Helping Injured People And Their Loved Ones For Over 40 Years
Practice Areas
- Aviation Accidents
- Product Liability
- Medical Malpractice
- Wrongful Death
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Education
- University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, Chicago, Illinois
- Juris Doctor, Concentration: Trial Advocacy & Dispute Resolution
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Law Review, Moot Court
- Honors: Academic Recognitions: Irving & June Brott Scholar, Dean’s Scholar and UIC Law Community Legal Clinics Scholarship recipient
- Honors: CALI Award for Advanced Trial Advocacy; Best Petitioner Brief in the Burton D. Wechsler First Amendment Moot Court Competition
- University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona
- Bachelor of Science
- Honors: High Honors
- Major: Management
Bar Admission
- Illinois
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
- Missouri
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Lawyer Pilot Bar Association (Associate Member)
- Flight Safety Foundation, Member
- American Constitution Society
- American Association for Justice (AAJ), Member
- Illinois Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA), Member
Published Works
- Thomas J. Ellis, The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of the Alien Tort Statute, 57 UIC L. REV. 863 (2024)
- “From Near Death Experience to Vitality: Seven Steps to School Turnaround Success,” Adrianne Finley Odell and Thomas J. Ellis, National Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO, February 2024.
Pro-Bono Activities
- Life Trustee, former Trustee (2005-2020) and former Board Chair (2008-2020), Roycemore School, Evanston, IL
- Trustee and Vice-President (2024-25), Thomas Jefferson School, Sunset Hills, MO
- UIC Law Pro Bono Litigation Clinic (as Rule 711 student attorney), including two appeals to the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, and an executive clemency hearing before the Illinois Prisoner Review Board