Background
Ellis, Donald J. was born on April 16, 1948 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Ellis, Donald J. was born on April 16, 1948 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
University of the South (Bachelor of Arts, in English, cum laude, 1970). University of Georgia (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1973).
Worked at Ellis, Funk, Goldberg, Labovitz & Dokson, Professional Corporation (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials in all Courts. Arbitration and Mediation, Corporate, Taxation, Securities Law, Health Law, Personal Injury and Product Liability, Family, Probate, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Professional Corporation, Criminal and Commercial Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1973, Georgia, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Georgia and United States. Court of Military Appeals.
1977, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa.
Phi Delta Phi. Blue Key. Member, Legal Aid and Defender Society.
Recipient, Air Force Commendation Medal, 1977.
Professor of Local Government Law, Atlanta Law School, 1980-1982. Adjunct Professor, Law Firm Internship Program, Emory University Law School, 1982-1983. Mentor to Younger Lawyers and Law Students, Georgia Supreme Court"s Program on Professionalism.
Member: Atlanta (Member, Sections of: Litigation.
Construction; Bankruptcy. Family Law; Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1980) Bar Association.
State Bar of Georgia (Member: Tort and Insurance. General Practice and Trial.
Bankruptcy; Family Law).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Military: Captain, JAGD, United States Air Force, 1973-1977.
Ellis, Funk, Goldberg, Labovitz & Dokson, Professional Corporation, specializes in business, commercial and general civil litigation and corporate, tax, estate planning, health care and real estate law.
Member, Legal Aid and Defender Society. Recipient, Air Force Commendation Medal, 1977. Professor of Local Government Law, Atlanta Law School, 1980-1982.
Adjunct Professor, Law Firm Internship Program, Emory University Law School, 1982-1983.
Mentor to Younger Lawyers and Law Students, Georgia Supreme Court"s Program on Professionalism. Member: Atlanta (Member, Sections of: Litigation.
Construction. Bankruptcy. Family Law.
Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1980) Bar Association. State Bar of Georgia (Member: Tort and Insurance.
General Practice and Trial. Bankruptcy; Family Law).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Military: Captain, JAGD, United States Air Force, 1973-1977.