Russell Z. Hetzel

Russell Z. Hetzel is a Roswell attorney who focuses on criminal defense and represents clients facing offenses ranging from serious felonies to misdemeanors. His practice includes immigration matters and select family and civil law cases. Before entering the legal profession, he owned a residential construction company and spent nearly ten years building and renovating properties throughout Georgia, giving him prior business and project-management experience.

Russ earned a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. He later graduated cum laude from Georgia State and received recognition from faculty and the Moot Court Board for oral advocacy skills. His business education, construction background, and legal training contribute to a practice focused on problem solving, courtroom preparation, and advising clients through criminal, immigration, and other contested legal matters.

Russ formed his own private practice to serve residents of metro Atlanta. He handles criminal cases across a broad range of charges and has presented at legal conferences on criminal justice and immigration issues. He has taught college courses at Oglethorpe University on immigration-related topics. His experience outside legal practice, including years as a business owner, informs a practical approach to analyzing problems and developing case strategies.

Russell Z. Hetzel is a member of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and is affiliated with bar and judicial organizations around metro Atlanta. He is admitted in Georgia trial courts, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court, and the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. His practice combines criminal defense with immigration and select civil matters for clients seeking direct, problem-focused representation.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Russell Z. Hetzel, P.C.
• Member, State Bar of Georgia
• Member, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Member, Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit
• Member, Forsyth-Bell Judicial Circuit
• Member, Cobb County Bar Association

Licensed State

• Georgia

Education

• Emory University Goizueta Business School
  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

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