Background
Ellison, Willie James was born on January 28, 1947 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Son of Leroy Senior and Mattie (Watkins) Ellison.
Ellison, Willie James was born on January 28, 1947 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Son of Leroy Senior and Mattie (Watkins) Ellison.
Bachelor, Rutgers College, 1974; Juris Doctor, University of Michigan, 1977.
Assistant United State Attorneys, Department Justice, Memphis, 1978-1984; assistant professor of law, Samford U. Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, 1984-1987; associate professor, Samford U. Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, 1987-1990; professor, Samford U. Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, since 1990; associate, Najjar, Denaburg, Myerson, Zarzaur, Max, Wright & Schwartz, Birmingham, Alabama, 1988-1994. Member criminal procedure committee Supreme Court Alabama, 1985-1992.
Speaker on United States Constitution, Alabama Humanities Foundation, Birmingham, 1986, Leadership Birmingham, 1988. Board directors Family and Child Superior vena cava syndrome, 1989-1994. Member American Bar Association, Association American Law Schools (Executive Committee criminal justice section 1984-1988), Alabama Bar Association, Birmingham Bar Association, Magic City Bar Association, Kappa Alpha Psi.
Married Star Davis Ellison. Children: Dariel, Jonathan Daved, Clayton Davis.
