germany through the school’s study abroad program. After working in university administration for 2 years, Taryn left the west coast for New Jersey, where she attended Seton Hall University School of Law. During her time at Seton Hall, Taryn participated in the school’s variety of health-related programs, earned a concentration in Health Law and was a summer intern in the ethics department of the World Health Organization. She also spent a year in an agency providing legal services to individuals with mental and physical disabilities.

Following law school, Taryn moved back to Roswell. She was previously an associate with the Atwood, Malone, Turner & Sabin law firm, where she focused on medical malpractice defense, government liability, and employment law. Taryn joined Jones Witt & Ragsdale in 2014. And is now part of the team here at Ragsdale Law Firm.