Daria Russell currently serves as General Counsel of Mattress Firm, Inc. A trusted member of the company’s executive leadership team, she oversees all legal affairs, guiding strategic business decisions and ensuring corporate compliance across a broad range of matters including mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, commercial transactions, intellectual property, marketing and regulatory compliance.
Since joining Mattress Firm in 2015, she has played a key role in numerous high-profile transactions, including the company’s $5 billion acquisition by Somnigroup International (formerly Tempur Sealy International, Inc.), it’s public company readiness efforts and related Registration Statement filing, and its successful $3.1 billion Chapter 11 restructuring.
Before joining Mattress Firm, she served as Assistant General Counsel, Corporate and Assistant Secretary at Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores, Inc., formerly a publicly traded nationwide retailer. From 2006 to 2011, she practiced law at Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. (now Norton Rose Fulbright LLP) in Houston, where she began her legal career advising clients on complex corporate and transactional matters.
She earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School and holds a B.A. in Economics and Spanish from Southwestern University. She is an active member of the community, serving as chair-elect for the Houston ISD Foundation’s board of directors and on the board of directors of the Texas Lawbook Foundation. A proud Houston native, she lives in the Heights with her daughter and enjoys cheering on the Houston Texans.
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