Background
Ellis, James Alvis was born on March 19, 1943 in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Son of James Alvis and Myrle Alice Ellis.
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James Alvis ELLIS
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JAMES ELLIS, American Lawyer, Partner of CARRINGTON, COLEMAN, SLOMAN & BLUMENTHAL, specializing in the field of General Civil Practice. Litigation in all Trial and Appellate Courts. Antitrust; Banking; Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights; Corporation, Corporate Finance and Securities: Employee Benefits; Environmental Law; Estate Planning Trust and Probate; General Negligence and Products Liability; Oil and Gas, Mining and Real Property; Taxation; Trade Regulation and Unfair Competition; Utilities Law.
Education
Texas Technical University (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). University of Texas (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1968). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Member, Board of Editors, Texas Law Review, 1967-1968.
President, Dallas Junior Bar Association, 1972.
Career
Bar: Texas 1968, United States District Court (northern, southern, eastern and western districts) Texas 1969, United States Court Appeals 1970, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1980. Certified in civil trial law Texas Board Legal Specialization. Law clerk to presiding judge The United States of America District Court (western district) Texas, 1968-1969.
Associate Carrington, Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, 1970-1974, partner, since 1975.
President Dallas Junior Bar Association, 1972.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow Texas Bar Foundation, Dallas Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, State Bar Texas, Dallas Bar Association. Clubs: Cresent.
Connections
Married Sandra Gay Gillespie, June 18, 1966. Children: Claire Elizabeth, James Alvis III. Bachelor of Arts, Texas.
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Religion
Presbyterian