Education
University of Oklahoma.
judge lawyer United States federal judge
University of Oklahoma.
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Ellison received both a Bachelor of Arts and an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Oklahoma in 1951. He was in private practice in Red Fork, Oklahoma from 1953 to 1955, and in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1955 to 1979. On September 28, 1979, Ellison was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma vacated by Allen East. Barrow.
Ellison was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 31, 1979, and received his commission on November 2, 1979.
He served as chief judge from 1992 to 1994, assuming senior status on November 7, 1994. He died in Tulsa on November 22, 2014, aged 85.
