 Her husband was a tax attorney named Mike, introduced to her by her sister Eileen at a holiday party for the CPA firm where Eileen worked.Russert for the most part did not date during her two seasons on the series, though she is introduced to the series already having an affair with Beau Felton (played by the soon-to-be father of actress Hoffman's only child, Daniel Baldwin) – the affair ends soon after their first case is solved, but she supports him as a friend after the breakdown of his marriage.She is a first cousin to the real life Tim Russert, who appears in the third season episode "The Old and the Dead."