About Necol
Necol Russell-Washington built her legal foundation at Ohio State University, where she earned a J.D. in 1997. She returned to study taxation and business law at Capital University Law School and completed an LL.M. in Business and Taxation in 2003. Those credentials sit at the core of a practice that blends courtroom work, regulatory matters and advisory roles.
She began practicing law in 2000 and is admitted to the bar in Ohio. Her admissions also include the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the U.S. Tax Court. Early in her career she combined practice with teaching. Since 2002 she has served as an adjunct professor in Wilberforce University’s CLIMB program, bringing practical law subjects into the classroom.
Russell-Washington’s public service record runs long. She has been a commissioner on the Ohio Court of Claims Victim Compensation Panel since 2010. That role requires judgment on sensitive claims and interaction with state procedures for compensating victims. She has sat on nonprofit and child welfare boards as well. Since 2004 she has been involved with Franklin County Children Services and, since 2007, with Huckleberry House. Those board roles have given her sustained exposure to governance and the legal issues that surface in nonprofit settings.
Her involvement in professional organizations is steady. She has been a member of the American, Ohio State, and Columbus Bar Associations since 2000. From 2008 to 2010 she co-chaired the Columbus Bar Association’s Business Tax Committee, a position that connected practitioners, taxpayers and local regulators on tax policy and practice questions.
In practice she handles matters that reflect her academic training and her service experience. Tax controversies, business-related disputes and regulatory questions are regular parts of her caseload. Her admissions to the Tax Court and the Sixth Circuit have allowed her to represent clients in appellate and specialized tax proceedings when those matters arise.
Colleagues describe her work as steady and detail-oriented; clients seek her out for matters that require an understanding of tax rules and business structures alongside administrative and claims processes. She maintains an office at NRW LAW Office and manages a caseload that combines tax and business matters with issues tied to victim compensation and child welfare agencies. Her current practice focuses on tax, business and related administrative matters.
