Background
Ellis, Barnes Humphreys was born on January 21, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Raymond Walleser and Eleanor (Gwin) Ellis.
Ellis, Barnes Humphreys was born on January 21, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Raymond Walleser and Eleanor (Gwin) Ellis.
Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1961). Stanford University School of Law. Harvard University Law School (Bachelor of Laws, magna cum laude, 1964).
Phi Beta Kappa.
Member, Board of Editors, Harvard Law Review, 1963-1964. White House Fellow, United States. Department of Justice, 1968.
Member, Oregon State Bar Board of Governors, 1975-1978.
Chairman, Oregon Commission on the Judicial Branch, 1979-1983. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Business Litigation. Antitrust and Securities Law.
Worked at Stoel Rives Limited Liability Partnership (Portland, Oregon) specializing in General Practice and Litigation in State and Federal Courts. Partnerships, Joint Ventures and Corporate and Securities, Real Estate and Land Use, Federal Taxation, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, Commercial, Bankruptcy, Reorganizations and Workouts, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Hospital and Health Law, Forest Products, Franchise Law, Immigration, Insurance, International Trade and Transactions, Government Law, Media and Advertising Law, Municipal Law and Tax-Exempt Financing, Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits, Construction, Banking, Public Utilities, Trusts and Estates, Mining, Natural Resources, Environmental, State and Local Taxation, International Tax, White Collar Criminal Law. Admitted to the bar, 1964, Oregon and United States.
District Court, District of Oregon.
1967, United States. Supreme Court. 1971, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
1983, Washington and United States. District Court, Western District of Washington.
Phi Beta Kappa. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
In 1987, the 140-attorney Portland law firm of Stoel Rives Boley Fraser & Wyse merged with the 45-lawyer Seattle firm of Jones Grey & Bayley to create Stoel Rives Boley Jones & Grey. Both firms boast of more than 80 years of service to clients. The firm has since opened offices in Boise, Idaho (1991) and Salt Lake City, Utah (1992).
Stoel Rives provides comprehensive representation to public, private, domestic and international businesses of all sizes.
The firm changed its name to Stoel Rives in 1995.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association, Oregon State Bar Association, Washington State Bar Association, Multnomah Bar Association.
Married Beatrice Cleland, August 25, 1962. Children: Cynthia, Barnes, Mary, Joy, Heidi, Curtis.
