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Cincinnati
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310 Chiquita Center
250 East Fifth Street
Cincinnati OH 45202
Phone: (513) 361-8284
Fax: (513) 361-0335
wellis@ralaw.com
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Akron
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222 South Main Street
Akron OH 44308
Phone: (330) 849-6607
Fax: (330) 376-4577
wellis@ralaw.com
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Mr. Ellis focuses his practice on Maritime, Chemical Products and Insurance defense litigation. He has litigated cases in numerous states throughout the country in all three areas as well as several Product Liability cases. His work has taken him throughout the United States and to Canada and England. In addition, Mr. Ellis has engaged in preventative law, examining several new products to evaluate safety issues, marketing materials and warnings related to these new products. He has over 30 years of experience in Litigation and alternative dispute resolution, and has been selected as one of Ohio's top Lawyers as determined by Cincinnati Magazine each year since 2004. |
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- Significant experience in maritime law including inland river, from the Monogehela River, the Ohio River and it's tributaries, part of the Mississippi River, and the Illinois River on matters involving cargo damage, collision, pollution, personal injury, the Jones Act, maritime contracts, and also serves on an emergency response team
- Successfully represented major maritime company in defense of a forty million dollar Qui Tam suit in Southern Ohio
- Represented disability insurance companies since 1980, in both state and federal courts, throughout the Midwest, including western Pennsylvania, all of Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Indiana and tried cases nationally
- Significant experience in chemical products, including trials of toxic tort, product damage, contaminant and product liability cases and handled a number of fire and explosion cases involving chemical products
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- AV rated by Martindale Hubbell
- Former clerk to Chief Judge Rabe F. Marsh of the U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
- Who's Who of American Law, 2000-2001
- Selected as an "Ohio Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics magazine, Cincinnati Magazine and Columbus Monthly (2004-2010)
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- Cincinnati Bar Association
- Ohio State Bar Association
- DRI
- OACTA
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- Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (1975)
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky (1980)
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas (1982)
- Supreme Court of Ohio (1985)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (1977)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (1981)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (1985)
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (1985)
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court, Northern Illinois
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court, Western District of PA (1985)
- U.S. Supreme Court (1987)
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- "Witness Preparation," Eastern Claims Conference, New York
- "The Duck and the Eagle," ABA Litigation Section, San Diego
- "Here an Expert," There an Expert," ABA Corporate Counsel Section
- "LSHW Compensation Act Update," Ohio Valley Improvement Association
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- 1975 J.D., Duquesne University
- 1970 B.A., University of Dayton
- One semester at the University of Hamburg, Germany
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