Robert T. Russell, Jr. is a City Court Judge in Buffalo,

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. He is credited with creating the

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in the

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. A veterans' court is a

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designed to accommodate issues that are unique to veterans, such as post-traumatic stress disorder caused by combat experience. Since his creation of the first veterans' court in 2008, several other similar courts have been created throughout the United States. In April, 2010 Russell won accolades from

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Eric Shinseki.

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