Barnes H. Ellis
Experience
Barnes Ellis is a retired partner of the firm who practiced in the area of business
litigation. He is now Senior Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Mercy Corps, a
large international aid and development agency.
Professional Honors and Activities
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Listed in Best Lawyers in America® (currently: Bet-the-Company Litigation,
Commercial Litigation), 1989-2012
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Listed in Oregon Super Lawyers® (Business Litigation), 2006-2011
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Portland's pick, Top Litigators in Oregon, The National Law Journal, 2006
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Selected as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" (Oregon) by
Retired Partner
Chambers USA (currently: Litigation: General Commercial), 2004-2011; one of
Portland, OR
only three Oregon attorneys selected as a "Star Individual" in Litigation -- the
(503) 294-9243 direct
highest ranking available in Chambers
(503) 220-2480 fax
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Received The Judge Learned Hand Award from The American Jewish Committee
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Named Honorary Alumnus of Northwest School of Law of Lewis & Clark College,
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1998, and is a member of the College's Board of Visitors
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Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1980-2015
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Chair, Oregon Public Defense Services Commission, 2001-2015
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Chair, Public Defense Study Committee, 1999-2000
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Barrister, Owen M. Panner Inns of Court
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White House Fellow, Assistant to United States Attorney General, 1967-1968
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Member, Oregon Law Enforcement Commission, 1970-1974
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Chairman of Oregon Commission on the Judicial Branch (which successfully
proposed major legislative restructuring of the state court system), 1980-1984
Education
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Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1964,
magna cum laude
Board of editors, Harvard Law Review,
1964
Stanford Law School, 1961-1962
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Yale University, B.A., English
literature, 1961, magna cum laude,
with honors
Phi Beta Kappa
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Phillips Exeter Academy, 1957
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Served on Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar, 1974-1977
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Chairman, Board of Trustees, Metropolitan Public Defender Services, Inc., 1971-
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Oregon
1999
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Washington (retired)
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U.S. District Courts for the District of
Presentations
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Admissions
Oregon, Western District of
Barnes has lectured extensively on corporate governance, damages, mediation,
Washington and Northern District of
antitrust, securities enforcement, trial practice, evidence and expert witnesses.
California
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U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First
and Ninth Circuits
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U.S. Supreme Court
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U.S. Court of Federal Claims
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U.S. Tax Court
Barnes H. Ellis
Civic Activities
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Member, Oregon State Bar Disciplinary System Review Committee, 2014-2015
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Trustee, World Affairs Council of Oregon, 2010-2015
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Director, Mercy Corps Northwest, 2010-2012